Search for missing Su-27 fighter continues in Russia's Far East

The search for the Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which has been reported missing in the Khabarovsk Territory resumed early on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 00:25 GMT


Russia set to restore radar shield on western borders in 2010

Russia will restore the complete radar coverage of its western borders when a new radar facility in the southern town of Armavir becomes fully operational by mid-2010, the Space Forces commander said.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 01:23 GMT


Wreckage of Su-27 fighter found in Russia's Far East

Rescue teams discovered on Friday the crash site of a Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which had been missing in the Khabarovsk Territory since Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 02:53 GMT


Moscow businessman robbed of $800,000

A group of four unidentified assailants robbed a businessman of about $804,000 in various currencies when he stopped his car at a traffic light on a street in southern Moscow, a police source said.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 03:42 GMT


Moscow businessman robbed of $800,000 in plain sight

A group of four unidentified assailants has robbed a businessman of about $804,000 in various currencies when he stopped his car at a traffic light on a street in southern Moscow, a police source said.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 03:42 GMT


Japan terminates its anti-terrorism mission in Indian Ocean

Japan ended on Friday its naval anti-terrorism mission in the Indian Ocean aimed at supporting the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 04:48 GMT


Hundreds of dead lying in streets of Haiti heighten health risks

Sanitary conditions in quake-stricken Haiti are reaching catastrophic levels due to the lack of water and decaying bodies lying on the streets of the capital, Mexico's ambassador to Haiti said on Friday.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 06:00 GMT


Haiti earthquake

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 06:00 GMT


Urals businessman fined for selling silver pot pendant

A jewelry shop owner from the Urals city of Chelyabinsk was sentenced to a 4,000-ruble ($135) fine for selling a silver cannabis pendant, local prosecutors said on Friday.

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 07:31 GMT


Search for missing Su-27 fighter

// Jan. 15, 2010 - 07:42 GMT