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06 October 2014 • 14:03 AMT
Syrian war: Armenian district in Aleppo hit by napalm bombs

Syrian rebels have thrown napalm bombs at the Armenian-populated Nor Gyugh district in Aleppo, Kantsasar newspaper reported. The paper says Turkey is involved in the continuous destruction of the Armenian districts.

06 October 2014 • 13:55 AMT
“Pray” Brazilian horror wins Viewster Online Film Festival

500 films from 60 countries were accepted for the competition, with Viewster’s users selecting a short list of finalists.

06 October 2014 • 12:56 AMT
Microsoft rolls out RoomAlive augmented reality system

The proof-of-concept prototype has been demonstrated with games such as Whack-A-Mole, Robot Attack and Traps.

06 October 2014 • 12:46 AMT
Mozilla to launch 64-bit web browser next spring

Firefox 37 will be available to download on March 31, 2015, putting users in good stead for the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 10 later in the year.

06 October 2014 • 11:29 AMT
Indian Islamists call for attacks on non-Muslims

The head of the little-known Ansar al-Tawhid fi’Bilad al-Hind urged Muslims to kill foreigners and other infidels in India.

06 October 2014 • 11:19 AMT
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering ‘inner GPS’

The winners of each category split the prize money of about $1.1 mln. Each winner also receives a diploma and a gold medal.

06 October 2014 • 11:07 AMT
“Nightingale” selected as China’s contender for foreign Oscar race

“Nightingale” is an odd-couple road movie about an old man and his spoiled grand-daughter, directed by veteran French helmer Philippe Muyl.

06 October 2014 • 10:55 AMT
Tilda Swinton to be honored at Gotham Independent Film Awards

Swinton will be given the Gotham Actor Tribute for 30 years of “powerful and iconoclastic performances.”

06 October 2014 • 10:20 AMT
Yahoo reportedly plans to invest millions in Snapchat

MessageMe has said it will shut down in November, so that its eight-person team can work on mobile products for Yahoo.

06 October 2014 • 10:15 AMT
iPhone 6 chip orders exceed 50 million units, likely to remain high

The leadtime for wafer shipments has been running at 12-15 weeks recently and is unlikely to shorten for the time being, sources said.

06 October 2014 • 10:15 AMT
“Doctor Who” scribe to pen “Metal Hurlant Chronicles” hit series reboot

“Metal Hurlant” is based on the French sci-fi and fantasy comics anthology published in the U.S. as “Heavy Metal.”

06 October 2014 • 10:09 AMT
HP to split into two companies: report

It is expected to make the split through a tax-free distribution of shares to stockholders next year, said one of the people.

06 October 2014 • 10:00 AMT
Jake Gyllenhaal gives way to madness in “Nightcrawler” trailer

Jake Gyllenhaal films murder and mayhem until it finally catches up with him in the new trailer for “Nightcrawler”.

06 October 2014 • 09:36 AMT
Samsung to invest $14.7bn in new chip plant in S. Korea

Last week, Samsung, moving to capitalize on cheap labor costs, said it would invest $560 million for a new TV plant in Vietnam.

06 October 2014 • 09:29 AMT
Google doodle celebrates Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl

Heyerdahl’s expeditions made him one of the most famous anthropologists in the world, writing a number of books that became huge-sellers.

06 October 2014 • 08:57 AMT
European states push to step up border controls

A plan to store and share the details of all air passengers travelling within and outside the EU is currently blocked by MEPs.

06 October 2014 • 08:49 AMT
David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” beats “Annabel” to top box-office

Last week’s victor “The Equalizer” sat at the third place this week with approximately $19 million.

06 October 2014 • 08:38 AMT
Taganka Theater founder, Russian actor Yuri Lyubimov dies at 97

Among those he brought to his new theater was Vladimir Vysotsky who became one of the cultural icons of the Soviet period.

06 October 2014 • 08:28 AMT
“Penny Dreadful” hit horror series unveils Season 2 trailer

“Penny Dreadful” will feature Helen McCrory’s Madame Kali, who recurred in season 1, as “a great antagonist.”

06 October 2014 • 08:20 AMT
Uruguayan drama “Moonless Night” wins Zurich Fest best int’l film award

The prize for best international documentary went to “Toto and His Sisters” from Romanian director Alexander Nanau.

06 October 2014 • 07:56 AMT
New NATO chief says alliance can deploy forces wherever it wants

“These capabilities already exist. We have them, and we can deploy them in individual regions,” Jens Stoltenberg said in Poland.

06 October 2014 • 07:40 AMT
Suicide bomber attack kills 5 in Chechen capital

An interior ministry statement said police were searching a “suspicious” young man when he detonated a device.

06 October 2014 • 07:08 AMT
French-Armenian gymnast Arthur Magakian dies aged 89

Magakian’s career was rewarded with the Legion of Honor, the National Order of Merit and the Gold Medal of Youth and Sports.

06 October 2014 • 06:10 AMT
Egypt arrests 4 men suspected of recruiting fighters for IS

Many Egyptians have traveled to Syria to join various rebel groups — including al Qaeda and extremist factions such as IS.

06 October 2014 • 05:54 AMT
Search for missing Malaysian plane enters new phase

The Phoenix will be joined later this month by two ships sent by Dutch contractor Fugro. The operation could last at least a year.

04 October 2014 • 14:35 AMT
Ron Perlman joins “The Jesuit” Alex Garcia’s action-thriller

The film turns on an ex-con, wrongly imprisoned, called The Jesuit, whose ex-wife is murdered by her boyfriend who then kidnaps his son.

04 October 2014 • 14:24 AMT
Wrekin Hill nabs Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell’s “Miss Julie”

Liv Ullmann adapted the play by August Strindberg, and the film was produced by Synnøve Hørsdal, Oliver Dungey, and Teun Hilte.

04 October 2014 • 14:19 AMT
NDM acquires Gust Van den Berghe’s “Lucifer” ahead of Rome Fest

The pick-up comes just six weeks after NDM pounced on Norwegian Ole Giaever’s mountains-set dramedy “Out of Nature.”

04 October 2014 • 14:01 AMT
Focus Features to distribute “Boxtrolls” Studio Laika’s movies

Focus opened “The Boxtrolls” nationwide last weekend to a $17.3 million gross, marking the biggest debut yet for a Laika movie.

04 October 2014 • 13:44 AMT
Facebook “plotting move into healthcare business”

Several other major tech firms have made inroads into the healthcare industry in recent years, including Apple, Google and Samsung.