An explosion rocked Khost city the capital of Khost province in east Afghanistan on Friday killing two people and injuring two others, an official said.
Archives: 24 December 2010
December 24, 2010
December 24, 2010
Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan trilateral summit begins in Istanbul
A Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit started in Istanbul on Friday with expectation to bring forth some concrete results and decisions.
December 24, 2010
DPRK blasts U.S. for tension on Korean Peninsula
The official KCNA news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday accused the United States and its military allies of taking “a grave action of aggression quite contrary to the global trend for peace.”
December 24, 2010
Thousands still stranded at Paris airport on Christmas Eve
After fresh snowfalls hit the north and east of France, over 2,000 passengers had to spend their night till Christmas Eve on Friday at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, one of the country’s major transmit hub.
December 24, 2010
Lavrov rejects U.S. Senate resolution on START
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that the resolution adopted by the U.S. Senate on the new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) was not true.
December 24, 2010
Medvedev urges freedom of press for Russia’s state-run media
Russian state-run TV channels should reflect real events without concealing undesirable issues, President Dmitry Medvedev said in a live interview with three of Russia’s leading TV channel general managers on Friday.
December 24, 2010
December 24, 2010
Investigators to verify authenticity of video tarnishing Russian Navy
Russia’s Investigative Committee on Friday announced it would check to establish the origins of a controversial video showing alleged Russian Navy sailors firing at a group of pirates in a boat.
December 24, 2010
December 24, 2010
France wins tender to build warships for Russia (Update 1)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy over the phone that France has won a tender to build amphibious assault ships for Russia.
