- Violent clashes between supporters of the opposition and the government broke out in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek
- Two armored personnel carriers, mounted police, and troops arrived at the site of the rally
- A TV channel, NTS, which was broadcasting the rally, was taken off the air
- Six people have been hospitalized following the clashes, a spokeswoman for Kyrgyzstan's Health Ministry said
- The leaders of the Kyrgyz opposition have called on people in Bishkek to defend opposition protesters against government forces
- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone conversation that his country's authorities have the situation in the Central Asian republic under control, the Kyrgyz president's press service said
- The Kyrgyz opposition and pro-presidential forces have come to terms over a new draft Constitution, the parliament speaker said
- Opposition leaders said they intend to end a rally in the capital, Bishkek, as parliament has reached an agreement on constitutional reform
* Terrorists are planning attacks on water supply facilities in southern Russia, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and anti-terrorist committee said
* Alexander Medvedev, the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom's export arm, Gazexport, said:
- If Gazprom does not sign a contract with Georgia on natural gas supplies, it will supply gas via Georgia for Armenia only
- There will be no subsidized natural gas prices for members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, an alliance of former Soviet republics
- No talks are being held to buy a stake in German utility RWE
- Gazprom is planning to resolve all remaining issues with Italian oil and gas company ENI by mid-November
- Russia will supply 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Ukraine in 2007, fully meeting its gas needs
- Gazprom is ready to join the Sakhalin II project, when cost disputes and environmental problems surrounding the vast Shell-led hydrocarbon project in Russia's Far East are settled
* Ukraine has resumed power supplies to Russia, which were suspended in July 2005, Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Ministry said
* Russia and Slovakia have agreed to sign new long-term contracts on Russian natural gas deliveries and gas transit via Slovakia after 2008, President Vladimir Putin said after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart
* Russia's real gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by an estimated 6.5% annually in 2006-2007, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said
* Iran's foreign minister is expected in Moscow on November 9 to discuss his country's controversial nuclear program, the IRNA news agency said
* Incumbent Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov won a landslide victory in Monday's election, the country's Central Election Committee said
* Two of Tajikistan's opposition parties said they do not recognize the result of Monday's presidential election in the country, when long-serving Emomali Rakhmonov won a landslide victory
* The timeframe for launching the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which Russia is building in southern Iran, could be adjusted, a source in Russia's nuclear power sector
* A proposal to form a Russian-Iranian joint venture to enrich uranium may never be implemented, a source in Russia's nuclear power sector said
*A Communist rally to mark the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in central Moscow on Tuesday passed without any clashes, a city interior department spokesman said
