A drunk man went on a killing spree in south China hacking six people to death and injuring nine more, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 00:32 GMT

Over 1,300 firefighters and rescuers will be on duty in the Russian capital as Muscovites will be celebrating New Year, a deputy head of the Moscow firefighting service said.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 01:12 GMT

Ben Southall, the winner of the 'Best job in the World,' has been stung by a deadly jellyfish as he jetskied near a tropical island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 02:05 GMT

A Canadian journalist and four military servicemen were killed in a blast in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 03:30 GMT

Two people injured in the fire in the Lame Horse nightclub have been discharged from hospitals in Moscow and Perm in time for New Year's Eve, the emergencies ministry said on Thursday

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:02 GMT

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:02 GMT

Much has changed in the 10 years since Vladimir Putin first became Russia's president. Now serving as prime minister with a possible view to running for the presidency again in 2012, James Rodgers assesses the rise and rise of the spy who came to control the Kremlin.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:29 GMT

Vladimir Putin deliberately threw a wrench into U.S.-Russian negotiations over a follow-on to the START nuclear reductions treaty when he explicitly linked the issue to U.S. missile-defense plans.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:32 GMT

Eight Americans, reportedly working for the CIA, have been killed in a suicide bombing at a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Thursday.

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:32 GMT

The asteroid Apophis isnâ™t considered by NASA to be much of a risk, but Russian scientists arenâ™t so sure. The Russians are looking at a âœspace apparatusâ� to divert Apophis if it gets too sociable. </p>

// Dec. 31, 2009 - 06:36 GMT