// Aug. 23, 2009 - 08:34 GMT

Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva will clash in an all-Russian final at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto on Sunday

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 08:53 GMT

A funeral service was held on Sunday morning for 22 of those killed in last Monday's accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in Siberia

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 09:12 GMT

A funeral service was held on Sunday morning for 22 of those killed in last Monday's accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in Siberia

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 09:12 GMT

Over 20,000 people gathered on the lawn outside parliament in the South Korean capital on Sunday for the state funeral of former president Kim Dae-jung, Yonhap news agency reported

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 09:53 GMT

The Taliban movement in Pakistan named a new leader on Sunday, to replace Baitullah Mehsud, who is believed to have been killed in a CIA missile strike earlier this month

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 10:17 GMT

Dozens of homes have been destroyed by wildfires to the north of Athens and thousands of residents have been evacuated, officials said

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 10:31 GMT

With 69 bodies found since last week's disaster at a Siberian hydropower plant, rescuers have narrowed down the search for the remaining six missing workers, an official said

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 11:23 GMT

The owner of Russia's largest hydropower plant, hit by a disaster that killed dozens of people, announced on Sunday the start of repair work

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 13:08 GMT

A fire that broke out early on Sunday at an oil pumping station in west Siberia has destroyed three oil reservoirs, a regional emergencies spokesman said

// Aug. 23, 2009 - 14:28 GMT