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30 October 2013 • 05:54 AMT
Italian Senate panel postpones decision on Berlusconi vote

Another Senate committee recommended earlier this month that Berlusconi, 77, should lose his seat following a conviction for tax fraud.

30 October 2013 • 05:48 AMT
Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners

Mahmoud Abbas said the next batch of prisoners would be released in two months, and called for all Palestinians to be freed.

29 October 2013 • 14:40 AMT
UN-Arab League envoy meets senior opposition figure in Damascus

The group has called for regime change through peaceful means and is not part of the opposition Syrian National Coalition.

29 October 2013 • 14:33 AMT
Two injured as military helicopter crashes in Moscow

An Emergency Situations Ministry official said that flames caused by the crash spread across an area of 20 square meters.

29 October 2013 • 14:24 AMT
Britain may become first non-Muslim country to issue Islamic bond

Cameron is taking strides to tap the burgeoning interest in Islamic finance, announcing the launch of a new Islamic Market Index in London.

29 October 2013 • 13:57 AMT
Iraqi PM travels to U.S. to ask for arms to fight militants

Iraq’s security forces are struggling against Sunni Islamist insurgents who have driven the civilian death toll so far this year above 7,000.

29 October 2013 • 13:55 AMT
Turkey’s 90th anniversary: bloody past, uncertain future

Ataturk, who massacred the Greek population of Smyrna and dethroned the its last sultan, proclaimed the Turkish Republic in 1923.

29 October 2013 • 12:52 AMT
Islamists set fire to Armenian church in Syrian town

Armenians have been living in Tel Abyad since 1915. The Surp Khach church was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 1996.

29 October 2013 • 12:34 AMT
VivaCell-MTS hosts winners of special draw, gives gifts

The winners were invited to the VivaCell-MTS headquarters to claim their gifts, presented by the company’s General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

29 October 2013 • 12:18 AMT
Armenia ranked 37th in WB Doing Business 2014 report

The Russian Federation was among the global top 10 improvers in the past year, with reforms in five areas tracked by Doing Business.

29 October 2013 • 12:14 AMT
Apple reports fourth quarter profit of $7.5bn

But analysts were disappointed by forward guidance given by the company, which indicated that future profits might continue to slide.

29 October 2013 • 12:00 AMT
Gunmen attack central bank van in Libya, steal $54mln

Two days earlier a bomb had exploded in the car of an electoral official in the same neighborhood in Benghazi, damaging five cars.

29 October 2013 • 11:36 AMT
French envoy talks Karabakh, Customs Union, Genocide bill

Henri Reynaud: OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs never ignored the issue of Karabakh’s involvement in the conflict settlement talks.

29 October 2013 • 11:35 AMT
Russia may demand upfront payment for gas deliveries to Ukraine

Ukrainian PM Nikolai Azarov said last week that his country had paid Russia $20 billion over the last three years for gas supplies.

29 October 2013 • 11:21 AMT
UN health agency confirms 10 polio cases in Syria

Officials are investigating another 12 cases showing polio symptoms, said World Health Organization spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer.

29 October 2013 • 11:08 AMT
Iran says its proposal ‘meant to solve the nuke issue’

“Our proposal is practical and intended to solve the issue between Iran and the agency,” Iran’s new ambassador to the IAEA said.

29 October 2013 • 10:20 AMT
Chernin Entertainment to adapt hit Swedish thriller novel into series

“De Redan Döda” follows in the footsteps of the Millennium trilogy, which became the “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” movie franchise.

29 October 2013 • 09:49 AMT
Two Syria chemical weapons sites not visited, int’l inspectors say

The OPCW said that negotiations to ensure the conditions necessary for safe access to the two remaining sites will continue.

29 October 2013 • 09:35 AMT
Syrian Electronic Army hack Obama tweet link

The shortened link directed users to an apparent malware site with a propaganda video hosted on YouTube titled ‘Syria facing terrorism’.

29 October 2013 • 09:11 AMT
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith to return for “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” sequel

John Madden-directed “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” proved to be a major box office success, taking $130 million worldwide.

29 October 2013 • 08:42 AMT
Motorola rolls out Project Ara, customizable smartphone effort

An endoskeleton, or structural frame, holds the smartphone modules of the owner’s choice, such as a display, keyboard, among others.

29 October 2013 • 08:32 AMT
Sigourney Weaver joins “Elysium” helmer’s “Chappie” sci-fi

After being kidnapped by two criminals during birth, Chappie becomes the adopted son in a strange and dysfunctional family.

29 October 2013 • 08:21 AMT
At least 13 killed as storm batters northern Europe

Power cuts hit 42,000 homes in northern France, and at Belle-Ile in Brittany a woman was swept into the sea from a cliff.

29 October 2013 • 07:56 AMT
N. Korea starts major construction at missile launch site: U.S. think-tank

Last week, the U.S.-Korea Institute said satellite images showed North Korea had built two tunnel entrances at its nuclear test site.

29 October 2013 • 07:36 AMT
Emile Hirsch to play comedian John Belushi in upcoming biopic

Steve Conrad, who Ben Stiller’s upcoming “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, will direct the drama and pen the script.

29 October 2013 • 07:14 AMT
Summit Entertainment finds helmer for “Highlander” action adventure reboot

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan will make his feature directorial debut after serving as visual effects supervisor on “Snow White & The Huntsman.”

29 October 2013 • 06:56 AMT
“Prometheus” star Noomi Rapace to topline “What Happened to Monday?”

Rapace will play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.

29 October 2013 • 06:54 AMT
U.S. Congressmen call for lifting block on Armenian Orphan Rug display

“The Armenian Orphan Rug is a piece of American history and it belongs to the American people,” Reps. Schiff and Valadao said.

29 October 2013 • 06:41 AMT
Int’l envoy holds talks in Damascus amid dim mission prospects

The diplomatic wrangling has made the Syrian opposition feel weaker and even more reluctant to consider attending Geneva 2.

29 October 2013 • 06:25 AMT
Egyptian security forces fire teargas to disperse pro-Morsi student protesters

More than 1,000 people, were killed in clashes in an ensuing crackdown on the former president’s Muslim Brotherhood movement.

More than 1,000 people, were killed in clashes in an ensuing crackdown on the former president’s Muslim Brotherhood movement.