* Russia's emergency officials said searchers had received images of objects believed to be recorders from the wrecked Armenian Airbus airliner; the transport minister said a recovery effort would start May 16
* Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia should create a mobile and compact force in the Baltic Fleet to ensure the country's defense in the west
* A bunker of Doku Umarov, one Russia's most wanted Chechen separatist leaders, was found in the west of the troubled republic, the Interior Ministry said
* President Ahmadinejad said Iran was ready to hold talks on its nuclear program with all countries except Israel, but would not yield to pressure
* A draft agreement on a Ukrainian parliamentary coalition, required for the formation of a government, will be ready within the next few days, the Socialist Party said
* Tajikistan's frontier service said it had stepped up security on the border with Kyrgyzstan following armed raids on border posts Friday.
