Main news of May 6

RUSSIA

* Russia and the United States signed in Moscow an agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation

* Russia's Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov summed up the outgoing government's work at its last session ahead of the inauguration of the new president

* An opposition rally slated for May 6, but subsequently banned by the Moscow authorities, was cancelled, an opposition representative said

* Russia's Energomash, a leading rocket engine manufacturer, is planning to double the number of engines produced for Atlas and Zenit launch vehicles in the future, the head of the company said

* Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed that British soccer fans traveling to Moscow for the Champions League final between Chelsea FC and Manchester United will not need a visa

* Russia's Navy denied Ukrainian claims that a missile belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea was washed up on the Ukrainian coast last week

WORLD

* Georgia is close to an outbreak of hostilities with Russia, but Tbilisi has only itself to blame for the current state of affairs, the Russian envoy to NATO said

* The Pentagon is to bring home 3,500 servicemen from Iraq as part of an overall troop reduction plan following last year's surge in the number of U.S. soldiers deployed in the war-torn country, a military spokesman said

* Warsaw is ready to continue a dialogue with Washington on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland, a deputy prime minister said

* The number of young children in China suffering from symptoms of the potentially fatal hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is nearing 12,000 with 26 deaths, national media said

* Abkhaz Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba denied media reports which quoted him as saying that the Georgian breakaway republic was prepared to hand over military control of its territory to Russia to ensure its security

* More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar by a devastating cyclone that hit the Southeast Asian country on Saturday, national media reported

BUSINESS

* A French court ruled that a Russian Central Bank account held with France's Calyon bank, which was frozen in January following a suit by Swiss firm Noga, should be unfrozen