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05 September 2014 • 05:33 AMT
About 120 million girls sexually abused before age of 20: UNICEF

The violence “cuts across boundaries of age, geography, religion, ethnicity and income brackets,” Anthony Lake said.

05 September 2014 • 05:06 AMT
Kerry calls to explore mechanisms for Karabakh conflict resolution

Sargsyan and Aliyev presented their perspectives on the conflict resolution, with Kerry emphasizing the need to settle the conflict peacefully.

04 September 2014 • 18:25 AMT
Militants abduct dozens of men from Sunni village in Iraq: report

The group has published grisly photos of the mass killing of captives in areas under its control in Iraq and neighboring Syria.

04 September 2014 • 18:08 AMT
U.S. judge rules BP ‘grossly negligent’ in 2010 Gulf oil spill

“The law is clear that proving gross negligence is a very high bar that was not met in this case,” said the firm.

04 September 2014 • 16:35 AMT
Rebuilding Gaza to cost $7.8 billion, Palestinians say

The assessment also earmarked $670 million for an airport and sea port, which Shtayyeh said was a Palestinian right.

04 September 2014 • 16:02 AMT
VivaCell-MTS holds lecture on business ethics and responsibility

Teachers from Armenia’s provinces got acquainted with the VivaCell-MTS experience in the field of human resource management.

04 September 2014 • 15:10 AMT
U.S. Secretary of State to meet Armenian, Azerbaijani Presidents

“The Presidents are attending today’s NATO Summit, a strong statement about our shared values and goals,” Warlick said.

04 September 2014 • 14:43 AMT
UN says Libya fighting forced 250,000 people to flee in 4 months

Warring militias have abducted members of rival groups as well as civilians, and have engaged in torture and unlawful killings.

04 September 2014 • 14:09 AMT
“1001 Grams” to represent Norway in Foreign Language Oscar race

Pic marks Bent Hamer’s third submission for the Oscars, following “Kitchen Stories” (“Salmer fra kjøkkenet) in 2003 and “O’Horten” in 2007.

04 September 2014 • 14:00 AMT
Cumberbatch “eyed for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice sequel”

The actor is rumored to portray the Martian Manhunter in the upcoming flick in “Justice League” which is expected to follow up “Batman v Superman.”

04 September 2014 • 13:41 AMT
Microsoft expands Nokia Lumia lineup with ‘selfie phones’

The Lumia 730 is a dual-SIM phone with a 5-megapixel front camera, while the Lumia 735 is a 4G version of the device, minus the dual-SIM functionality.

04 September 2014 • 13:07 AMT
Samsung rolls out Galaxy Tab Active for business users

Specifications for the Tab Active include a 1280 x 800 8-inch screen, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 1.5GB of RAM.

04 September 2014 • 12:56 AMT
Armenian dancer joins Joffrey Ballet

Artur Babajanyan received his training at the Armenian National Ballet School of Yerevan and at the Tanz Academy of Zurich.

04 September 2014 • 12:41 AMT
French MP continues struggle for criminalization of Genocide denial

“Though officially recognizing both genocides, only the denial of Holocaust was made punishable by Paris,” Valerie Boyer said.

04 September 2014 • 11:40 AMT
Armenian, Azeri leaders attending NATO summit

“The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are attending NATO Summit, a strong statement about our shared values and goals,” James Warlick said.

04 September 2014 • 11:15 AMT
Exchange to sell rights to “Dear White People” Sundance-winning comedy

The film also won the audience award at San Francisco and helmer Justin Simien was named as one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch.

04 September 2014 • 11:10 AMT
Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig in talks for Ridley Scott’s “Martian”

The film centers on an astronaut who is stranded on a Martian colony and struggles to survive. Back on Earth, NASA tries to mount a rescue mission.

04 September 2014 • 11:09 AMT
Ebola death toll exceeds 1,900: WHO

Earlier, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres warned that a global military intervention was needed to combat the outbreak.

04 September 2014 • 09:57 AMT
Al Qaeda leader says terror group expanded into India

Until recently, India had largely seen itself as beyond the recruiting territory of international jihadists like al Qaeda.

04 September 2014 • 09:20 AMT
Iran, U.S. start bilateral nuclear talks in Geneva

Rouhani said the sanctions were against the spirit of negotiations, but added he was not pessimistic about the viability of the talks.

04 September 2014 • 09:18 AMT
MOTA SmartRing offers alternative to smartwatches, headsets

The device offers alerts for everything from new text messages to email and Facebook notifications with a vibration.

04 September 2014 • 09:00 AMT
HTC Desire 820 handset with serious selfie capabilities unveiled

Featuring what HTC is calling a Double Shot construction technique, the phone features a single unibody design with multiple colours fused into one solid piece.

04 September 2014 • 08:27 AMT
Oscar winner George Clooney to helm British phone hacking scandal flick

Clooney won his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Syriana,” a political thriller in which he played a CIA agent.

04 September 2014 • 07:57 AMT
Sofia Vergara named Forbes Highest Paid TV Actress 3rd year in a row

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay is still No. 2 on the list with $13 million, up $2 million from the year before.

04 September 2014 • 07:43 AMT
Venezuela picks “The Liberator” as Foreign Language Oscar entry

“The Liberator” is a $50 M co-production between Spain and Venezuela about military and political leader Simon Bolivar.

04 September 2014 • 07:23 AMT
“Nymphomaniac” star to topline high-concept thriller “Taj Mahal”

The pic takes place over one night inside Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, which was seized by terrorists who took guests hostage in 2008.

04 September 2014 • 07:19 AMT
Erdogan, Aliyev pledge to lie for one another: Asbarez

“Turkey and Azerbaijan will jointly counter the lie about the genocide of Armenians,” Aliyev said after his meeting with Erdogan.

04 September 2014 • 06:52 AMT
Miramax nabs Ian McKellen’s elderly Sherlock tale, “Mr. Holmes”

The story finds Holmes back from Japan, where he has witnessed the devastation of the atomic bomb.

04 September 2014 • 06:26 AMT
Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” gets release date

The film’s star-studded cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Amber Tamblyn.

04 September 2014 • 06:18 AMT
World leaders to meet Ukraine’s President before NATO summit

The summit is expected to be dominated by the crisis in Ukraine, but leaders will also discuss Islamic State and Afghanistan.