RUSSIA

A 9-year-old boy who was severely injured in a passenger plane crash in Russia died on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 45.

The evidence of double-dip recession in the US economy is growing, with the latest indicators reflecting deteriorated economic conditions not seen in the past three decades.

A plane went down just a few hundreds yards from its destination in northeastern Russia.

Within view of the runway at Besovets airport in northern Russia, a passenger jet crashed to the ground, killing 44 of the 52 people on board.

Korean Air announced Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, to buy Bombardier's C series aircraft, the value of the order is valued at US$616-million based on list price, but could swell upto US$1-billion if all the orders comes to a definitive.

The RusAir Tu-134 plane that crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames on a highway in northwestern Russia left 44 people dead according to officials.

Vladimir Pettaya, one of the Russia's leading Premier League football referees, was killed when a passenger jet crashed in north-west Russia, killing 44 people.

At least 44 people were killed when a passenger jet crashed in north-west Russia at about 11.40 pm local time on Monday.

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev would love to have a second term in the Kremlin but would not run against Prime Minister and mentor Vladimir Putin if the latter wanted to have another go at the top post. Medvedev made it clear there was nothing inhibiting him from wanting a second term as president, except perhaps the fact that heavy eight Putin is angling for the same job.

A technical failure in a NATO missile may have caused a number of civilian casualties in Tripoli, a spokesman said on Sunday.

Oxfam, a UK based international aid group, released its interesting findings from a new global food survey, which pointed that globally there are two major reasons why people change their diets: rising price of food or health reasons. In addition, the public opinion poll report highlighted world's top 10 favorite foods.

More than 500 celebrity costumes worn by legendary stars like Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe among others will be put up for auction at the Beverly Hills.

Architectural monuments in Libya listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as world heritage sites are facing the danger of destruction following revolts in Libya to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.

The United Nations passed a resolution today condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, marking the first time the organization has explicitly recognized that form of repression.

Thousands of corrupt Chinese government officials have stolen more than $120-billion from the mid-1990s to 2008, according to a report from China’s central bank.

Armenia is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without any pre-conditions, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.

The United Nations and European Union are working to push Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to halt violence.

The two Al Qaeda leaders' relationship goes back over 30 years.

Around 1000 Belarusians took to the streets in the capital city of Minsk.

Facebook dismisses the Inside Facebook report, calling it inaccurate, as the actual growth has been measured as a 21 percent in Facebook users in the United States in May.

Similar to last year's disastrous wildfires, the Russian wilderness is again ablaze.