Canadians sweep first positions in women's bobsleigh podium

Canada's women bobsledders took the gold and silver medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver to bring an overall number of the medals to 15.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 04:51 GMT


Police defuse three bombs near south Russia Interior Ministry office

Police have defused three explosive devices near an Interior Ministry office in the center of Nazran, Ingushetia's main city, a police official in the volatile southern Russian republic said on Thursday.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 06:21 GMT


Russia wakes up with a headache to Olympic ice-hockey defeat

It was the middle of the night in Moscow when Russia's ice-hockey players were swept off the ice by a rampant Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 06:41 GMT


2010 Olympics in Vancouver

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 06:41 GMT


Enemy retreats from Moscow – reenacting 1942

Employees from the Vadim Zadorozhny Technical Museum and activists from the Motherlandâ™s History Milestones organization have reenacted February 23, 1942 in Krasnogorsk, the Moscow Region. </p>

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 06:51 GMT


Medvedev calls on Iran to cooperate over nuclear program

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Tehran to cooperate with international organizations over its controversial nuclear program in an interview published on Thursday.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 07:26 GMT


Russia wakes up with a headache to Olympic ice-hockey defeat

It was the middle of the night in Moscow when Russia's ice-hockey players were swept off the ice by a rampant Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. That didn't stop fans all round the country staying up until the early hours to cheer on their side.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 08:11 GMT


Russia's Lavrov says no proof Iran working on nuclear weapons

There is no hard proof that Iran is working on nuclear weapons, but Tehran has to clarify several key issues on its nuclear program to avoid fresh international action, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 08:12 GMT


Inside Canada: maple syrup country falls in love with birch sap

Canadaâ™s British Columbia, which is hosting XXI Olympic Games showed off the wonders of the maple syrup country. The Okanagan Valley, which has the warmest and driest climate in Canada, is home to many vines that were bred especially for this region and planted in 1980s. </p>

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 08:16 GMT


URGENT: Yanukovych inaugurated as Ukraine's new president

Viktor Yanukovych has been sworn in as Ukraine's new president in an inauguration ceremony held in the Ukrainian parliament.

// Feb. 25, 2010 - 08:24 GMT