Main News of September 8

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

*At least six people were killed after a suicide bomber struck outside the headquarters of the NATO-led international coalition (ISAF) in Kabul on Saturday, al Jazeera television reported.

*Hundreds of people gathered in central Kiev on Saturday to show support for an independent cable TV channel that claims it is being censored after several operators suspended its broadcasts.

*South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk’s “Pieta” wins the main prize Golden Lion at the 69th Venice Film Festival.

 

RUSSIA

*Two hundred Peruvian servicemen will study in Russia’s universities, according to an agreement between the two countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

* Russia and Japan signed a string of bilateral agreements on Saturday, including a ban on crab poaching in the Sea of Okhotsk and a deal to construct a timber processing factory in Siberia.

* A woman was killed and four people were injured when a roof of a district hospital partially collapsed on Saturday in Slavinsk on Kuban town of Krasondar region, a spokesperson of local emergencies said.

*Four people were killed when a Mi-35 combat helicopter crashed in a mountain on Saturday in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a spokesperson of Russia’s Defense Ministry said.