Organisers will soon take entries for the 2012 race - officially known as the 'Crawlers' Competition'.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

Probe under way into tragedy of two women and man gunned down by colleague said to have had problems at work. 

Pacific capital hit by mega-storm as locals marked Tiger Day.

Defying the doubters, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge opened to regular motorists on Wednesday across the Bosphorus East Strait.

Five patients and a doctor were held hostage at gunpoint by a 51 year old man who forced his way into a Bratsk hospital armed with a sawn-off hunting rifle.

New geological evidence shows polar 'submarine elevations' as 'natural components' of Siberian continental land mass.

Zookeepers nurture cotton-top tamarin neglected by adults.

Vital link uniting east and west of the country will realise a long-held dream.

Leading oil producer Rosneft burns spilled oil to 'minimise ecological damage'.