UN and Haitian police are searching for convicts who escaped from destroyed prisons following a devastating quake that hit the Caribbean nation last week, the UN chief of peacekeeping operations said.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 00:27 GMT
Russian rescuers have pulled two more people from rubble in the quake-hit Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, in addition to six survivors saved during the previous rescue effort.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 01:12 GMT
Russia and the United States will attempt to resolve a current dispute over U.S. poultry imports during bilateral talks which start in Moscow on Tuesday.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 02:28 GMT
Almost 80 million people, or an average of 17% of the population in the 27 countries constituting the European Union, were at risk of poverty in 2008, the EU statistical office Eurostat has reported.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 03:26 GMT
A Mi-8 rescue helicopter has evacuated 14 sailors from two Russian fishing vessels which have been trapped in ice near the Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East for six days.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 04:39 GMT
Russian and Belarusian officials meet in Minsk on Tuesday for discussions on electricity transit through Belarus, with both sides hopeful an agreement can be reached soon.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 06:12 GMT
Taliban militants struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Monday, launching suicide attacks at key government targets in a clear sign the insurgents planned to escalate their fight as the US and its allies ramp up their own campaign to end the war.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 07:03 GMT
Yemeni security forces have detained a top commander of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen Observer newspaper reported on Tuesday.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 07:13 GMT
Avatar topped the Russian box office ratings for the fifth straight week, raking in almost four times the ticket sales of its nearest rival over the weekend, the Bulletin of Film Distributors reported on Tuesday.
// Jan. 19, 2010 - 07:44 GMT