London, November 17: Sky Sports’ host Jeff Stelling says that he would love to spend time with ‘Girls Aloud’ singer Cheryl Cole on Christmas.

Beijing - Shares on China's two stock markets jumped by about 2 per cent on Monday, continuing an upward trend from last week.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in foreign and local currencies, rose by 44.05 points, or 2.22 per cent, to end the day at 2,030.49 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index also gained nearly 2 per cent as the markets were buoyed by rising airline stocks after reports that the government planned to invest 3 billion yuan (440 million dollars in China Eastern and China Southern airlines.

New Delhi - Relatives of the 18 Indian sailors aboard a ship hijacked by Somali pirates two months ago said Monday they were celebrating the release of the ship and were waiting for it to arrive in India's western city of Mumbai.

The Japanese-owned Stolt Valor was freed by the Somali hijackers on Sunday after the ship's owners paid a ransom of 2.5 million dollars, Indian media reports said.

Besides the Indians, the ship's crew included two men from the Philippines and one from Bangladesh.

The ship was hijacked on September 15 in the busy Gulf of Aden while on its way to Mumbai with 24,000 tons of oil products.

New York, November 17 : Samantha Ronson, who has been dating singer Lindsay Lohan, has made her fury public at the woman who threw flour on her girlfriend.

Lindsay was dumped with a bag of flour by an activist for wearing a black fur stole as she was stepping out of a Paris nightclub.

The actress’ DJ lover has now raised her voice against the incident on MySpace calling the attacker “less civilised” than her own dog.

Gaza/Tel Aviv - Israel was keeping its border crossings with the Gaza Strip shut for a fifth day running Monday, as rocket fire against its southern towns and villages continued.

Militants fired at least seven Gaza-made rockets into Israel in the morning, bringing to at least 134 the number of projectiles launched from Gaza since a fragile truce that had largely held for five months began disintegrating two weeks ago.

Israel said it would allow the entry of some 30 trucks with medical supplies and humanitarian aid into Gaza Monday. But a military spokesman in Tel Aviv said final authorization "depends on what happens during the day."

New Delhi, Nov. 17: Though India claims to have a strong fundamental value proposition, industrialists are seeking more liquidity in the market.

Top entrepreneurs participating in the three-day 24th India Economic Summit here, are trying to find solutions to overcome the crisis.

Speaking exclusively to ANI, Adi Godrej, CMD of Godrej Group said "Clearly the global crisis is affecting India perhaps more little the most people thought but I think we have the means to fight it strongly and I think the government should take quick action."