Russian court extends custody of Yukos founder's partner
An East Siberian court on Monday extended the custody of Platon Lebedev, the business partner of jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky, until April 2, 2009.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 06:19 GMT
Suicide car bomber kills 14 children in east Afghanistan
Fourteen schoolchildren have been killed along with five adults in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, Afghan officials said on Monday.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 06:47 GMT
Death toll in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza rises to 310 Palestinians
Israel continued early Monday airstrikes on suspected militant strongholds in the Gaza Strip, which have killed so far 310 Palestinians, local medical services reported.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 07:43 GMT
Russia's VEB infrastructure projects hit $26 bln in 2008
Infrastructure projects launched by Vnesheconombank (VEB) in 2008 were worth 750 billion rubles ($26 billion), the national development bank's CEO said on Monday.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 08:36 GMT
Suicide bomber kills 2, injures 17 in attack in Afghanistan
Two people were killed and 17 injured in a suicide car bomb attack near the Parwan province governor's office on Monday morning, an Afghan official told journalists.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 08:48 GMT
President Medvedev orders aid to Russians in Gaza
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Monday the Foreign Ministry to provide aid to Russians in the Gaza Strip and evacuate them if necessary amid Israel's military attack on the Palestinian region.
// Dec. 29, 2008 - 09:11 GMT