A Russian mother has been detained for making phony reports that her daughter was going to blow up a plane in order to prevent her from going abroad and marry a foreigner, a local police spokeswoman said.
// Nov. 17, 2010 - 08:29 GMT
A beauty contest for the best Guinea pig will be held on Friday in the Russian central city of Tula some 120 miles outside Moscow, a city zoo official said.
// Nov. 12, 2010 - 06:48 GMT
Indian police detained a Sri Lankan at Chennai airport after he attempted to smuggle 2,060 diamonds and other precious stones by carrying them in his stomach, Times of India newspaper reported.
// Oct. 29, 2010 - 04:03 GMT
Armenia has decided to halt the export of frogs as the program has not been a success, the Georgian Panorama.am website said.
// Oct. 25, 2010 - 07:56 GMT
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
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 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