Now who says there is no place for a noble deed nowadays? A cyclist has selflessly thrown his bike at two thieves on a motorcycle who had robbed a girl of her purse in southeastern China.

Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, widow of the first Georgian president, says she cannot take the pressure any longer in her native country and has formally appealed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for political asylum.

England coach Fabio Capello says he will bring David Beckham to the World Cup if the midfielder is in form and plays regularly in his second sojourn at AC Milan.

New Year is a holiday that holds a special place in any Russian

Russia

Radical Islamists have claimed responsibility for the murder of an Orthodox priest in Moscow last month via an extremist website. Father Daniil Sysoyev was shot dead in his church on November 20.

Hundreds of villagers set fire to a local man

Thirty years ago thousands of Soviet troops were deployed to Afghanistan. Within a few days they launched a special operation storming the Presidential palace and toppling the then-Afghan leader.

The storming Afghan president Hafizullah Amin

The eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider