Main news of June 10

WORLD

* A draft resolution containing sanctions against North Korea over Pyongyang's recent nuclear tests has been submitted to a closed session of the UN Security Council, a diplomatic source said

* It is impossible for Russia or the United States to take unilateral steps in the area of nuclear disarmament, as it should also be in missile defense, the Russian foreign minister said

* Georgia wants good relations with Russia but will not prostrate itself before its giant neighbor, President Mikheil Saakashvili said Wednesday at a government session

* The permanent members of the UN Security Council have approved a draft resolution in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test, the Russian mission to the United Nations said

* Russia and Serbia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on the removal of spent nuclear fuel from a Serbian research reactor, the Russian civilian nuclear power corporation said

* Israel has begun the construction of a pipeline to supply diesel fuel and kerosene to the southern Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post said on Wednesday, citing the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)

* The president of Belarus said Wednesday that he welcomes the recent agreements reached at a prime ministers' session of Eurasec countries, calling them a "breakthrough"

* Guy Laliberte, the Canadian founder of entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, has started final preparations at Russia's Star City space training center for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS)

* South Korea has completed the construction of a space center, which will launch its first rocket launch in late July, the Yonhap news agency said

* Rescuers have recovered another 17 bodies from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week, bringing the total number to 41, Brazilian representatives involved in the search operation said

RUSSIA

* Russia could abandon nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers - official and unofficial - scrap them, the Russian prime minister said

* Arming intercontinental ballistics missiles with conventional warheads would undermine global security, the commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces said

* A new strategic arms reduction pact with the United States must prohibit any kinds of offensive weapons in space, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces commander said

* Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said

* A top judge in Russia's volatile southern republic of Ingushetia died in hospital after her vehicle was attacked on Wednesday, the region's Interior Ministry said