Some 150,000 attend New Year's festivities downtown Moscow
About 150,000 Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital took part in New Year's celebration on Moscow's Red Square and surrounding areas
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 00:15 GMT
N. Korea urges dialogue on nuclear-free Korean Peninsula
North Korea stressed dialogue in improving relations with the United States as a key step toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in a New Year's message on Friday
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 01:37 GMT
CIA chief confirms deaths of 7 agents in Afghanistan
CIA chief Leon Panetta has confirmed in an official statement that seven CIA operatives were killed and six others wounded in a recent terrorist attack in eastern Afghanistan.
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 02:23 GMT
Cargo ship with 24 Russians on board stranded in Sea of Japan
A Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians on board has been stranded in the Sea of Japan after the main engine failure amid a snow storm
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 03:43 GMT
Three adults, three children killed in car crash in Kazakhstan
Six people, including three children, were killed when two cars crashed in northern Kazakhstan, the Central Asian republicâ™s emergencies ministry said on Friday. </p>
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 05:30 GMT
Isinbayeva becomes AIPS athlete of year second time in row
Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva, has been awarded the 2009 Athlete of the Year title by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for the second year in a row.
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 06:47 GMT
Death count in Russian nightclub fire rises to 153
The death toll in the December 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 153, the regional emergencies service said in a statement on Friday.
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 07:33 GMT
U.S. concerned over arrest of human rights activists in Moscow
The U.S. is concerned by the detention of human rights activists, who gathered for an unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow, a spokesman for the National Security Council said on Friday.
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 08:35 GMT
New Year fires kill 67 in Russia
A total of 67 people have been killed in about 600 fires that broke out in Russia in the past 24 hours, a spokesman for Russia's emergencies ministry said on Friday.
// Jan. 01, 2010 - 09:15 GMT