24 hours: Russian airliner crashes after sliding off runway

An aircraft wreckage lies next to a highway near Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on Dec 30, 2012. A Russian airliner flying without passengers broke into pieces after it slid off the runway and crashed onto a highway outside Moscow upon landing on Saturday, killing four of the eight crew on board and leaving smoking chunks of fuselage on the icy road. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Police detain a demonstrator during a protest in New Delhi on Dec 30, 2012. The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi early on Sunday and was quickly cremated at a private ceremony. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

A protester shouts slogans in front of a department store during a rally against a draft law allowing some retail stores to open on Sundays, in Athens on Dec 30, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital's shopping district, protesting against the government's plan to allow stores to remain open on Sundays, local media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

New York Giants David Wilson (right) is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles Nnamdi Asomugha (left) and Jamar Chaney (centre) in the third quarter of their NFL football game in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Fellow Webster police office support their colleague Sgt. Dennis Kohlmeier (centre) as he speaks at firefighter Michael Chiapperini's funeral service in Webster, NY on Dec 30, 2012. Thousands of mourners, including firefighters from across the United States and Canada paid their final respects to West Webster Fire Fighter, Lt. Michael Chiapperini at Webster Schroeder High School. Chiapperini and firefighter, Tomasz Kaczowka, were both shot and killed while on duty on Dec 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An emergency personnel worker climbs up the side of a burnt-out bus, as he searches for victims of a car bomb explosion in Quetta on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents run to take cover as a Free Syrian Army fighter gestures in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman, a member of the Krepysh family winter bathing club, carries her child for bathing in the Yenisei River in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (left) celebrates with wide receiver Michael Crabtree after Crabtree scored a touchdown during the second quarter of their NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in San Francisco, California on Dec 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

 A member of Hamas security forces checks a truck loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 30, 2012. Israel eased its blockade of Gaza on Sunday, allowing a shipment of gravel for private construction into the Palestinian territory for the first time since Hamas seized control in 2007. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Police stand guard outside the residence of the rape victim after her body arrived from Singapore, in New Delhi on Dec 30, 2012. The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi early on Sunday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS