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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry says the flight recorder recovered from a Black Sea plane crash site has been flown to Moscow for immediate examination. And a decorated Russian test pilot says investigators could retrieve data as early as today. The black box is from the military plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Sochi, killing all 92 people aboard.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will today become the first Japanese leader to ever visit the memorial that rests on top of the sunken USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. It's the site of the 1941 Japanese attack that plunged the United States into World War II. Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday. The visit is symbolic of the fact that it took more than 70 years for U.S.-Japanese relations to get to this point, despite now being close allies.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Authorities in the Philippines have announced their biggest drug haul ever. Authorities say anti-narcotics operations led to the arrest of 10 suspects, including three Chinese nationals, and the seizure of nearly one metric ton of methamphetamine. Officials say that the 1,962 pounds of methamphetamine seized in raids this month has a total street value of around $120 million.
BERLIN (AP) — Quick thinking passers-by and a train driver saved a homeless man from injury and Berlin police have detained seven young men suspected of trying to set the man on fire at a subway station on Christmas Day. Berlin police say six of the suspects turned themselves in and the seventh was arrested after authorities released surveillance video and pictures. The suspects are between 15 and 21 years old.
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police now say contaminated alcohol consumed during the Christmas holiday has killed at least 27 people in eastern Pakistan. Police say the dead include 15 people from one town. Alcohol is prohibited in Muslim-majority Pakistan, but laws allow non-Muslims to purchase alcohol from licensed shops. Most poor Christians buy cheaper homemade liquor which causes deaths almost every year.
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