* A Kremlin source said energy would dominate talks between Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev during the Russian president's two-day visit to Kazakhstan
* The Energy and Industry Ministry said Russia had increased oil production by 2.8% to 40.816 million metric tons and natural gas production by 13.7% to 59.107 billion cubic meters, n December 2005, year-on-year
* Turkish authorities ordered the slaughter of domestic fowl in Kusadasi, a popular resort on Turkey's Aegean Sea coast, after an avian flu outbreak
* Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Kazakhstan and China intended to increase bilateral trade by $4 billion in 2006
* The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said a member of an international terrorist group had been apprehended in the Russian republic of Daghestan
