The ouster of Mayor Yury Luzhkov is just the latest confirmation of the axiom about autocrats: They are driven by one main principle — to preserve and expand their grip on power.

Un interno de la línea 500 subió a la vereda, derribó una parada y aplastó a una pareja.

Una pareja que esperaba un micro en Florencio Varela murió cuando un colectivero perdió el control de la unidad que manejaba y derribó una garita. Las víctimas habían comenzado una relación hace poco tiempo y tenían hijos de matrimonios anteriores. Terminaron sepultados por los escombros de la parada.

Still missing their old homes, relocated Ajegunle flood victims pick up pieces of their lives
AS he looked around the new camp at what is now their new home, Abayomi Afolabi was relieved.

President Dmitry Medvedev told Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin that his priorities as Moscow’s next mayor would be to battle traffic jams and corruption in order to attract more investment.

Sergei Sobyanin, picked by President Dmitry Medvedev as Moscow’s next mayor, said Monday that he would fight rampant corruption in an indication of a looming overhaul of the city’s lucrative construction sector.