Main news of January 10

RUSSIA

* Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in southern Siberia on Friday, a spokesman for a rescue service in the Republic of Altai said

WORLD

* Russia and the European Union signed a protocol to set up an international commission to control the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine

* The Palestinian National Authority called for sending international observers to Gaza and urged the leadership of the Palestinian enclave to accept Egypt's ceasefire initiative

* Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Latvia of violating the rights of ethnic minorities by toughening its language policy, the official spokesman said

* Ukraine's president promised to start providing 2 million cubic meters of natural gas daily to Bulgaria and Moldova from its own reserves on January 10, the presidential press service said