Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, was down 6 cents at $110.80 a barrel on the ICE exchange in London.

879,6 kg of jewelry was produced during the reporting period against 759,7 kg in 2012 with 15,8% increase posted.

The White House vows to timely consider any petition on its website that gathers 100,000 votes within 30 days after being published.

4 620,3 thousand liters of wine was produced in January-October 2013 against 3 600,5 thousand liters in 2012 (28,3% increase).

The sources said the deals were signed during KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.

Olkewicz made a Dimension deal last spring on “Ink And Bone,” a script which topped the 2013 Blood List which ranks genre scripts.

Morocco – once the backdrop for “Lawrence of Arabia” – has been the set for Scorsese’s “Kundun” and “The Last Temptation of Christ.”

The honor comes five years after restoration work began on the sprawling edifice built by Armenian jute merchant T.M. Thaddeus in 1910.

To demine Armenia-adjacent areas, a necessary sum of Euro 52,4 million will be provided by the EU and Turkish Ministry of Defense.

Ashot Harutyunyan’s oil painting collection entitled ARENI will be displayed for the first time in the U.S. from Dec 12 to 14, 2013.

Proceeds from the Telethon will benefit construction of Vardenis-Martakert Highway, linking northern regions of Armenia and NKR.

The big-screen version of the novel will star Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, and is to be directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.

Shakespeare’s love tale “Cymbeline” gets a new modern, gritty take a la “Sons of Anarchy” in a feature film of the same name.

“Frozen” follows a fearless princess who sets off on a journey to find her sister, whose icy powers have caused an eternal winter.

Asked about the disaster, Jasinskas said he felt “responsible, but not guilty”, adding that he could “look people in the eyes”.

A spike in attacks in Iraq has raised fears about a return of sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

The move came days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent flights through the airspace in defiance of Beijing’s rules.

Yanukovich detailed Ukraine’s economic woes at the meeting with EU leaders, citing high prices for natural gas from Russia.

The status of the Arak plant had been one of the major issues during negotiations leading to last weekend’s agreement in Geneva.

President Vladimir Putin said earlier that Russia will put on combat duty seven Voronezh-class radars in the next five years.

The incident comes amid increased focus on security issues in East Asia, tension between Japan and China over disputed islands.

The incidents highlighted the turmoil in Libya where the government is trying to restore order in the oil-producing country.

The sixth regiment will join the two S-400 regiments based near Moscow by the end of 2013, according to the Defense Ministry.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the aim was purely to smooth communication between the Pope and the commission.

State television said the depot at Brak al-Shati, near the city of Sabha, had been stormed by civilians, but this is not confirmed.

The event to take place December 6 will bring together people representatives of prominent companies and distinguished winemakers.

U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove says the decision to remove most of the 320 peacekeepers was a national decision taken by Paris.

In September, a U.S. research institute and a U.S. official said satellite imagery suggested North Korea had restarted the facility.

These submarines are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine missions in relatively shallow waters.

There were reports on social media in Saudi Arabia that the quake, at a depth of 10.2 miles, was felt in the kingdom’s eastern province.