Main news of July 4

WORLD

* North Korea test launched seven ballistic missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the Yonhap news agency reported citing South Korea's military

* The speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house said Saturday the United States could give up its plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday the authorities will block attempts by gambling businesses to go into the underground or operate under the disguise of other activities

* Moscow police have detained over 100 illegal migrants near the Russian capital's notorious Cherkizovsky market, a police spokesman said

* The Russian authorities are preparing a number of serious solutions to fight alcoholism, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday, adding that a ban would not help solve the problem

* Nine policemen were killed and 10 wounded as a Chechen police motorcade fell into ambush in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he hopes for specific results of the forthcoming visit to Moscow by his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on July 6-8