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11 October 2013 • 05:31 AMT
ANC Australia: new govt. filled with Genocide recognition supporters

“Over twenty percent of the cabinet has a clear track record of support,” ANC Australia Executive Director Vache Kahramanian said.

10 October 2013 • 19:26 AMT
Costa Concordia wreck can be lifted by huge salvage vessel

Concordia’s owner said the Vanguard was retained as one possible option for removing the wreck from its current location.

10 October 2013 • 19:20 AMT
ECB head says eurozone economy will stay ‘subdued and uneven’

Analysts say Draghi wants markets to know that the bank is nowhere near withdrawing its stimulus efforts, unlike the U.S. Federal Reserve.

10 October 2013 • 18:53 AMT
LG adds LG G Pro Lite 5.5-inch phablet to its lineup

The phone to come in black and white will debut this month in Latin America followed by Asia, Russia, China, India and Middle East.

10 October 2013 • 18:24 AMT
Pentagon reportedly offers destruction unit for Syria chemical stockpile

Bashar al-Assad agreed last month to a U.S.-Russian plan to destroy his sizeable chemical weapons program by the middle of 2014.

10 October 2013 • 17:53 AMT
Turkish parliament renews mandate to send troops to northern Iraq

The Iraq motion was first brought to Parliament in 2007 and the mandate has since then been extended every year, a total of six times.

10 October 2013 • 15:30 AMT
Polish envoy: EU seeking for new cooperation platform with Armenia

Zdzisław Raczyński: in view of Armenia’s decision, the association with the EU in the manner planed became impossible.

10 October 2013 • 15:02 AMT
Yerevan to host support association for hotel & tourism schools meeting

EURHODIP president Cees van der Klip, as well as the association members from across the world will attend the meeting Oct 11.

10 October 2013 • 14:32 AMT
Master of the short story Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in Literature

This year, Ladbrokes, the British bookmaking firm, gave the odds to Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author of “1Q84,” at 5-2.

10 October 2013 • 14:04 AMT
“Top of the Lake” helmer to direct “Shantaram” hit novel adaptation

Joel Edgerton starts as an Australian heroin addict who escapes a maximum-security prison to reinvent himself as a doctor in the slums of India.

10 October 2013 • 13:11 AMT
OSCE: Azeri elections marred by significant shortcomings

The OSCE monitoring mission said that problems were observed “throughout all stages of election-day processes.”

10 October 2013 • 13:09 AMT
Animation veterans Fergal Reilly, Clay Kaytis to helm “Angry Birds”

The script will be penned by “The Simpsons” writer Jon Vitti. The movie is slated for a July 1, 2016 release.

10 October 2013 • 12:29 AMT
Russian presidential adviser: multiple inaccuracies in Armenia-EU deal text

The document is full of inaccuracies, which means those responsible for negotiations never even read the text,” Sergey Glazyev said.

10 October 2013 • 12:22 AMT
Ex-Liberian President to serve 50-year sentence in UK

Charles Taylor has always insisted he is innocent and his only contact with the rebels was to urge them to stop fighting.

10 October 2013 • 12:09 AMT
Russia, Italy in talks over joint gun production

If that bears fruit, it could possibly lead to cooperation in military small arms at a later date, Russian Deputy Prime Minister said.

10 October 2013 • 11:56 AMT
Sandra Bullock says “Gravity” most challenging film of her career

“Physically I knew that I could get there, but I had no idea how I was going to execute what I wanted to give,” the actress said.

10 October 2013 • 11:56 AMT
Artist Sumbat Der Kiureghian’s birth anniv. to be marked in Glendale

Professor Talinn Grigor and Glendale-based artist Vachag Ter Sarkissian will discuss Der Kiureghian’s artistic legacy.

10 October 2013 • 11:41 AMT
Turkey invents own history, Azerbaijan follows suit

One needn’t go far to discover those responsible for Armenia-related falsifications – with Turkey as the mastermind Azerbaijan is only following the suit.

10 October 2013 • 11:03 AMT
Kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister set free

“In the eyes of many Libyans and the international community, Libya is now controlled by thugs and militias,” said Fawaz Gerges.

10 October 2013 • 10:27 AMT
Lawyer says fugitive Dink murder suspect ‘innocent’

Tuncel, the suspected instigator of the murder, was an informant in the Black Sea province of Trabzon before the Dink’s murder.

10 October 2013 • 10:04 AMT
Egypt lashes out at U.S. over military aid suspension

Abdelatty said the decision was wrong and Egypt would “not surrender to American pressure and is continuing on its path towards democracy”.

10 October 2013 • 10:00 AMT
Union of Armenians of Israel launched census of Armenian population

The census aims at further unification of the Armenian community, with data collected not to be published.

10 October 2013 • 09:44 AMT
London hosts event on Karabakh conflict

Speakers are asked to consider the role of both the EU and the UK in working to support conflict prevention and progress in the peace process.

10 October 2013 • 09:31 AMT
Azerbaijan’s opposition to challenge presidential poll result in court

Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father in the oil exporting state a decade ago, won 85 percent of the vote, with nearly all ballots counted.

10 October 2013 • 09:11 AMT
LG to roll out flexible OLED smartphone next year

Samsung is also experimenting with flexible display technology, and is rumoured to be working on a bendable version of its Galaxy Note 3 smartphone.

10 October 2013 • 08:53 AMT
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite best e-reader ever: review

The Kindle Paperwhite finds a perfect sweet spot of size and weight without becoming too difficult to handle or feeling too cheap.

10 October 2013 • 08:27 AMT
Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale in “American Hustle” trailer

The drama follows a con artist and his partner as they team up with an eager FBI agent to expose other players of the underworld.

10 October 2013 • 08:06 AMT
WikiLeaks publishes Assange’s disapproving letter to Cumberbatch

Assange urged the actor to drop his involvement in the film, saying “I do not believe it is going to be positive for me or the people I care about.”

10 October 2013 • 07:53 AMT
Savannah Film Fest to honor Oscar winner Jeremy Irons

Irons, whose movies have grossed about $1 billion, shot to fame in 1981’s Brideshead Revisited, the highbrow Downton Abbey of its day.

10 October 2013 • 07:49 AMT
Radiation levels in seawater near Fukushima hit 2-year high

Radiation from water leaking from the facility is mostly confined to the harbor around the plant, officials have said.