China mine accident leaves 73 miners dead
At least 73 miners died and dozens of others were trapped underground in a blast that hit a coal mine in northern China, the official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 09:01 GMT
Russia's Zaitseva wins gold at World Cup biathlon competition
Russia's Olga Zaitseva won a 12.5 km women's mass start biathlon race at the World Cup competition in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Sunday.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 09:19 GMT
Cash courier robbed of over $1 million in central Russia
A cash courier and a driver were robbed of over 43 million rubles ($1.2 million) in an attack by armed robbers in the Tula Region in central Russia, local police said on Sunday.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 10:14 GMT
Russia begins to capture new Arab arms markets - envoy
Russia is beginning to capture new arms markets of Arab countries that were earlier oriented to the West, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation said.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 11:52 GMT
Polish police arrest Chechen over murder of Kadyrov's bodyguard
Police from Poland's Central Investigation Bureau and Bureau of Anti-Terrorist Operations have arrested an ethnic Chechen on suspicion of being involved in the January 13 murder of Umar Israilov, Warsaw police said Sunday.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 13:26 GMT
Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia - Greek ministry
Pirates seized a Greek cargo ship with 22-member crew off the coast of Somalia on Sunday, Greece's merchant marine ministry said. The Saldanha cargo ship was sailing under the Maltese flag, the ministry said.
// Feb. 22, 2009 - 15:53 GMT