The artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin, has undergone eye surgery to try to save the sight following serious burns to his face sustained in an acid attack. A masked man in Moscow threw acid in his face.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.A judge in Nicaragua has sentenced 18 Mexicans who came into the country posing as journalists to long prison terms for drug trafficking. The group was arrested last year crossing into Nicaragua in vans carrying the logo of the Mexican TV network Televisa. They said they had been sent to cover a high-profile murder trial but could not explain the almost $10m stashed in their vehicles.