Main news of March 10

* Serbia's caretaker government asked the president to dissolve parliament and call a new general election, the Cabinet's press service said

* The United States will help Poland to modernize its military as part of Washington's plans to deploy missile shield elements in Central Europe, the U.S. president said

* The European Union speaks for the presence of UN peacekeepers between Serbia and Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence last month, Slovenia's foreign minister said

* Russian natural gas giant Gazprom rejected a British media report saying that the company may become an official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics

* Spain's ruling Socialist Party has won re-election despite the country's recent economic difficulties, but has fallen short of an absolute majority and will have to form a ruling coalition

* Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov arrived in Pretoria, South Africa, for talks with the country's leaders

* South Korea's first astronaut will be a female engineer, following a last-minute swap over allegations that the main candidate broke rules in the Russian training center, Yonhap agency said

* Latvia's inflation in the past year has been the highest in the European Union, with average prices up 16.7% amid soaring food and fuel prices, the national statistics service said

* Georgia's largest air carrier has paid Russia $2 million as a part of a debt payment required to resume air transport between the two countries, Airzena Georgia Airways said