Man survives suicide attempt after 39-storey fall in New York
A man survived a suicide attempt after a 39-storey fall from an apartment block and landing on a parked car in New York's Manhattan, U.S. media reported.
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 03:26 GMT
Russian finalist dies during sauna-sitting contest in Finland
A Russian finalist of a Finnish sauna endurance contest died after withstanding temperatures above 100 degrees Centigrade for six minutes, Finland's Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported.
// Aug. 08, 2010 - 03:57 GMT
Russia to hold first on-line funeral for Polish explorer
Russia will hold on Monday its first on-line funeral for a Polish explorer in Novosibirsk who died during his trip on the Trans-Siberian railway, a press secretary for the region's funeral services said.
// Jul. 26, 2010 - 05:55 GMT
Teenager falls 16 floors down in New Zealand, survives
A 15-year-old teenagers miraculously survived after he fell 16 floors down of an apartment block in Auckland.
// Jul. 26, 2010 - 03:20 GMT
Russian president's Twitter 'wife' says jealous of Finnish leader
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's surrogate wife on the micro-blogging site Twitter claims she is jealous of her husbands meetings with Finish leader Tarja Halonen.
// Jul. 23, 2010 - 08:49 GMT
Siberian granny hurls hatchet at prosecutor general
A 73-year-old woman in Siberia, who hurled a hatchet at a city prosecutor general after she was denied a meeting with him, has been placed in a psychiatric ward.
// Jul. 22, 2010 - 05:38 GMT
Over 20 needles discovered in Brazilian woman's body
Doctors discovered more than 20 needles in the body of a Brazilian woman, local media reported.
// Jul. 10, 2010 - 06:50 GMT
Man fined after 'treating' 3-year-old to alcohol in Russia
A man has been charged with giving a three-year-old boy an alcoholic cocktail in Russia's Far East Amur Region, police said Friday.
// Jul. 02, 2010 - 08:27 GMT
Brazilian man fined for wheelchair race on busy highway
Road police in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina fined an elderly disabled man caught speeding down a busy highway in a self-made motorized wheelchair.
// May. 26, 2010 - 03:52 GMT