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11 December 2013 • 10:03 AMT
“Shopping” tops New Zealand Film Awards with 7 wins

British star Hugh Laurie won best actor for his turn in Mr. Pip as an English teacher helping the children of the war torn Pacific island.

11 December 2013 • 09:59 AMT
Foxconn launches fund for startups developing wearables: report

As many as 20 startups will be selected, with funding likely to be about NT$1 million each, the people familiar with the project said.

11 December 2013 • 09:56 AMT
“Unbroken” star to play key role in “Star Wars Episode 7”

Jack O’Connell has a role in the upcoming “300: Rise of an Empire” and plays real-life World War hero in “Unbroken”.

11 December 2013 • 09:34 AMT
Genocide memorial visit not on Davutoglu’s Yerevan agenda: officials

Officials cautioned against high expectations for Turkish FM’s visit to Armenia but said there was a chance for “normalization.”

11 December 2013 • 09:14 AMT
“House” star Omar Epps to topline “One Small Mistake” neo-noir thriller

Alexander Harvey is directing a script adapted by Guy Bennett from French author Jean Francois Coatmeur’s “La Bavure.”

11 December 2013 • 09:01 AMT
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” release date moved

In the film, a nation of genetically evolved is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.

11 December 2013 • 08:54 AMT
Abductors release Dutch couple in Yemen

The couple were snatched in Sanaa on June 8 and released in recent days close to the Dutch embassy in the Yemeni capital.

11 December 2013 • 08:44 AMT
GM names first woman as chief executive

Barra joined GM as an electrical engineering student in 1980 and has worked her way up to lead GM’s global product development.

11 December 2013 • 08:34 AMT
“Big Bad Wolves” Israeli crime thriller unveils 1st trailer

The revenge tale follows a detective, Miki (Lior Ashkenazi), as he tracks down suspected child killer, Dror (Rotem Keinan).

11 December 2013 • 08:23 AMT
Hailee Steinfeld joins “Ten Thousand Saints” novel adaptation

The coming-of-age tale follows teenager Jude, who moves in with his hippie dad in NYC after his best friend Teddy overdoses.

11 December 2013 • 08:09 AMT
Robert Pattinson joins Juliette Binoche in “Childhood of a Leader” drama

Pattinson currently has two movies, David Cronenberg’s satire drama “Maps to the Stars” and crime drama “The Rover.”

11 December 2013 • 08:01 AMT
“Arrested Development” creator to helm “Guinea Pigging” comedy

The comedy follows “a drug-test subject who volunteers for testing at a pharmaceutical company and experiences unusual side effects.”

11 December 2013 • 07:52 AMT
Suicide bomber attacks German convoy near Kabul airport

Attacks on the heavily guarded airport are relatively rare and the facility represents an ambitious target for insurgents.

11 December 2013 • 07:31 AMT
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sales top 10 million

The sales figures confirm that the device has become Samsung’s fastest selling phablet to date since its launch in late September.

11 December 2013 • 07:27 AMT
eBay CEO calls Amazon drone plans “a fantasy”

The target of Amazon Prime Air is for unmanned drones to deliver packages within half an hour, to any location within a 10 mile radius.

11 December 2013 • 07:18 AMT
100,000 genetic codes to be mapped in Saudi in human genome project

The project, funded by the Saudi Arabian national science agency, will create a DNA database to develop personalised medicine.

11 December 2013 • 07:05 AMT
Uruguay becomes 1st country to legalize marijuana trade

Uruguay’s drug control agency will have until mid-April, to draft regulations imposing state control over entire market for marijuana.

11 December 2013 • 06:52 AMT
Iranian officials indicate progress in nuke deal talks

Officials from Iran, the U.S., China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the EU and the IAEA attended the meeting in Vienna.

11 December 2013 • 06:49 AMT
Belarus, Kazakh presidents named most trusted post-Soviet leaders: poll

Russians also rated the two countries, which are part of the three-nation Customs Union trade bloc, as Russia’s most dependable partners.

11 December 2013 • 06:39 AMT
Hollande: French troops deployed in CAR “to avoid carnage”

The Red Cross said 394 people were killed in three days of fighting in Bangui. Many of the victims are believed to have been children.

11 December 2013 • 06:24 AMT
Warheads-for-fuel U.S.-Russian program completed

The Russian supplies have produced 7 trillion kilowatts of energy in the United States since the first shipments arrived in 1998.

11 December 2013 • 06:06 AMT
Ukrainian riot police take part of Independence Square from protesters

Yanukovich said he was committed to European integration but that Ukraine had no choice but to restore trade relations with Russia.

10 December 2013 • 17:56 AMT
Roadmap for Armenia’s accession to CU ready: minister

The roadmap for Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union is ready and will be discussed during the coming days, Vahram Avanesyan said.

10 December 2013 • 17:08 AMT
Karabakh conflict sides want to move beyond stalemate: diplomat

“The ministers agreed last week to continue working together on the basis of what has already been achieved,” James Warlick said.

10 December 2013 • 13:56 AMT
Yerevan hosts energy efficiency brochure launch event

“There are many different kinds of programs to help people invest in technologies,” head of EBRD Yerevan Resident Office said.

10 December 2013 • 13:28 AMT
CineAsia to honor “The Grandmaster” star as actor extraordinaire

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai won the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love.”

10 December 2013 • 13:19 AMT
Armenia posts 12,4% tourist inflow increase in Jan-Sept 2013

Armenia climbed 11 points to be ranked 79th in the 2013 World Economic Forum Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report.

10 December 2013 • 13:16 AMT
Spanish paper says reporter, photographer kidnapped in Syria

El Mundo said it had refrained from publicizing the news because their families were trying to make discreet contact with the captors.

10 December 2013 • 13:14 AMT
iPhone 5S now fully stocked at Apple Stores, analyst says

Last week, Apple lowered the estimated wait time for online purchases of the 5S to 1 to 3 business days. Previously, it had been 3 to 5 days.

10 December 2013 • 13:05 AMT
Google cancels plans to built data center in Hong Kong

The data centers in Taiwan and Singapore are expected to come online next year, and are unaffected by the change in plans for Hong Kong.