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12 February 2014 • 12:59 AMT
Mozilla to show ads in new Firefox tabs

Firefox will show sponsored links in some of the nine tiles users see when they open a blank new tab in the browser, said Darren Herman.

12 February 2014 • 12:34 AMT
LinkedIn crosses 50 million registered users in Asia-Pacific

The fastest-growing demographic on LinkedIn is students, says Hari Krishnan, LinkedIn’s managing director of Asia-Pacific and Japan.

12 February 2014 • 11:37 AMT
Strong quake strikes China’s far western region

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The USGS had previously put the magnitude at 6.9, but later downgraded it.

12 February 2014 • 11:18 AMT
Toyota recalling 1.9 million Prius hybrid cars over software fault

In 2010, Toyota’s share price was hit after more than 10 million of its vehicles were recalled over unintended acceleration issues.

12 February 2014 • 11:08 AMT
Heineken expects higher sales volumes in 2014

The family-controlled company said it plans to increase profits this year by cutting costs and shedding an unspecified number of employees.

12 February 2014 • 11:02 AMT
Microsoft denies censoring Bing search results outside China

Microsoft, responding to the rights group’s allegations, said a system fault had removed some search results for users outside China.

12 February 2014 • 10:27 AMT
Syrian warplanes pounding rebel-held town near Lebanon border: activists

The Observatory, which has documented the conflict since it erupted in March 2011, says warplanes have carried out 10 airstrikes so far.

12 February 2014 • 09:03 AMT
Bulgarian coalition survives third no-confidence vote

Protests have since dwindled and political analysts expect the government to limp on at least until the European elections in late May.

12 February 2014 • 08:28 AMT
Publisher says Genocide recognition necessary but not sufficient

Turkish leaders are coming under increasing pressure from the international community to face their country’s sordid past.

12 February 2014 • 08:21 AMT
Well Go USA acquires rights to “Kid Cannabis” drug drama

“Kid Cannabis” is the true story of a teen Idaho dropout who builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring by trafficking drugs.

12 February 2014 • 08:08 AMT
FOX’s Batman prequel “Gotham” taps more actors in key roles

“The Mentalist” creator Bruno Heller is writing the pilot while Danny Cannon “Nikita”) is on board to direct the pilot.

12 February 2014 • 07:59 AMT
“Perfect Sisters” Abigal Breslin crime thriller release date set

Breslin and “The Chronicles of Narnia”‘s Georgie Henley play two teenage sisters who plot their addict mother’s (Mira Sorvino) death.

12 February 2014 • 07:42 AMT
Russia mulls relaxing citizenship requirements

Nearly 136,000 foreigners obtained Russian citizenship in 2013, according to the Federal Migration Service, up from about 96,000 in 2012.

12 February 2014 • 07:33 AMT
Mance Media picks up “Forev” Noel Wells romantic comedy

In the film, Wells’ character and her naive neighbor take a joke about marriage and become engaged — and stranded in the desert.

12 February 2014 • 07:29 AMT
Radius-TWC nabs Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson’s “Paradise Lost”

The film is starring Del Toro as notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and Hutcherson a young surfer who marries his niece.

12 February 2014 • 07:10 AMT
Scarlett Johansson as alien in “Under the Skin” thriller trailer

The film based on Michel Faber’s 2000 novel has been played in a series of Film Festivals like Telluride, Toronto and Venice last year.

12 February 2014 • 06:54 AMT
9 MEPs can be censured over accepting favors from Azerbaijan

“I hope they will open their eyes on falsifications of history and facts that are being committed by Azerbaijan,” Bedo Demirdjian said.

12 February 2014 • 06:48 AMT
HBO orders Tim Robbins, Jack Black comedy to series

Robbins stars as the U.S. secretary of state, while Black plays a lowly foreign service officer caught in the middle of everything.

12 February 2014 • 06:43 AMT
Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz to headline WB’s “Tarzan”

Skarsgard will play the legendary title character who was orphaned as a baby and raised in the jungle before he returns to London.

12 February 2014 • 06:21 AMT
Syria peace talks not making much progress, envoy says

Veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi told a news conference the second round so far was as “laborious” as the first.

12 February 2014 • 06:19 AMT
“Frances Ha” star to topline “How I Met Your Mother” spin-off

Sally has been described as a “female Peter Pan who has never grown up and has no idea of where she’s going in life.”

12 February 2014 • 06:07 AMT
77 killed in Algeria plane crash, national mourning declared

Just one person survived when the Hercules C-130 crashed into a mountain in Oum al-Bouaghi province, en route to Constantine.

12 February 2014 • 06:00 AMT
Johnny Depp’s character runs amok in “Transcendence” sci-fi trailer

Christopher Nolan is executive producing the film, which is the directorial debut of his longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister.

12 February 2014 • 05:48 AMT
Australian police seize $162mln worth of meth hidden in China kayaks

Nineteen of 27 kayaks in the shipment had bags of meth stuffed inside the watertight areas of the boats, said Tim Fitzgerald.

11 February 2014 • 15:14 AMT
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen to reteam for “Untitled Xmas Comedy”

The film revolves around three childhood best friends who reunite in NY for their annual tradition of going out on Christmas Eve.

11 February 2014 • 14:43 AMT
France backs closer Armenia-EU ties, Russia hails fast-paced CU accession

“Cooperation with the EU remains a priority on Armenia’s agenda, as reasserted at the November 2013 Vilnius summit,” Henri Reynaud said.

11 February 2014 • 14:04 AMT
Armenian duduk player to perform at Winter Arts Festival in Sochi

Dabaghyan’s 15-minute performance during the concert to take place on Feb 20, will include Komistas and Vahe Sharafyan’s works.

11 February 2014 • 13:27 AMT
Liam Neeson action thriller “Non-Stop” unveils new clips

The action thriller is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who previously helmed Neeson’s 2011 psychological thriller “Unknown (2011)”.

11 February 2014 • 12:50 AMT
Russia wants end to illegal arms supplies to Syria: Lavrov

The peace conference in Switzerland should also help to permit delivery of humanitarian aid through “local ceasefires,” Lavrov said.

11 February 2014 • 12:46 AMT
Rosneft mulls construction of rubber plant in Armenia, envoy confirms

As Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said earlier, Rosneft is planning to invest $400 million in construction of a new plant in Armenia.