It said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies, that the aircraft would conduct training flights over neutral waters before returning to Russia.

A miners' spokesman said in a statement carried by the Rompres press agency that they would stay in Bucharest as long as necessary.

The radio report said it was based on a statement carried by Tass.

"Wise judgment has put his movie on the podium of the chosen ones," he said in a statement carried by the ILNA news agency.

A statement carried by the official North Korean news agency criticized the South for "bringing the situation of the country to the brink of war."

The men were interrogated and would be detained "as a preventive measure," according to the statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, early today.

In a statement carried by the state-run news agency, the Government said: "We do not want confrontation.

"His book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears," he added in a statement carried by several US news media and political blogs.

It also announced plans to build a light-water nuclear reactor, according to the statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

The statement, carried by the official Iraqi News Agency, warned of a new crisis if the sanctions continued.