Stray animals have long been an unpleasant reality in Moscow. Now some are trying to resolve the problem with massive killings right on the city

The Australian Open starts Monday but its stars have already begun facing each other on the court to raise money for Haitian earthquake victims.

Threat from disease and lack of food and water increases as rescuers continue the desperate search for those still trapped under the rubble.

The UN has appealed for more than 500 million US dollars to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The organization says the funds are intended to help three million people over the next few months.

On Friday the Lithuanian parliament changed its Code of Execution of Sentences. Now detainees will have to pay for the energy they use, at special prison rates.

Traditional Russian hunting in the manner of the 19th century is re-enacted in the Moscow region.

Russian-US talks on replacing the expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty are progressing well, according to President Dmitry Medvedev.

Russian biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov has remained top in the overall World Cup standings after finishing second in the 15-kilometre mass start in Germany.

Dynamo Moscow has confirmed that star striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov is back where he began his career. He rejoins former club Zenit after more than three years away.

The KAMAZ-Master truck team from Naberezhniye Chelny, and lead by Vladimir Chagin, won the Dakar rally that ended Saturday.