Riga/Tallinn  - Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves urged his country's stateless residents to adopt full citizenship on Wednesday.

Speaking at a ceremony in Tallinn at which he handed citizenship certificates to newly-qualified citizens, Ilves said: "Your will demonstrates that you trust and need Estonia. I affirm to you that Estonia trusts and needs you."

Estonia has an estimated 100,000 residents who do not have full citizenship, out of a total population of 1.3 million. Most non- citizens are ethnic Russians.

Tallinn - Authorities in Estonia have arrested a former high-ranking official in the defence ministry and his wife under suspicion of treason, local media reported on Monday.

The prosecutor's office said Herman Simm collected classified information and passed it on to representatives from another country.

The authorities will not release any details about the case, nor will they say which country hired the alleged spy, Gerrit Maesalu, spokesman for the State Prosecutor's Office, told Postimees Online.

However, citing unofficial information, the Baltic News Service has reported that Simm worked for Russia, making him the first official suspected of treason since Estonia broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Narva, Estonia  - Two Estonians, a Finnish boy, and a dog entered the books Saturday as winners of the Ninth Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in the eastern Estonian town of Narva.

Timmo Lilium won the men's category with a throw of 85 metres, while Valeria Kadorova won the women's category with a throw of 41 metres.

Riku Kankkunen, a 12-year-old from Finland, came out best in the children's category with a throw of 55 metres.

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