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The Mi-8 helicopter, which was transporting 22 passengers and four crew members, crashed outside the town of Igarka in Western Siberia, some 2,800 kilometres (1,750 miles) northeast of Moscow.
"Fifteen people were killed and 10 people were hospitalised as a result of the crash," regional transportation authorities said in a statement....

GENEVA : Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to the northern Swiss city of Basel to-see a giant, stinky flower bloom for-the first time.
The Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to-see its amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower , in full glory before the bloom wilts late Saturday or Sunday. The plant is 17 years old and has never bloomed before....

LONDON: Former US Secretary Condoleezza Rice is set to make her-acting debut on hit comedy show ''30 Rock''.  The 56-year-old diplomat will appear in a brief cameo on the American sitcom, reported the Daily Mail.  The announcement was made yesterday...

KARACHI: Did you know that the athletes in Ancient Greece relies on intake of honey to improve their performance in the face of Olympic sport?
Honey made their secret recipes as they contain-glucose and fructose which are capable of producing supplies of glycogen in the liver....