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Russia's prime minister promised to pour funds into Crimea during a surprise visit to the annexed peninsula today as the government looks to tighten their grip on the region. Dimitry Medvedev pledged to give funds to improve power supplies, water lines and education while residents captured trains loaded with Russian military equipment travelling towards the capital Simferopol. Leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers on a surprise visit, Medvedev also said he would quickly boost salaries and pensions. Despite the show of political strength, Russian troops were pulled back from the border with Ukraine amid signs the Kremlin is being stung by Western sanctions.
Russia's defense minister, meanwhile, announced Monday that all

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Crimea men of conscription age will get a deferral from the draft for one year.

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(CNN) -- The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity said "the psychological wounds of imprisonment are slow to heal." Freed U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee said they spent less than a minute on North Korean soil. In a column posted on the Los Angeles Times Web site Tuesday night, Laura Ling and Euna Lee also said they were seized by North Korean soldiers on Chinese soil. They raised suspicions about their guide and wondered if they had been "lured into a trap." "We didn't spend more than a minute on North Korean soil before turning back, but it is a minute we deeply regret," they said.
"When we set out, we had no intention of leaving

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China, but when our guide beckoned for us to follow him beyond the middle of the river, we did, eventually arriving at the riverbank on the North Korean side.

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By Jim Mcgill Ten years after former world rally champ Colin McRae powered his Ferrari to a podium finish at the Le Mans 24-Hours, Scotland’s most famous Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, has taken his first strides towards racing in the world’s most gruelling endurance race in 2016. The 38-year-old, with six Olympic gold medals and 10 World cycling titles already tucked away, has swapped his lycra for a fire-retardent racesuit. And having pledged to compete at Le Mans in two years, he’s already scorching the Tarmac by racing in this season’s British GT Championship in his Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.


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Colin McRae was so spectacular to watch, flying through the air, landing on one wheel, catching it… how could you not be excited and inspired by that?'