Main news of September 12

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

RUSSIA

* Eight militants, including one woman, have been killed in an ongoing security operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorism Committee said.

* The head of an international department for the fight against extremism in Russia's North Caucasus Federal District was shot dead in the capital of Dagestan, a department spokesman said.

* Two militants and the head of the local administration were killed during a special operation carried out by Russian security forces in the southern republic of Dagestan, local police said.

* Police in Moscow detained on Sunday about 30 participants in an unauthorized rally in opposite City Hall, police in the Russian capital said.

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will participate in the 60th session of the UN World Health Organization's Regional Committee for Europe on Monday, the government press service said.

WORLD

* Tajik special forces have detained two more of the 25 high-risk prisoners who escaped from a top security detention facility last month, a State Committee for National Security spokesperson said.

* Polish military prosecutors have questioned more than 300 witnesses during their investigation into the April plane crash in western Russia that killed Poland's president, the country's attorney general said.

SCIENCE

* The Progress M-07M cargo spacecraft docked as planned with the International Space Station, two days after it was launched from Kazakhstan.

* A giant An-124 Ruslan cargo plane has landed at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan with a telecommunications satellite that will be launched for Sirius XM radio in mid-October.

SPORTS

* CSKA Moscow's hopes of catching Zenit St. Petersburg at the top of the Russian Premier League were dealt a severe blow when they were beaten 1-0 at cross-town rivals Lokomotiv.