- 21:13 01/12/2008
Russia's naval task force from the Northern Fleet has started deployment in the southern Caribbean in preparation for joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Monday. 
- 21:08 01/12/2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday officially announced the members of his national security team, including Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and Robert Gates, who will stay on as defense secretary.
- 20:31 01/12/2008
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the eighth time.
- 19:25 01/12/2008
Some 40 Czech mayors plan to address the European parliament on February 24 to complain against the deployment of a proposed U.S. missile defense radar in the country, a Czech news agency said on Monday.
- 18:30 01/12/2008
A meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State has been delayed upon a request from Belarus, the Kremlin said on Monday.
- 18:26 01/12/2008
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's announcement of Hillary Clinton as the country's secretary of state has been partially motivated by the ongoing financial crisis, a Russian expert said on Monday.
- 18:01 01/12/2008
Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil said on Monday it had completed a deal with Italy's ERG S.p.A. on acquiring a 49% stake in a joint venture in a refinery in southern Italy.
- 17:03 01/12/2008
Russia's state-controlled crude producer Rosneft said on Monday its US GAAP net income grew 140% year-on-year in January-September to a record $10.35 billion.
- 16:55 01/12/2008
Iranian authorities are planning to build two new nuclear power plants instead of completing the second power unit of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a civilian nuclear official said on Monday.
- 16:44 01/12/2008
Iran is to hold on December 2-7 a large-scale naval exercise involving over 60 warships in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian television reported on Monday, citing the navy commander.
- 16:32 01/12/2008
Former Polish president Alexander Kwasniewski said on Monday he would agree to become NATO secretary general if nominated.
- 16:26 01/12/2008
- 16:25 01/12/2008
The Ukrainian government approved on Monday a draft agreement with Russia and Kazakhstan on involvement in the work of an international uranium enrichment facility in East Siberia.
- 16:18 01/12/2008
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has received information indicating that the MV Faina cargo ship, seized by Somali pirates almost two months ago, may be released soon, a spokesman said Monday.
- 16:12 01/12/2008
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- 15:27 01/12/2008
The Russia-NATO Council may resume work, suspended after Russia's five-day military conflict with Georgia in August, at ambassadorial level, NATO's official spokesman said on Monday.
- 15:02 01/12/2008
Italy's famous lagoon city Venice, along the northeastern Adriatic coast, was flooded on Monday as high tides pushed sea levels to the highest in the past 30 years, the ANSA news agency said.
- 14:50 01/12/2008
The Saudi supertanker the Sirius Star, seized by Somali pirates on November 15, will be released within the next two days, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Kenya said on Monday.
