Vitali Khripun, a Russian border guard who crossed into Georgia and asked for political asylum, told RIA Novosti he served in the army for less than two weeks.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 00:53 GMT
Guus Hiddink's agent Cees Van Nieuwenhuizen said he will discuss with the Dutch trainer terms of his contract with the Russian Football Union (RFU) in January next year.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 02:03 GMT
Washington is deeply saddened with the news of lethal attack on family members of late Russian human rights activist Maksharip Aushev
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 02:45 GMT
A court in China has sentenced Kang Wannian to 12 years in prison for shooting to death an Indo-Chinese tiger in southwest China in February
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 03:52 GMT
The Moscow City Court opens on Tuesday hearings in a case of former police chief Denis Yevsyukov, who killed two and wounded seven in a south Moscow supermarket in late April.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 04:34 GMT
The Chinese Foreign Ministry accused on Tuesday British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, who criticized China's stance at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, for trying to undermine relations between developing countries.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 06:46 GMT
A lioness and eight Indian tigers died while being transported to a circus show in the city of Yakutsk in Russia's Siberia, a local police spokesman said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 06:57 GMT
Mexico City passed a law allowing same-sex marriages on Monday becoming the first Catholic Latin American city to give gay and lesbian couples full marriage rights.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 07:11 GMT
Two trains collided on Tuesday on a pivotal subway line in Shanghai when a short circuit caused a power system breakdown, the Xinhua news agency said.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 07:28 GMT
At least three people were killed and another 17 wounded in a powerful blast in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, local television channel Aaj News said citing police sources.
// Dec. 22, 2009 - 08:06 GMT