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30 October 2014 • 13:52 AMT
IS militants kill hundreds of Iraqi prisoners: rights group

Also in June, the IS group claimed it had “executed” about 1,700 soldiers and military personnel captured from Camp Speicher.

30 October 2014 • 13:30 AMT
Ameriabank posts AMD 5 billion net asset growth in Jan-Sep 2014

According to Gevorg Tarumyan, in 2014, Ameriabank was leading the banking sector for assets, liabilities and corporate loans.

30 October 2014 • 11:57 AMT
Karabakh demining works to be completed by 2016: USAID

Since 1995, 345 people in Karabakh were blown up by mines, one third of them children, with an annual count of victims at 40.

30 October 2014 • 11:17 AMT
HP rolls out Sprout, new PC with built-in projector

What makes the machine different from others is that the projector and touch mat actually replace the keyboard and mouse.

30 October 2014 • 11:07 AMT
Oppo launches world’s slimmest smartphone at 4.85mm

The record was previously held by fellow Chinese manufacturer Gionee, whose Elife S5.1 handset came in at 5.15mm.

30 October 2014 • 10:56 AMT
The Orchard nabs “Meet Me in Montenegro” Toronto Fest drama

Real-life couple Alex Holdridge co-directed the love story with Linnea Saasen, and the duo also star alongside Rupert Friend and Jennifer Ulrich.

30 October 2014 • 10:49 AMT
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence in “Serena” melodrama trailer

“Serena” follows two newlyweds (Cooper and Lawrence) in North Carolina in the 1920s as they attempt to build a timber empire.

30 October 2014 • 10:38 AMT
Slipknot’s “.5: The Gray Chapter” tops Billboard 200

Selling 132,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, it marks the band’s second album to have topped the chart.

30 October 2014 • 10:32 AMT
Oscar-nommed Demian Bichir to topline Low Riders pic for Universal

The project is an inspirational youth culture movie set in the East Los Angeles world of lowrider cars and street tagging.

30 October 2014 • 10:21 AMT
Talk on Ottoman revolution to be presented at NAASR Center

As post-revolutionary festivities ended, these euphoric feelings soon turned to pessimism and a dramatic rise in ethnic tensions.

30 October 2014 • 10:10 AMT
Air Armenia to suspend flights till at least Dec 20

Air Armenia is the only local air transportation company. Armenia’s previous national carrier Armavia went bankrupt in April 2013.

30 October 2014 • 10:08 AMT
Barroso calls on Russia, Ukraine to finish gas negotiations

Jose Manuel Barroso said an agreement was within reach on the basis of the proposals put forward by the Commission.

30 October 2014 • 09:47 AMT
Iran says it foiled sabotage attempt on heavy water tanks

Asghar Zarean, deputy head of Iran’s nuclear department, said Iranian experts thwarted the sabotage attempt “in recent weeks.”

30 October 2014 • 09:46 AMT
A24 acquires “Ex Machina” Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander thriller

“Ex Machina” follows a programmer who wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s reclusive CEO.

30 October 2014 • 09:31 AMT
“Man in Orange Jacket” marks Aik Karapetian as young talent: review

“The horror flick delivers sequences that have the creepy, controlled intensity of Michael Haneke or Lars Von Trier,” the review said.

30 October 2014 • 09:24 AMT
Armenia’s legislative process should be more flexible: ODIHR

“We should find a way to make sure that haste in the process does not harm the quality of the adopted legislation,” Manukyan said.

30 October 2014 • 09:10 AMT
Yerevan hosts AmCham Annual General Meeting

The American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia is an independent business association operating in Armenia since 2000.

30 October 2014 • 08:51 AMT
Katniss’ message for President Snow in “Mockingjay, Part 1” trailer

The trailer opens with Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Plutarch telling Julianne Moore’s President Coin that Katniss is the perfect choice to lead the rebellion.

30 October 2014 • 08:35 AMT
Christian Bale’s Moses at conflict with Ramses in “Exodus” TV spot

Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Aaron Paul co-star in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic, which 20th Century Fox is releasing Dec. 12.

30 October 2014 • 08:28 AMT
“Hail Caesar” Coen Brothers star-studded comedy release date set

“Hail Caesar” will follow Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer tasked with keeping the scandals of the town’s biggest stars from leaking out.

30 October 2014 • 08:26 AMT
Chinese search engine Baidu reports 27% quarterly profit rise

“This quarter, mobile traffic surpassed PC traffic and mobile revenue contributed 36 percent of our total revenue,” Robin Li said.

30 October 2014 • 08:20 AMT
Michael Bay in talks to helm “13 Hours” Benghazi political drama

“13 Hours” is the adaptation of Mitchell Zuckoff’s book about the attack on an American compound in Libya that left U.S. envoy Stevens dead.

30 October 2014 • 08:03 AMT
Nintendo details plan to enter healthcare business

The system will also automatically make recommendations such as getting more exercise or changing one’s diet.

30 October 2014 • 07:49 AMT
Microsoft unveils its first $199 fitness band

Some analysts believe Microsoft will face stiff competition in the wearables market because “the company has little or no brand”.

30 October 2014 • 07:26 AMT
U.S. says working with Kurds to stop IS oil smuggling

An oil ministry adviser had estimated that in the first two weeks of July, Islamic State made nearly $1 million a day.

30 October 2014 • 06:04 AMT
Tunisia’s secularist party wins parliamentary elections

The results confirm earlier predictions and Ennahda officials have already urges Nidaa Tounes to form an inclusive government.

30 October 2014 • 05:53 AMT
Australia passes laws to prevent young people from fighting abroad

The government is also introducing controversial data retention laws it says are needed to tackle security and criminal threats.

30 October 2014 • 05:21 AMT
China’s Xiaomi posts 211% growth in smartphone shipments

Xiaomi reached the ranking, behind Apple and Samsung, in the third quarter, said research firms IDC and Strategy Analytics.

30 October 2014 • 04:24 AMT
Samsung operating profit falls to lowest in 3 years

Samsung’s mobile division, its biggest business, has been struggling to maintain its dominance against rivals such as Apple.

30 October 2014 • 04:17 AMT
NATO reports ‘unusual’ spike in Russian military flights

The tankers turned back north, but the bombers kept flying south all the way to international airspace west of Portugal and Spain.