Motola is a 48-year-old female elephant who lost part of her left leg after stepping on a land mine 10 years ago. Now she has an artificial leg made specially for her at the Elephant Hospital in Thailand.
These photos were taken back in April. Russian Soyuz landed 420 kilometers away from where planned, somewhere in Siberia. But all the astronauts, who spent almost 6 months in the open space, survived.
Two SU-27's from "Russian Knights" squadron collided southwest of Moscow when they were practicing for MAKS 2009 show. Both pilots managed to eject, but one of them died because his parachute caught fire. The pilot has been identified as Igor Tkachenko, commander of Russia's famous aerobatic team, Russkiye Vityazi.