* Russia's foreign minister and the U.S. Secretary of State discussed in Moscow the implementation of international sanctions against North Korea following Pyongyang's reported nuclear test two weeks ago, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
* Iran could discuss the suspension of its uranium enrichment during talks rather than as a precondition, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said
* Police seized large batches of drugs in Russia's Volga and Urals areas, the local law-enforcement bodies said
* Security services seized a large batch of illegal sturgeon catch in the southern republic of Daghestan in Russia's North Caucasus, the republican branch of the Federal Security Service said
* Russia will build about 50 million square meters of housing this year, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with a Russian TV channel
* Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova won the title at the $1.34 million Zurich Open in Switzerland, beating Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the final
