* NEWS * ROUNDUP *
#Main news of December 8#
WORLD
* The social equality of Russian and Belarusian citizens is a major achievement of the union state, the president of Belarus said in a letter of congratulations on the alliance"s 10th anniversary
* Mercosur trade bloc countries said they would not recognize the results of the Honduran presidential polls and condemned the July 28 military coup in the country, Latin American media reported
* At least 100 people were killed and more than 100 were injured as a result of coordinated bomb attacks in Iraq"s capital of Baghdad, Euronews reported
* Afghan citizens in the eastern Laghman province staged a shocking demonstration condemning NATO for killing civilians during a military operation near the provincial administrative center, local television reported
* At least 20 people were killed when two powerful blasts occurred in Pakistan"s eastern city of Multan in the Punjab Province, local television reported