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22 November 2013 • 06:01 AMT
Award-winning “Out Of The Furnace” to open in limited release Dec 4

The film stars Christian Bale as a Rust Belt ex-con out for justice when his brother is drawn into a ruthless crime gang.

22 November 2013 • 05:55 AMT
Pope says Catholic Church won’t accept Middle East without Christians

“We will not resign ourselves to imagining a Middle East without Christians,” he said after meeting with patriarchs from Syria.

22 November 2013 • 05:52 AMT
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon team up for “Sleeper” comic book adaptation

The book follows a covert agent, who can absorb pain and pass it on to others, as he goes undercover in a criminal organization.

22 November 2013 • 05:46 AMT
12 dead after Latvian supermarket collapse

“It is clear that there has been a problem with fulfillment of construction requirements,” Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis said.

22 November 2013 • 05:43 AMT
“The Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien biopic in the works

The project is in the development stage but has a script by David Gleeson, a writer who sold the sci-fi spec “End of History” to Sony.

22 November 2013 • 05:23 AMT
U.S. disappointed with Ukraine decision to abandon EU deal

“If the decision is the Ukrainian government’s final decision before Vilnius, we’re disappointed,” Jen Psaki said.

22 November 2013 • 05:20 AMT
Asus to launch new smartphones, Chromebooks in 2014

The company is targeting students and teachers with two models: an 11.6 inch unit for $199 and a 13.3 inch unit for $249.

21 November 2013 • 17:22 AMT
U.S. Senate banking committee approves Yellen for Fed chair

Yellen is currently the Fed’s deputy chair and will replace Ben Bernanke in Jan, becoming the first woman ever to hold the post.

21 November 2013 • 17:13 AMT
Sweden to extradite Pirate Bay co-founder to Denmark

At the time Svartholm Warg was living in Cambodia but was later arrested and deported to Sweden in connection with another cyber crime.

21 November 2013 • 15:41 AMT
EU President says Syria conflict can’t be resolved by military means

The EU has spent 2 billion euros since 2011 on relief for refugees of the conflict, which has displaced millions of people, Van Rompuy said.

21 November 2013 • 14:50 AMT
Saudi Arabia asks its citizens to leave Lebanon

Some Shi’ite commentators in Lebanon have accused Sunni Saudi Arabia of being behind blasts earlier this week.

21 November 2013 • 14:33 AMT
Afghan peace delegation meets with Taliban in Pakistan

Kabul had asked for his release ever since he was arrested in a joint Pakistan-U.S. operation in the southern city of Karachi in 2010.

21 November 2013 • 14:19 AMT
Fragile global economic recovery takes step backwards: surveys

“The optimism unleashed by China’s reform plan is today hammered by the reality of weaker economic data,” said Wei Yao.

21 November 2013 • 13:19 AMT
Ukrainian parliamentarians reject ex-PM Tymoshenko release bid

They threw out six drafts of the bill which would have allowed Yulia Tymoshenko to travel abroad for medical treatment.

21 November 2013 • 12:59 AMT
Turkish police arrest fake bomber outside PM Erdogan’s office

Private NTV television reported that the man had credit card debts and wanted to draw attention to his plight.

21 November 2013 • 12:34 AMT
Forbes names Rosneft oil giant CEO highest-paid exec in Russia

Sechin, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, earned $50 million over the last year.

21 November 2013 • 12:09 AMT
Paul Ignatius to speak on his new book at NAASR

A descendant of Armenian parents from the Kharpert region of Historic Armenia, Ignatius is a native of Glendale, California.

21 November 2013 • 12:07 AMT
Comedian Stephen Fry to host BAFTA awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will dish out its movie honors on Feb. 16 at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden.

21 November 2013 • 11:57 AMT
Australian politicians raise voice against genocide denier

“Denial of this Genocide is an attack on those who perished, those who survived, and their descendants,” John Alexander said.

21 November 2013 • 11:54 AMT
Belarusian expert says Armenia’s accession to CU will boost trade

With Armenia as a CU member state “we will continue expanding trading relations, opening joint companies,” Semak said.

21 November 2013 • 11:28 AMT
VivaCell-MTS promotes engineering education in schools

“To achieve the goals we need to provide a change of generations in the field of engineering,” Ralph Yirikian said.

21 November 2013 • 11:18 AMT
Jonas Cuarón’s “Gravity” spinoff short film hits the web

Jonas, the son of Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón, co-wrote the screenplay for the Sandra Bullock space epic with his father.

21 November 2013 • 11:11 AMT
Raffi Armenian to guest conduct Regina Symphony Orchestra

First up is Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture, a piece inspired by Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa.

21 November 2013 • 10:50 AMT
Tom Hardy-starring “Mad Max: Fury Road” release date set

George Miller is back at the helm, with Nicholas Hoult and Charlize Theron lined up to star in the movie, which will open in 3D.

21 November 2013 • 10:22 AMT
Car bomb kills at least 25 in Iraq

The attack comes a day after at least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across the capital.

21 November 2013 • 10:19 AMT
“The Last Tycoon” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final novel to be adapted into series

The HBO drama series project delves into the true violence, sex and towering ambition of Hollywood in the 30′s.

21 November 2013 • 10:14 AMT
Kuwaiti governor visits Armenia to boost ties

After the welcoming ceremony, Mayor Margaryan and Sheikh Ali Al-Jaber visited the monument symbolizing Armenian-Arab friendship.

21 November 2013 • 10:08 AMT
Russian expert skeptical over possible Swiss role in Karabakh settlement

“Karabakh conflict settlement will be on the agenda of the Moscow-hosted Putin-Erdogan talks,” Vitaly Zhuravlev said.

21 November 2013 • 09:25 AMT
Dubai Film Fest unveils “Celebration of India” sidebar

“Monsoon Shootout,” “Kajarya,” adaptation of Tagore’s novel “The Last Poem” are among the films that will screen as part of the sidebar.

21 November 2013 • 09:17 AMT
Oil prices fall as Iran nuclear talks resume

At the same time, signs that the Federal Reserve may wind down its $85 billion monthly bond purchases also bogged sentiment.