Main News of September 10

WORLD

* Russia keeps calling for an international conference to be held on Syria, with all interested parties participating on the basis of agreements reached earlier in Geneva, a deputy Russian foreign minister said

* The 25-nation International Steering Group, which guided Kosovo after it declared independence, formally ended the supervision of the region, local media reported

* The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Monday to grant IAEA inspectors immediate access to the Parchin facility, the agency reported

RUSSIA

* The Russian space agency Roscosmos will recall the entire batch of Briz-M upper stages, one of which caused the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket to fail in August, the agency’s chief Vladimir Popovkin said

* A Moscow court ruled legal on Monday a refusal by investigators to return over $1.7 mln seized from an apartment belonging to socialite-turned- opposition activist Ksenia Sobchak

* Russia will spend 670 billion rubles ($21 billion) to develop its space industry in the coming years, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said

SPORTS

* Russia's women defended their Chess Olympiad title in Istanbul over the weekend with a 4-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan edging them past China