Main news of May 10

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) undocked a Russian space freighter, a Mission Control spokesperson said

RUSSIA

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Syrian capital for a two-day official visit and meeting with President Bashar al-Assad to discuss energy and Middle East peace issues

* Russia and Turkey are preparing a number of documents in the energy sphere for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Ankara May 11-12, Presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said

COALMINE BLASTS IN KEMEREVO REGION

- * Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said 311 kilometers (193 miles) of tunnels need to be searched in order to find 58 missing people after a mine explosion that left at least 32 dead

- * Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Dmitry Medvedev that the main ventilation system in a mine killing at least 32 was ready, but said hope in saving the 58 unaccounted for was diminishing

- * Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to fly to the scene of a coal mine in west Siberia after two blasts killed at least 32 people to control cleanup efforts

- * Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded that rescue efforts continue after a coal mine blast in west Siberia killed at least 32, and left another 59 still unaccounted for

- * Prayers were being said for the miners and rescue workers who may be trapped in a west Siberian mine after blasts which killed at least 31 people

- Methane levels in the west Siberian mine where two blasts killed at least 30 people at the weekend were not excessive, an official from the Raspadsky Coal company said

- * At least 30 people are now known to have died in blasts at the Raspadskaya coal mine in West Siberia, Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said

SPORTS

* Alaniya Vladikavkaz beat Spartak Moscow 5-2 at home while four second-half goals from CSKA Moscow saw the former Red Army club beat Terek Grozny 4-1 in the Russian capital

* Russian began its defence of its world ice-hockey championship title by beating Slovakia 3-1 in Germany's Cologne