Israeli military: Palestinian killed after advancing with glass bottle

(CNN) -- Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man who approached a checkpoint with a glass bottle and did not stop, the Israeli military said.

The man approached the soldiers at a checkpoint near Nablus in the West Bank from an unauthorized lane holding a gas bottle, according to the military.

The soldiers called on him to stop, but the man did not comply and continued to approach the soldiers, the military said. The man came a few meters away from soldiers "who then operated according to (Israeli military) rules of engagement, firing towards him," the military said in a statement.

The Israeli military said it was still investigating the incident, but reported that the soldiers feared that the man was going to stab them with the glass bottle.

Worshippers back in Egyptian church hit in attack

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) -- Christians are back praying in a church targeted a day earlier by an apparent suicide bomber in an attack that killed 21 and wounded 97.

Dozens attended Sunday Mass at the Saints Church in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria while riot police backed by armored vehicles were deployed outside.

The attack Saturday was the worst violence against Egypt's Christian minority in a decade. It sparked clashes between Christians who say the government hasn't done enough to protect them and riot police.

The Interior Ministry blamed the bombing on "foreign elements."

The Alexandria governor accused al-Qaida, pointing to the terror network's branch in Iraq, which has attacked Christians there and threatened Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christian community.

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Chuck Berry collapses on keyboard at Congress Theater

Chuck Berry at the Congress Theater on
Saturday night. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famer Chuck Berry collapsed over his keyboards about an hour into his “Winter Dance” show before a standing-room only crowd Saturday night at the Congress Theater.

The 84-year-old Berry’s head lay on a keyboard, and he didn’t move for a couple of minutes before he was helped off stage by three people shortly before 10:30 p.m. He returned 20 minutes later after most of the auditorium had cleared out. He tuned up his guitar and tried to play before telling the audience he had no strength. He then did a variation of his legendary duck walk off stage.

A Chicago Fire Department ambulance was called to the theater on the Northwest Side, and emergency crews gave Berry a check-up at the scene, Fire Department Spokesman Joe Roccasalva said. But he said he “felt better” and signed a refusal for further medical treatment, Roccasalva said.

Berry flew into Chicago after performing two New Year’s Eve shows at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill in New York City. The St. Louis-based legend was having trouble connecting with his Chicago-based pick-up band all night.

In a rare moment earlier in the show, Berry even cast aside his guitar and took over the keyboards to play “Let it Rock.” He performed his best-known hits like “Roll Over Beethoven” in slow, disjointed tempos and when he hit stride with more appropriate understated material like “Everyday I Have the Blues,” he stopped halfway through the song. The only tune he was able to muscle through was his 1972 novelty hit, “My Ding-A-Ling,” which featured a call and response with his adoring fans.

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Russia pop group Na-Na describe plane fire 'panic'

Members of a Russian pop group, Na-Na, have described the panic on board a passenger jet when it caught fire and later exploded at a Siberian airport.

Three people were killed and at least 43 were injured after the Russian plane, carrying 124 people, burst into flames before take-off.

One band member said people had "been literally stepping on each other's heads" in an effort to escape.

The Tupolev plane had been due to fly from Surgut to Moscow.

Vadim Grebennikov, an emergency services spokesman, said the fire had begun in one of the engines as the aircraft taxied on the runway.

The fire then caused a powerful blast which destroyed the Tu-154 plane and caused flames across an area of 100 square metres, he said.

Most of the passengers were evacuated before the explosion.

'Running through flames'

"There was a thick, black smoke and people started to panic. They were literally stepping on each other's heads," said Sergei Grigoriyev, a singer with Na-Na, a band which was popular in Russia in the 1990s.

"I saw my life flash before me," he said, according to Itar-Tass news agency.

Fellow band member Vladimir Politov said the group had escaped out an emergency exit over the wing and were all unharmed.

"When the engines were started up, something went wrong and the outer covering of the plane caught fire," Mr Politov said, Ria Novosti reported.

"We had trouble opening the emergency exits and people began to really panic, with some of them running right through the flames."

The Tu-154 entered service in the 1970s but a series of crashes triggered concerns over its safety record.

Russia's national carrier airline Aeroflot took all its remaining 23 Tu-154 aircraft out of service in January 2010.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed last year when a Polish Airforce Tu-154 crashed in western Russia.