Muay Thai amateur champ found dead in Moscow
Amateur Muay Thai world champion, Muslim Abdullayev, has been found dead in Moscow
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 03:07 GMT
Saudi Arabian king pardons doctors, sentenced to lashes
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has pardoned two Egyptian doctors, sentenced last year to lengthy prison terms and 1,500 lashes for prescribing narcotic painkillers
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 03:48 GMT
At least 14 killed in Brazil shipwreck
Brazilian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 14 people, who were killed in a ship accident in the Amazon River
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 04:18 GMT
Urals nightclub fire death toll rises to 152
The death toll in the December 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm has risen to 152, the regional emergencies service said in a statement on Friday.
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 04:46 GMT
Toyota recalls some 43,000 Chinese produced cars over defects
Japan's giant carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp., is recalling about 43,000 of its cars produced at company's plants in China due to engine defects.
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 06:12 GMT
Some 8 lbs of heroin seized from train in Russia's Far East
Police in Russia's Far East have seized some 3.5 kg (about 7.8 lbs) from a passenger on board a train from Novosibirsk to Vladivostok, a spokesman for the local law enforcement bodies said on Friday.
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 06:45 GMT
Some 7.8 lbs of heroin seized from train in Russia's Far East
Police in Russia's Far East have seized some 3.5 kg (about 7.8 lbs) from a passenger on board a train from Novosibirsk to Vladivostok, a spokesman for the local law enforcement bodies said on Friday.
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 06:45 GMT
Woman attacks Pope
A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday, amateur video obtained by AP Television from pilgrims at the mass showed.
// Dec. 25, 2009 - 07:12 GMT