Man and dog fall through frozen lake
The excruciating moment a man miraculously hauls himself and his dog out of a frozen lake after they fell through the ice, has been caught on camera.
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WATCH: Astonishing footage shows a Boeing 737 being blown right around on the ground by ferocious winds.
John Roughan: Putin power play instructive for West
COMMENT: I bet every Western leader was privately impressed with Putin's tactical agility.
Putin still has the power of surprise
Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his sudden move to withdraw Russian forces from Syria, once more caught international observers by surprise.
Noah Feldman: Russia's withdrawal is a win for Isis
COMMENT: The announcement makes it explicit that Putin has no interest in giving Assad the support he'd need to take on the forces of Isis.
Russian leader puts the squeeze on Assad
Putin's announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing the "main part" of its military from Syria is a surprise potential end to a six-month intervention.
Russian free-trade talks not back on table
Russia's surprise military withdrawal from Syria does not mean free-trade talks are back on the table, Prime Minister John Key says.
Man faces jail for saying God isn't real
A Russian man is being prosecuted for writing a post on social media that equated the Bible to a "collection of Jewish fairytales".
Gwynne Dyer: Russia's divide and conquer plan in Syria brings US closer
Russian's plan is "the best opportunity the Syrian people have had over the past five years for lasting peace and stability".
Putin blamed for crisis
Vladimir Putin is purposefully creating a refugee crisis in order to "overwhelm" and "break" Europe, Nato's military commander in Europe has warned.
'Smoking kills more people than Obama'
More material branding the US president as a mass killer has shown up in Moscow.
Gwynne Dyer: Turks and Saudis know any Russia fight will be lonely one
The Turkish government, in league with Saudi Arabia, made a tentative decision to enter the war on the ground in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.
Robert Patman: Putin tests Merkel's sanctions resolve
The use of sanctions against Russia are a symbolic reminder that the Putin leadership had seriously misread the international situation, writes Robert Patman.
Russian dissident poisoned
A leading member of a Russian opposition party has told how he believes he was poisoned in a "politically motivated" attack.
Orwellian model won't keep the internet free
China and Russia promote a restrictive "sovereignty" model.
Why Turkey wanted to shoot a plane
The Turkish leader has two goals: to ensure the destruction of Assad's regime, and to prevent the creation of a new Kurdish state in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.
Russia cuts gas as trade war grows
Russia and Ukraine sank further into a widening trade war yesterday, as Russia halted all gas deliveries to Ukraine.
Plane attack exposes war's fault lines
Bomber's downing has split two obstinate strongmen deeply involved in Syria's increasingly crowded civil war.
Turkey: Russia was warned
For days, Russian jets had been roaring along the Turkish border, bombing hills on the Syrian side in support of a regime attack on rebel forces.
Con Coughlin: If Putin plays with fire, he will end up burned
COMMENT: Russia's President has been taught a lesson with the shooting of a warplane over Turkish air space.
Russia and Syria join forces to bomb IS
At least 36 people have been killed in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on Islamic State-controlled Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said.
Russia's anti-doping lab head resigns
The head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory resigned hours after his lab was suspended over accusations it was part of a state-sponsored doping program
Focus falls on staff in plane probe
Maids, porters and other hotel staff in Sharm el-Sheikh are being questioned to discover if one of them hid a bomb in the luggage of a passenger on board the doomed Russian holiday flight.
Doped Russian athletes should be banned - report
Russia's doped athletes "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics and should be banned from future competitions until the country cleans up its act, a bombshell report has said.
Hotel staff questioned over plane crash
Investigators of the Russian plane crash are pursuing the theory that a bomb could have been placed inside a passenger's luggage by hotel staff.
Sinai Peninsula another no-fly zone
The decision by several airlines to avoid the airspace over the Sinai Peninsula following the break-up of a Russian passenger jet was only the latest addition to a list of official and self-selected....
Russians suspect foul play in jet crash
Suspicions that foul play caused the passenger jet crash in Egypt were growing as the Russian airline's owners said the plane could only have been brought down by "external factors".
State the facts or stay quiet
If there were a rule book setting out how to handle a disaster that has claimed hundreds of innocent lives, Egypt and Russia on Saturday contrived to ignore every page.