- 17:33 21/12/2008
Palestinian militants have launched several dozen rockets against southern Israel since the end of a six-month truce with the Jewish state on Friday, Israeli defense officials said on Sunday. 
- 16:40 21/12/2008
The number of people injured in an explosion at a southern Moscow market on Saturday has risen to 13 persons, with 12 of them in hospital, the Moscow police said on Sunday.
- 16:10 21/12/2008
Russia has started the supplies of components for S-300 air defense systems to Iran, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.
- 15:38 21/12/2008
Police dispersed over a hundred of protesters on Sunday during an unauthorized protest in the Russian Far East against the government's decision to raise import duties on used foreign cars.
- 14:00 21/12/2008
Hundreds of Greek youths staged fresh protests in Athens, clashing with police amid Greece's worst riots in decades sparked by the recent killing of a teenager by police, local TV channels reported Sunday.
- 12:55 21/12/2008
Russia's WBA Heavyweight World Champion Nikolai Valuev won a majority points decision on Saturday to defeat four-time champion Evander Holyfield and retain his WBA champion title.
- 12:27 21/12/2008
An Ariane 5 carrier rocket, launched from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on Saturday, orbited two satellites for Europe's telecoms operator Eutelsat, the European space concern Arianspace SA said.
- 11:52 21/12/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reaffirmed the government's pledge to honor all social commitments next year and in the medium-term perspective, despite the ongoing global financial crisis.
