Main news of July 6

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Japan's Island of Hokkaido for a summit of the G8 group of industrialized nations

* Russia expects to reach a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States by the end of the year, presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said

* Two servicemen and four militants were killed and two policemen were wounded in a special operation in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, the republican interior ministry said

* A senior police officer who led the fight against the illegal trade in narcotic drugs in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia was killed in an attack by unidentified assailants, the republic interior ministry said

WORLD

* Mongolian authorities lifted emergency rule declared earlier this week after riots hit the capital over alleged election fraud, local media reported

* Israel reopened its border crossings with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after closing them again as a result of Palestinian rocket fire, Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner said

* Iran and the European Union agreed on a timetable for negotiations on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported, referring to a well-informed source