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Ukrainian traffic police pulled over a driver with a gunshot wound in his head on Friday. The man had attempted suicide behind the wheel of his car but was later taken to hospital.

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Ksenia Makarava, Russia

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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.

The only internet provider in Turkmenistan has reportedly blocked access to a number of popular websites, including YouTube and LiveJournal.

Figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko, who will be defending his Olympic title in Vancouver, has just broken his own points world record at the Russian Championships in Saint Petersburg.

An experiment with locusts showed that in their on-ground locomotion they rely on sight, which was previously believed to be too complex a task for insects.

Over the 80 years of its turbulent maritime life, the Kruzenshtern barque has been on scientific and military tours, as well as used as a training vessel