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NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was relaxing on the International Space Station, reading a Tom Clancy novel when he heard reports of the 9/11 attacks on New York City.

Alexander Galimov, one of two survivors when a chartered Yak-42 jet crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from the Tunoshna airport, died on Monday. The other survivor was the plane's flight engineer Aleksandr Sizov, who is receiving treatment and expected to recover.

The lone surviving ice hockey player in last week's Russian plane crash, died after a long battle with more than 80 percent burns. With the death of Lokomotiv winger ,Alexander Galimov, the death toll of the tragedy has reached 44.

Cameron is expected to confer with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev as well as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The Venice film festival launched a series of strong movies in 2011, including several early Oscar contenders, but critics said the cinema showcase lacked a standout contender for the Golden Lion award.

Investigators must wait for the magnetic data recordings to dry before they can begin to piece together the events that led to the deaths of the members of Russia's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team on Wednesday.

Rafa Nadal flexed his muscles at the U.S. Open Thursday with a show of power rarely seen in the modern game.

A 12-year-old South African girl is the first black child to be diagnosed with progeria, according to the Progeria Research Foundation.

After a thorough investigation into the cause of the sudden crash of a Russian supply ship, the Russian Space Agency has found that the accident was caused by a manufacturing flaw.

When a Russian rocket failed on its way to orbit last month, it exposed a vulnerability in the International Space Station program that a former NASA astronaut thinks China could help address.

Venezuela's state gold miner Minerven expects to produce 1.2 tonnes of the precious metal this year, rising to 4.5 tonnes in 2012 as it takes a central role in the nationalization of the sector, state media said on Thursday.

Candles flickered beside mounds of red carnations at the stadium of one of Russia's top ice hockey teams on Thursday after almost the entire team was wiped out in a plane crash that killed 43 people.

Russia's recent plane crash took 43 lives. Although the country has been suffering from criticism for poor aviation facility, not much effort has been taken by the government. 10 most shocking and deadliest plane crashes that happened in Russia are discussed in this report.

NASA needs to keep more astronauts on staff than planned as per a new report.

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) published by the World Economic Forum, which ranks the world's most competitive economies, has pushed the U.S. down the list to a No. 5 spot. Escalating government debts and declining faith of the public in its administration were cited as the critical factors that contributed to the plunge of the country which was No. 1 in 2008 and No. 4 last year.

A passenger plane, carrying Russia’s ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to a season-opening match, crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday. The plane crash killed 43 people onboard leaving two survivors critically injured.

A Russian passenger airliner chartered by one of the country's best-known hockey teams and carrying numerous veterans of the NHL crashed during takeoff near the city of Yaroslavl on Wednesday, killing all but two of the 45 people on board.

A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and plunging the Russian and international sports world into grief.

Is there are curse on traveling sports teams?

A look at the terrible plane accident that has tragically taken the lives of an entire hockey team.

A Russian passenger jet, carrying Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed just after taking off from Yaroslavl airport on Wednesday, killing at least 43 people.