Police officer injured in Dagestan explosion
A police officer has been wounded in an explosion in the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, police said.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 01:39 GMT
Israeli PM Netanyahu to try to revive Mideast peace process
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Tuesday discuss with Egyptian authorities the opportunities to revive the Middle East peace process, Egyptian media reported.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 03:04 GMT
One dead in helicopter crash in Russian Far East
One person died and two were seriously injured when a Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, the Russian air transportation agency Rosaviatsiya said.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 03:53 GMT
Russia launches Proton rocket with U.S. telecoms satellite
Russia has made this year's last launch from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, launching a Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite DirecTV-12, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 04:55 GMT
Over 30 killed, 72 injured in three bus accidents in Peru
At least 31 people were killed and 72 injured in three road accidents involving buses in Peru, a nationwide radio station, Radio Programas del Peru, reported.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 05:30 GMT
China executes British national on drug smuggling charges
China executed on Tuesday a British national suspected of smuggling drugs into the country, Britain's Foreign Office in London has confirmed.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 05:34 GMT
Russian Coast Guard detains Cambodian ship poaching crab
Russian Coast Guard authorities have detained a Cambodian-flagged vessel with 4.5 metric tons of live crab on board in the Tatar Strait dividing the island of Sakhalin from mainland Russia, the regional Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 06:23 GMT
U.S. rights activist arrested in N.Korea on border violations
North Korean authorities have detained a U.S. citizen, who crossed into the country from China to draw attention to human rights abuses in North Korea, South Korean Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 07:14 GMT
Putin unveils car production plant in Russia's Far East
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled on Tuesday a plant in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok to assemble Korean cars.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 07:36 GMT
Large rescue attempt for beached whales
Some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand after getting stranded on the beach over the weekend, but vacationers and conservation workers on Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea. Rescuers monitored the survivors as they swam away from Colville Beach on North Island's Coromandel peninsula, and by Monday morning they were reported well out to sea.
// Dec. 29, 2009 - 07:44 GMT