Tunguska Blast Bigger than Hiroshima Still a Mystery 100 years Later

Sometime in the early morning of June 30, 1908, some sort of massive explosion shook central Siberia. Witnesses at the time said they saw a fireball detonate in the sky above a desolate, forested region. What occurred during this time isn't exactly known, but the...

Easter weekend brings bad weather, road and rail disruptions

It's going to be a mess here in the UK for Easter weekend, with nasty weather, traffic backups and railway disruption. If you're in the UK this weekend be sure to send in any photos or videos of the mess!" Motoring organisations are predicting the most congested Easter yet,...

San Francisco police probe fatal zoo attack

"Police shot and killed the tiger after it turned toward them as they attempted to divert its attention from one of the injured victims on the ground.Zoo spokeswoman Lora LaMarca said zoo officials could not comment on how the tiger got out of its habitat, a grotto surrounded...

Estonian man on genocide charge

"A former Soviet Communist Party official in Estonia has been charged with genocide for his alleged role in deportations to Siberian labour camps. Arnold Meri, who is now 88, was a highly-decorated soldier in the Soviet Red Army, and is a cousin of the Baltic state's late...

35 Dead in Siberian Mine Explosion

A methane explosion at a coal mine in Novokuznetsk, in southern Siberia, killed 35 people and injured seven; 179 miners escaped. Rescue workers are still trying to find three miners whose fate is unknown. "Irina Andrianova, another ministry spokeswoman, said 217 people had...

61 Killed in Siberian Mine Explosion

Turns out that, because many mines are no longer turning a profit, safety upgrades get neglected. Should this be the case with the Ulyanovskaya mine, I'm sure the families of the miners will understand..."A methane explosion at a coal mine in Siberia has killed at least 61...

OK to eat the yellow snow?

"NOVOSIBIRSK, February 2 - The yellow-orange snow that fell in West Siberian regions Wednesday contained no toxic substances and its color was the result of a sand storm in neighboring Kazakhstan, experts said Friday. "Experts have established that the substances in the snow...