WORLD
* New Kyrgyz authorities launched a criminal investigation into an embezzlement scam involving companies charged with supplies of jet fuel for a U.S. military transit center serving Afghanistan
* A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the Bering Sea halfway between Alaska and Russia but no tsunami advisory for the surrounding coastlines was issued, the U.S. Geological Survey reported
* The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission for a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year
RUSSIA
* An unidentified gunman was killed by police in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia in a shootout at a sports center where the Ingush president was attending a Russia-wide judo tournament
* Seven thousand people attended the Russian Communist Party's May Day rally in Moscow, which added anti-NATO slogans to the more traditional "Peace! May! Labor! Socialism!"
* All old weapons and military equipment have been removed from the Moscow Military District as part of Russia's transition to a "new-look" Armed Forces, the district commander said
BUSINESS
