EN
22 August 2013 • 12:36 AMT
Samsung’s smart watch to come in 5 colors, report says

SamMobile also pegs the shipping date for the device at late September or early October, noting that it might shift back or forth “a week or two.”

22 August 2013 • 12:30 AMT
Syria struggles to tap frozen bank accounts for food tenders

The country needs to import around 2 miln metric tons of wheat this year as civil war has sliced its crop to a near-30 year low at 1.5 mln metric tons.

22 August 2013 • 12:18 AMT
Foreign investors in Eurobonds to get income tax exemption in Armenia

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc и J.P.Morgan Securities plc. are among those to act as underwriters.

22 August 2013 • 11:42 AMT
Azeri media claim captive Injighulyan unwilling to return to Armenia

On the night of Aug 8, Injighulyan, born in 1991, failed to find his bearings on the ground and crossed into the Azeri-controlled territory.

22 August 2013 • 10:57 AMT
3 Armenians injured in Georgia road accident

A Jeep (license No. ZGN 105) and a Mercedes (license No. 06 SO 044) collided on August 22 morning, leaving 3 passengers wounded.

22 August 2013 • 10:43 AMT
Benedict Cumberbatch exits “Crimson Peak” Guillermo del Toro horror

Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska remain on board to star in the four-hander gothic horror story.

22 August 2013 • 10:36 AMT
Kurt Russell’s son Wyatt joins Channing Tatum in “22 Jump Street”

His part in Jump Street is sizable: He plays a frat brother who bonds with Tatum’s character and is the lead suspect in the case.

22 August 2013 • 10:11 AMT
Secretly recorded Nixon-Brezhnev tapes released

The long talk was captured on a hidden recording system that Nixon used to tape 3,700 hours of conversations between February 1971 and July 1973.

22 August 2013 • 09:57 AMT
EU suspends arms sales to Egypt amid violent protests

The foreign ministers met after a week in which more than 900 people have died in Egypt’s political violence.

22 August 2013 • 09:41 AMT
Pasadena City Council to review proposed Genocide memorial project

On July 16, 2013, the Recreation and Parks Commission unanimously approved the proposed design by Catherine Menard.

22 August 2013 • 09:22 AMT
ALMA to host photographer Hrair “Hawk” Khatcherian’s book launch

The launch of a book by the Canadian Armenian photographer “One Church, One Nation” will take place on September 4.

22 August 2013 • 09:18 AMT
LG to release new portable devices range

The company’s mobile communications head said that a tablet, phablet, smartwatch and Firefox OS device are in the pipeline.

22 August 2013 • 08:59 AMT
Google Doodle celebrates composer Claude Debussy’s 151st birthday

The works of Achille-Claude Debussy were considered a seminal force in the classical music of the 20th Century.

22 August 2013 • 08:46 AMT
Greco-Roman wrestler Galstyan wins Cadet World Championship bronze

Earlier, Greco-Roman wrestler Koryun Amiryan (63 kg) also won bronze at Serbia-hosted Championship.

22 August 2013 • 08:30 AMT
Abraham: 3rd fight vs Stieglitz – that’s what people want to see

“I want to beat Shihepo and then look out for another chance to get my hands back at the WBO Belt,” the boxer said.

22 August 2013 • 08:09 AMT
Comedy Central orders “Big Time In Hollywood” Ben Stiller comedy pilot

The single-camera comedy follows two delusional brothers and wannabe film makers who are kicked out of their parents’ home.

22 August 2013 • 08:02 AMT
“The Newsroom” star Olivia Munn to join Johnny Depp in “Mortdecai”

Kyril Bonfiglioli’s comedic crime novel “The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery” serves as the basis for the project.

22 August 2013 • 07:54 AMT
Egypt’s Mubarak to be put under house arrest when released from prison

The prime minister’s office said the measure would be taken “in the context of the emergency law” currently in place across the country.

22 August 2013 • 07:48 AMT
Russian ICBM to take S. Korea’s satellite into orbit

It will be the 18th launch under the Dnepr program, which converts RS-20 ICBMs into carrier rockets to put satellites into space.

22 August 2013 • 07:36 AMT
Assad’s forces bombarded rebel-held suburbs of Damascus

The world’s most lethal chemical weapons attack since the 1980s prompted an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.

22 August 2013 • 07:16 AMT
Russia, China prevent official UN probe on Syria chemical weapons

Syria’s opposition accused government forces of Damascus suburbs, killing men, women and children as they slept.

21 August 2013 • 15:11 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 406.27 Aug 21

Deals amounting to $5,300 million at an average rate of AMD 406.03/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Aug 21.

21 August 2013 • 15:04 AMT
California Courier Publisher: Egypt floats Genocide recognition

“The final decision on the recognition of the Genocide depends on whatever concessions Cairo is expecting from Ankara,” Harut Sassounian said.

21 August 2013 • 14:53 AMT
LG rolls out quad HD highest resolution mobile display

The end result is a pixel density of 538ppi, which puts high resolution smartphones like the Galaxy S4 and HTC One to shame.

21 August 2013 • 14:47 AMT
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning jailed for 35 years

The US soldier was last month found guilty of several charges, including espionage, but was cleared of the more serious crime of “aiding the enemy”.

21 August 2013 • 14:40 AMT
Ruins of Ani to host archaeological excavations

According to Kars Culture and Tourism Director Hakan Doğanay, Turkish Ministry of Culture allocated 110 000 TR for diggings.

21 August 2013 • 14:13 AMT
Serj Tankian to unveil Orca symphonic project in Kyiv

According to Tankian, “Orca is known as the killer whale, but is really a dark dolphin, a symbolism for human dichotomy.”

21 August 2013 • 14:01 AMT
Andriasian wins 1st prize at Brain & Mind Sports Olympiad rapid

Armenian grandmaster Tigran Gharamian (France) was half a point behind the winner and took the third prize.

21 August 2013 • 13:51 AMT
Moody’s revises Armenia’s credit outlook to stable from negative

Armenia’s still large current account deficit of 11.1 percent of gross domestic product in 2012 is expected to gradually narrow in size.

21 August 2013 • 13:39 AMT
Cher unveils “Woman’s World” music video

Although it took her more than a decade to return to recording, Cher has been keeping busy performing live.