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14 February 2014 • 13:09 AMT
Karabakh involvement to promote effective peace talks: official

“Why Nagorno Karabakh have full-fledged negotiations on a settlement?” Ambassador James Warlick noted in his Twitter post.

14 February 2014 • 12:34 AMT
ABA calls on Swiss envoys to take action on ECHR ruling

The ECHR struck down a Swiss law prohibiting the denial of the Armenian Genocide after the trial of Doğu Perinçek.

14 February 2014 • 12:21 AMT
“Divergent” bestseller sequel finds a helmer

Robert Schwentke has directed novel-adapted film “The Time Traveler’s Wife” and comic-adapted movies “Red” and “R.I.P.D.”

14 February 2014 • 11:55 AMT
Ken Watanabe in “Unforgiven” Japanese remake trailer

The film also stars Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, and Shiori Kutsana; “Unforgiven” opens in the U.K. on February 28th.

14 February 2014 • 11:26 AMT
Lavrov says Syria peace talks ‘going in circles’

The Russian Foreign Minister has accused the United States of using Syria peace talks to seek “regime change” in the country.

14 February 2014 • 11:12 AMT
CPJ blasts Azerbaijan over trampling press freedom, blacklist

The authorities continued to stifle critical voices and sentence reporters to lengthy prison terms, the CPJ report said.

14 February 2014 • 11:08 AMT
Japan’s Rakuten buys messaging app Viber for $900mln

Privately held Viber will add 300 million users to Rakuten’s existing 200 million users, Mikitani told reporters in Tokyo.

14 February 2014 • 10:39 AMT
Germany, France economic growth exceeds expectations

The French economy expanded by 0.3 percent and statistics office INSEE revised up the third quarter figure to flat from -0.1 percent.

14 February 2014 • 10:37 AMT
U2 to perform “Ordinary Love” at Academy Awards

The song, which was recorded for film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”, is nominated in Oscars’ Best Original Song.

14 February 2014 • 10:15 AMT
UN humanitarian chief calls for more access to Syria

“We managed to get 1,200 people out of Homs, we managed to get food and medicines in for 2,500 people,” Amos said.

14 February 2014 • 10:15 AMT
“Jodorowsky’s Dune” Frank Pavich documentary trailer unveiled

The doc goes behind the scenes of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ambitious adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi novel Dune.

14 February 2014 • 10:03 AMT
Darren Aronofsky wins battle over final cut of “Noah” with Paramount

“My guys and I were pretty sure that because of the nature of the film and how we work, there wasn’t another version,” said the director.

14 February 2014 • 08:42 AMT
Julianne Moore, Zach Galifianakis join “Freeheld” indie drama

Moore can next be seen opposite Liam Neeson in the action film “Non-Stop” and David Cronenberg’s “Map of the Stars.”

14 February 2014 • 08:13 AMT
David Fincher, “Gone Girl” author to remake “Utopia” conspiracy thriller

Fincher recently found success with Netflix’s “House of Cards”, for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing.

14 February 2014 • 07:58 AMT
“Rhythm & Hues: Life After Pi” documentary trailer released

It is the first chapter in an upcoming doc “Hollywood Ending – Why the Movie Capital of the World is Forcing Filmmakers to Leave.”

14 February 2014 • 07:46 AMT
Sony comes on board Sacha Baron Cohen spy comedy “Grimsby”

The story follows a British black ops agent who is forced to go on the run with his long-lost brother, an English soccer hooligan.

14 February 2014 • 07:34 AMT
Oscar-nommed “American Hustle” passes $200 mln at box office

The film received 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and all four acting categories.

14 February 2014 • 07:11 AMT
“Think Like a Man Too” comedy trailer hits the web

Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Jerry Ferrara, Gabrielle Union and Meagan Good all return for the follow-up to the 2012 dark horse.

14 February 2014 • 07:00 AMT
LA to host “Armenia, Auschwitz and Beyond” program

The Annual Scholars’ Conference provides a forum for scholars to report the latest findings in Holocaust research.

14 February 2014 • 06:51 AMT
Zhang Yimou to direct “The Parsifal Mosaic” bestseller adaptation

David Self wrote the adaptation, which tells of a U.S. intelligence agent who witnesses the assassination of his lover, a KGB double agent.

14 February 2014 • 06:43 AMT
Facebook offers new gender options

The new options were formulated after consultations with five leading gay and transgender rights’ organizations, Facebook says

14 February 2014 • 06:15 AMT
Italian PM Letta to resign after party withdraws support

“Italy cannot live in a situation of uncertainty and instability. We are at a crossroads,” Renzi, the mayor of Florence, said.

14 February 2014 • 06:06 AMT
Russia to spend $4.6bn for MS-21 aircraft development

The MS-21 is intended to replace all models of the outdated Tu-154 and Tu-134 aircraft, as well as the Yak-42 in Russia.

14 February 2014 • 05:49 AMT
200,000 urged to evacuate as volcano erupts in Java

There are reports that two people died as a result of the eruption, however these have not yet been verified by officials.

13 February 2014 • 15:05 AMT
Greece unemployment rate hits record high

Before the crash when Greece was growing at up to 5% annually, about 50,000 jobs a year were added to the economy.

13 February 2014 • 15:02 AMT
Armenian Defense Ministry slams Azeri ceasefire violations

238 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported from February 9-12, 225 of them at the line of contact.

13 February 2014 • 14:14 AMT
Poverty, sexual abuse behind mass suicides in Azerbaijan: experts

According to statistics, 36 suicides and 920 suicide attempts have been posted in Azerbaijan in 2014 and 2013 resp.

13 February 2014 • 13:58 AMT
EU official urges Ukrainian leaders, opposition to form coalition govt.

Fule called on the two sides to agree on a reform that would trim presidential powers and bolster the authority of parliament.

13 February 2014 • 13:13 AMT
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” to tell Black Widow’s backstory

Before appearing in “Age of Ultron”, Black Widow or known as Natasha Romanoff will be seen in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”.

13 February 2014 • 12:56 AMT
Belgian MPs to vote on child euthanasia bill

The bill seeks to allow children to ask for euthanasia if their illness is terminal, they are in great pain and there is no available treatment.