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13 September 2013 • 14:02 AMT
Most Italians think Berlusconi should be barred from Senate

A cross-party Senate committee is expected to continue sitting next week before voting on whether to start expulsion proceedings.

13 September 2013 • 13:51 AMT
OSCE MG U.S. Co-chair: our goal is to open channels of communication

“I appreciate very much the opportunity to see a beautiful Nagorno Karabakh,” ambassador James Warlick said.

13 September 2013 • 13:21 AMT
Armenian NPP operation term extended despite EU objections

Also, Armenian govt. decreed to provide a license to Armenian Nuclear Power Plant CJSC for nuclear agents’ export to Russia.

13 September 2013 • 12:51 AMT
Former IMF chief to serve as economic adviser for Serbia

His lawyers have said Strauss-Kahn had attended “libertine” gatherings but did not know that some women there were paid.

13 September 2013 • 12:39 AMT
Besson’s “The Family” mafia comedy: De Niro relishes the task – review

“Unfortunately, when the blood starts to flow, as it does all too frequently, the laughs curdle,” the review author Stephen Farber said.

13 September 2013 • 11:54 AMT
Eduardo Eurnekian appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador

In 2001, Eurnekian’s Corporación América signed a 30-year concession agreement for the management of operations of Zvartnots Airport.

13 September 2013 • 11:34 AMT
Fire in Russian psychiatric institution kills 37

Two more fires took place in May at psychiatric institutions in Russia’s central Tambov Region and in the southern Krasnodar Region.

13 September 2013 • 11:18 AMT
Indian court sentences 4 men to death for gang rape, murder

The victim’s family, along with numerous politicians and government officials, had long called for the men to be executed.

13 September 2013 • 11:11 AMT
American audio pioneer Ray Dolby dies at 80

Dolby held 50 U.S. patents and won a number of notable awards for his life’s work, including several Emmys, two Oscars and a Grammy.

13 September 2013 • 11:03 AMT
Al Qaeda leader calls on Egyptians ‘to fight oppression’

Security forces have killed hundreds of Brotherhood supporters and arrested thousands, including most of it leaders.

13 September 2013 • 10:10 AMT
Memorial to Armenian, Assyrian genocide victims unveiled in Diyarbakir

“We Kurds, in the name of our ancestors, apologize for the massacres and deportations of the Armenians and Assyrians in 1915,” Demirbaş said.

13 September 2013 • 09:52 AMT
Putin defends Iran’s right to enrich uranium, nuke talks date may be set

“We presume that Iran, as any other state, has a right to peaceful use of atomic energy, including enrichment operations,” Putin said.

13 September 2013 • 09:28 AMT
Riot police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Turkey

Protests have rumbled on intermittently since the summer, but intensified again this week after a 22-year old man died during clashes.

13 September 2013 • 09:02 AMT
“Paradjanov” nommed as Ukraine’s Oscar entry

“Parajanov,” co-produced with Ukraine, France, Georgia and Armenia, was named the best feature film at Odessa Festival.

13 September 2013 • 05:56 AMT
Twitter files initial public offering with U.S. regulators

Twitter filed for an IPO confidentially under a 2012 law intended to help emerging corporations with less than $1bn in revenue go public.

13 September 2013 • 05:32 AMT
Taliban insurgents attack U.S. consulate in Afghanistan

Other fighters then opened fire on the consulate. Several Afghan police are reported to have been killed and injured in the gun battle.

12 September 2013 • 19:13 AMT
Kerry says force might be needed if Syria diplomacy fails

“We proceed from the fact that the solution of this problem will make unnecessary any strike on the Syrian Arab Republic,” Lavrov said.

12 September 2013 • 17:44 AMT
Dell shareholders reportedly approve $24.9bn buyout offer

Some shareholders, such as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, had argued that Mr Dell’s purchase price was too low.

12 September 2013 • 15:42 AMT
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg slams U.S. govt. over PRISM

Word of the PRISM programme emerged when former CIA worker Edward Snowden leaked details of it to the press.

12 September 2013 • 15:26 AMT
JK Rowling, Warner Bros team up for “Harry Potter”-inspired movie series

Rowling is also developing a TV adaptation of her recent novel The Casual Vacancy, with Warner Bros distributing.

12 September 2013 • 15:13 AMT
Egypt extends state of emergency for two months

The most populous Arab state has been gripped by political turmoil since the army overthrew President Mohamed Mursi.

12 September 2013 • 14:55 AMT
eBay-auctioned Narekatsi manuscript delivered to Armenia

The official reps of Comedy Club Production owner Artur Janibekyan are expected in Armenia, to officially pass the manuscript to Matenadaran.

12 September 2013 • 14:38 AMT
Yemeni leader orders reinstatement of hundreds of war-sacked officers

The decrees covered officers from the armed forces, the Interior Ministry and the intelligence service.

12 September 2013 • 14:11 AMT
Assad confirms chemical weapons to be placed under int’l control

Assad told Rossiya 24 the move was as a result of a Russian initiative and not the threat of U.S. military action.

12 September 2013 • 13:57 AMT
Eurozone industrial output sliding, report says

Figures last month confirmed that economic growth across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro grew by 0.3% in the second quarter.

12 September 2013 • 13:35 AMT
OSCE MG U.S. co-chair talks Karabakh settlement efforts in Yerevan

James Warlick urged for the acknowledgement that the fate of the generations depends on the outcome of the issue in the settlement of the conflict.

12 September 2013 • 13:08 AMT
EU mulls ways to retain influence in EaP region after Armenia “surprise”

New Europe: the unpredictable decision by Armenia’s President to join a customs union has raised doubts over Armenia’s EU integration path.

12 September 2013 • 12:42 AMT
“Sympathy For Mr Vengeance” emake finds Oscar-nommed helmer

Mister Vengeance follows a man seeking a black market kidney for his sister whose plan unravels in violence and revenge.

12 September 2013 • 12:29 AMT
“Escape From Tomorrow” Sundance thriller unveils new trailer

“Anyone who sees the film will never again perceive a family-friendly amusement park in quite the same way,” a review says.

12 September 2013 • 12:21 AMT
Vodafone Germany customers’ personal details stolen by hackers

The operator said the attacker got access to customer names, addresses, bank account numbers and birth dates.