Main news of July 5

WORLD

* The Organization of American States suspended Honduras from the pan-American alliance over the new leadership's refusal to reinstate President Jose Manuel Zelaya

* An Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran will be charged with threatening national security over his alleged role in post-election riots, his lawyer said

* Sixty children have been admitted to hospital with intestinal infection in western Ukraine after suffering from food poisoning while on holiday in the Carpathian mountains, local media reported

* Surgeons in Belgium have carried out the world's first ever operation to implant a cardiac muscle made from a patient's bone marrow, the Belgian news channel VRT reported

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said that Ukraine will not host foreign military bases, and its territory will not be used against Russia, when the country joins NATO

* Heavy rains in China's central and southern provinces have left 16 people dead and forced over 320,000 residents to flee their homes, China's Xinhua news agency said

RUSSIA

* Strong winds and heavy rain are holding up the search for three journalists who went missing when their boat capsized in northwest Siberia, rescuers said

* Russia's president has said ties with the U.S. are showing signs of improvement, and that President Barack Obama's upcoming visit could provide an important impetus to relations

* U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with a prominent Russian newspaper that the planned deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe was intended to counter Iran, not Russia

* Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia have blocked up to 20 militants believed to be behind Saturday's attack that killed nine and wounded ten Chechen police, the republican security council said