UKRAINE-BLAST-RESCUE WORK

A wounded man shouts during rescue efforts to free him after the explosion struck five-story residential building in the Crimean Black Sea town of Yevpatoria early December 25, 2008. At least 17 people were killed and up to 15 were still missing after a blast at an apartment block in Ukraine’s Black Sea town of Yevpatoria, a spokesman for the regional emergency ministry said today. AFP PHOTO / VASILIY BATANOV