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24 March 2014 • 13:20 AMT
LG announces smartphone-controlled LED light bulb

There is also a ‘party mode’, which adjusts the brightness in accordance with the music emanating from the smartphone.

24 March 2014 • 13:12 AMT
Defendants in Harsnakar tragedy sentenced to 12 years in jail

The beating of doctor Vahe Avetyan to death caused a public uproar in Armenia as hundreds of civic activists held demonstrations at the restaurant.

24 March 2014 • 12:57 AMT
“The Darkness” buzzed-up psychological thriller takes shape

Robbed and left to die in a desert in Mexico, a biologist encounters a wise man who teaches him to understand the desert as a living being.

24 March 2014 • 12:42 AMT
“Divergent” YA bestseller adaptation tops U.S. box office

The film follows a female youngster who is fighting for survival after failing to fit into one of the five strictly controlled factions in a dystopian society.

24 March 2014 • 12:19 AMT
Italy, Belgium move excess nuclear materials to U.S.

The material will be stored in the United States until it is disposed of or made into low-enriched uranium for civilian purposes.

24 March 2014 • 12:05 AMT
Johnny Depp thriller “Transcendence” to open Apr 18 in U.S., China

The film is said to explore the perhaps not-too-distant moment when computer intelligence surpasses the power of the human mind.

24 March 2014 • 11:56 AMT
Artsakh Foreign Minister meets Armenian Cause committees reps.

Minister Mirzoyan awarded the representatives of the Committees with the commemorative medals of the NKR Foreign Ministry.

24 March 2014 • 11:52 AMT
U.S. mediator: “I was corrected – the conflict is Karabakh and Azerbaijan”

President Serzh Sargsyan met the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs on the sidelines of his working visit to the Hague.

24 March 2014 • 11:42 AMT
Twitter announces closure of #Music discovery service

Despite tweaks along the way, the service failed to get off the ground and reports as early as October suggested the app’s closure was imminent.

24 March 2014 • 11:05 AMT
Cloud database to help child abuse investigators

“We have issues with deconflicting investigations and also big issues with the amount of data that we are seizing,” Cole said.

24 March 2014 • 10:52 AMT
UN weather agency blames human factor for global warming

The World Meteorological Organization’s annual assessment says 2013 was the sixth-warmest year on record.

24 March 2014 • 10:42 AMT
Russia’s arms exports pass $2 billion mark

“As of today, Russia has supplied military products worth $2 billion to its foreign customers,” a senior government official said.

24 March 2014 • 10:36 AMT
BMW, Toyota to come up with hybrid Z4 replacement

The hybrid system of the car will use technology and skills that Toyota picked up using hybrid tech in its Le Mans LMP1 racing program.

24 March 2014 • 10:25 AMT
Egyptian court convicts 529 Morsi supporters to death

“This is way over the top and unacceptable,” said attorney Mohammed Zarie, who heads a rights center in Cairo.

24 March 2014 • 10:14 AMT
Yemeni soldiers killed in attack on military checkpoint

The last major AQAP attack was in February at the central prison in the capital Sanaa when gunmen killed 12 soldiers.

24 March 2014 • 09:41 AMT
Apple considering iTunes for Android, report says

Meanwhile, iTunes began an initiative to make its store easier to shop and is trying to promote catalog titles more.

24 March 2014 • 09:31 AMT
Lon Haber & Co launching “Jasmine” psychological thriller

The story features a man struggling to overcome his wife’s unsolved murder who takes matters into his own hands.

24 March 2014 • 09:24 AMT
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bella Thorne to star in new “Amityville” horror movie

The original “Amityville” movie came out in 1979, based on Jay Anson’s non-fiction book about a haunted house in Amityville, New York.

24 March 2014 • 08:52 AMT
Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel” box office success continues

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” stars Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton, and will expand to more than 800 screens next weekend.

24 March 2014 • 08:34 AMT
“Game of Thrones” unveils new trailers as season 4 approaches

Daenerys has lesser screen time in these videos, but the Lannisters appear prominently and so does Jon Snow.

24 March 2014 • 08:26 AMT
Aretha Franklin recruits Andre 3000, Babyface for new tracks

Earlier this month, Franklin performed at the White House alongside Patti LaBelle, Jill Scott and other soul singers.

24 March 2014 • 08:13 AMT
Pantelion nabs “Get Married If You Can” hit Mexican comedy

Directed by first-time helmer Marco Polo Constandse, “Get Married” is the latest in a string of successful comedies over the past year in Mexico.

24 March 2014 • 07:54 AMT
1st look at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Hercules: Thracian Wars”

Based on a graphic novel of the same name, the movie is a take on the classic myth set in a grounded world where the supernatural does not exist.

24 March 2014 • 07:44 AMT
“Homeland” star James Rebhorn dies at 65

Rebhorn also had a recent recurring role on the USA Network hit “White Collar” as Special Agent Reese Hughes.

24 March 2014 • 07:12 AMT
Fresno to host ‘Remembering the Armenians of Bitlis’ exhibit

Ara Sarafian of the Gomidas Institute will present a talk, “Down and About Bitlis: An Exhibition on Bitlis Armenians on the Shores of Lake Van”.

24 March 2014 • 07:01 AMT
Armenian families flee Syrian town after al Qaeda affiliate attack (updated)

Eyewitnesses say that the attackers crossed the Turkish border with Syria openly passing through Turkish military barracks.

24 March 2014 • 06:05 AMT
Afghanistan says foreign service behind deadly hotel attack

In that briefing the agency said: “The attack on the Serena Hotel was a direct attack by an intelligence service outside the country.”

24 March 2014 • 05:50 AMT
U.S. high-tech Black Box detectors join search for Malaysian aircraft

Chinese and Japanese military aircraft were joining a 10-strong international fleet of planes scouring the area for the first time.

24 March 2014 • 05:30 AMT
NATO commander warns of Russian forces build-up on Ukraine border

The build-up has been linked to Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, following the removal of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow president.

24 March 2014 • 05:15 AMT
Turkey shoots down Syrian jet, raises concerns over graft probe cover-up

According to a TSK statement, two Syrian MIG-23 warplanes were warned four times when they began flying close to Turkish airspace.