Main news of September 10

RUSSIA

* Russia's Defense Ministry ordered a large number of new-generation unmanned reconnaissance drones to be put in service in the next few years, a Russian electronics company said

* Russia started official testing of its modernized A-50M Mainstay AWACS aircraft for the country's Air Force, a Russian electronics company said

WORLD

* Scientists successfully fired the first beam of protons round a vast underground tunnel below the Swiss-French border, in a test run of a multi-billion dollar experiment to shed light on the origins of the universe

* Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers landed at a military airfield in Venezuela, Russia's Defense Ministry said

* The U.S. trade secretary cancelled a visit to Nicaragua citing a change in "circumstances" just days after the Central American country recognized Georgia's breakaway regions, the U.S. envoy told local media

* Russia circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an embargo on arms sales to Georgia, after the United States announced measures to rebuild the South Caucasus country's military

* NATO said four of its warships were leaving the Black Sea in line with a previously drawn up schedule

* The government of the Czech Republic approved the treaty that will govern the deployment of U.S. military personnel at the radar station for its missile defense shield, the Czech defense minister said

* A Paris court of appeals ruled against the extradition of Georgian opposition leader, Irakly Okruashvili, accused by Tbilisi of corruption

BUSINESS

* The head of Gazprom assured German consumers that they could continue to count on the Russian energy giant for stable natural gas supplies

* A Russian business daily said the Czech Republic's PPF Group purchased 50% of shares in Russia's largest home electronics retailer Eldorado

* Investment deals concluded at the Baikal Economic Forum in Irkutsk will bring in more than 680 billion rubles ($26.6 billion), the acting governor of the Irkutsk Region said