Georgia has severed diplomatic ties with Moscow to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory, and its president cast the far-confrontation over his country's fate as "a fight between the civilized and the uncivilized worlds."
With European Union leaders set to huddle on how to deal with an increasingly assertive Russia, Vladimir Putin angrily warned Europe on Friday not to do America's bidding and said Moscow does not fear Western sanctions.
- 17:20Olmert at state memorial service for Ben Gurion described him as an individual with gigantic and extraordinary power
- 17:16Autopsy report of Rose Pizem reinforces her grandfather's version that he slapped her
- 15:47Explosive devices defused at Mumbai train station
- 14:31Outgoing Jerusalem mayor congratulates Nir Barkat
- 13:013 rightists arrested in Hebron
- 13:01Rice: Mumbai attacks could bear al-Qaeda's stamp
- 13:01Yigal Amir stops hunger strike
- 13:002 mortar shells land in western Negev
- 11:46Arab resident seriously wounded in stabbing attacks claims he was attacked by Jews, police checking
- 11:34Nir Barkat takes up his position as Mayor of Jerusalem
- 08:53Palestinians in Gaza fire three mortar shells at Negev, no injuries
- 08:53US forces kill 3 Taliban militants in Afghanistan
- 08:52Jerusalem: Arab stabbed near Meah Shearim
- 08:52IDF nabs 14 Palestinians in the West Bank
- 08:52IDF imposes closed military zone on disputed Hebron house to prevent clashes
