Ukraine's outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko believes that he has lost the presidential election in 2010 because his main opponents widely used political populism during the election campaign.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 00:52 GMT

A British company has developed a water cannon which could be used to prevent pirates from boarding commercial ships at sea.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 01:40 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has constructed a secret bunker in preparation for foreign invasion or even a civil unrest in the country.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 02:30 GMT

A Russian mobile hospital and its medical personnel will provide medical assistance to the victims of the devastating Haiti quake for another 10 days.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 03:35 GMT

At least one person was killed and another one was injured when a building collapsed at an abandoned radar site in central Kazakhstan.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 04:54 GMT

Police in the north Brazilian state of Amapa have unearthed a cache with 450 kg of enriched uranium ore, a dangerous mineral used for nuclear arms production.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 05:48 GMT

Rescuers in the Russian Far East evacuated on Saturday 11 passengers from a refrigerator ship in distress off Sakhalin, a local emergencies spokesman said.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 06:35 GMT

Four Afghan soldiers were killed and one wounded in a Taliban attack on the governor of the central east Wardak province, private television channel Tolo said on Saturday.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 07:44 GMT

A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed on Saturday that Moscow and Washington would continue their dialogue on a new strategic arms deal in Geneva in February.

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 09:20 GMT

The Russian Orthodox Church is commemorating on Saturday St. Theophan the Recluse, a well-known Russian saint who wrote many books on Christian faith

// Jan. 23, 2010 - 09:58 GMT