Author Dan Brown has been accused of plagiarism in The Da Vinci Code just days after he was cleared in London's High Court of similar allegations.

A FIRE broke out in an office building in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok yesterday, killing nine people and injuring at least 15 others as trapped victims jumped from windows to escape the smoke and flames.

A fire broke out in an office building in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok today, killing nine people and injuring at least 15 others as trapped victims jumped from windows to escape the smoke and flames.