* The captain of the Elektron trawler at the center of a Russian-Norwegian scandal this week was put in intensive care due to a heart attack
* Prosecutors launched an inquiry into the decisions made by the Elektron trawler's owner and captain, who had fled from Norwegian authorities
* The energy ministry said a total of 478 million metric tons of oil would be produced in Russia in 2005, up 19 million on last year
* Norwegian fishing inspectors, who involuntarily spent six days aboard the Russian trawler Elektron, said they had plotted an escape
* Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said he had instructed security services to track down officials who may have warned Boris Berezovsky of the government's intention to blacklist him
* The Moscow Bar Association cleared three lawyers of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky of ethics abuse
* The Russian Foreign Ministry said the trial of Russian sailors arrested in Nigeria in 2003 on smuggling charges had been moved to October 31
* The Russian Interior Ministry said no more than 200 militants had attacked the North Caucasus city of Nalchik October 13-14
* Mass bird deaths were reported in Rostov region in southern Russia
* A spokesman for the Kyrgyz government said a senior MP killed during an inspection of a penal colony had been warned about the dangers of his trip
* Russia's Industries Agency said it would allocate $8 mln to design a next-generation, mid-sized airliner, the MS-21, to compete with Boeing and Airbus
