Topic: Russia

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv crash survivor dies of burns

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The sole member of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv ice hockey team to survive last week's air crash in western Russia died of his injuries on Monday, the medical center that treated him said.Alexander Galimov, along with a crew member, were ...

44 killed as Russian plane crashes on highway

Forty-four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road, officials said Tuesday.The RussAir Tu-134 tried to land just before midnight local time Monday on ...
Another Russian journalist beaten up after writing about efforts to save Moscow's forestsA reporter for a suburban Moscow paper was beaten up Monday, two days after another Moscow journalist was bludgeoned on the head, arms and legs in a brutal attack that ...

Venus Williams withdraws from China Open

World number three Venus Williams has withdrawn from the China Open beginning this weekend with a knee injury, a WTA tour official said Friday.The 30-year-old Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, follows in the footsteps of her world number one sister Serena ...

Safina ruled out of Wimbledon with back injury

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury, tournament organizers said on Saturday.Safina, who was seeded 20th for the grand-slam event which starts on Monday, has a lower back injury. Her position in ...

Safina to miss Miami with back injury

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Sony Ericsson Open tournament because of persistent back injury, the Russian said Tuesday."Unfortunately, I will not be able to play in Miami this year because of the back ...

Safina pulls out of Dubai with back injury

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Dubai tennis championships because of continuing problems with a back injury, the Russian said on Monday. "Unfortunately, I will not be able to play this year because of ...
The Guinean minister of health on Thursday said 56 people died and 934 people were injured during a bloody crackdown on a protest in Conakry on September 28.The United Nations and aid organisations say at least 150 people were killed when soldiers ...

Frostbite

frostbite, a freezing of living tissue; frostbite occurs whenever heat loss from a tissue is sufficient to permit ice formation. If not relieved, these conditions lead to disruption of the blood corpuscles, thrombosis (clotting) within the small blood vessels, and tissue gangrene.. ...

Bomb in southern Russia wounds 10

Bomb Explodes at Funeral in Southern Russia, Wounding 10, Police SayAn explosion tore through a crowd of mourners at a cemetery in violence-plagued southern Russia on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, including four police officers, authorities said.The funeral was for an ...