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21 August 2013 • 13:28 AMT
Oscar winner Clint Eastwood may replace Spielberg in “American Sniper”

“American Sniper” chronicles how Chris Kyle came to record the highest number of sniper kills for an American.

21 August 2013 • 13:19 AMT
Egyptian court orders release of ex-president Mubarak

The 85-year-old is also being retried on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power in 2011.

21 August 2013 • 13:14 AMT
Syria “poison gas attack” death toll passes 100

The head of the UN inspectors’ team visiting Syria said he wanted to look into claims of the chemical weapons attack.

21 August 2013 • 13:00 AMT
NKR leader congratulates Catholicos of all Armenians on his birthday

Bako Sahakyan: your patriotic mission greatly contributes to the reinforcement of the Mother Church.

21 August 2013 • 12:45 AMT
No problem with returning Armenian captive: Azeri POW commission rep.

Shahin Sayilov noted that the captive can be handed over to Armenia or a third country only after his reasons for crossing the border are clarified.

21 August 2013 • 12:29 AMT
Armenian economic activity up 12,7%

Consumer prices grew by 8,5% and 0,4% deflation was reported in July 2013 as compared with the same period of 2013.

21 August 2013 • 12:17 AMT
Armenia posts 13,3% foreign trade turnover increase

Export amounted to $124,5 mln (AMD 51,1 bln) in July 2013, increasing by 5,7% against 2012 results.

21 August 2013 • 12:06 AMT
Russia asks France to extradite billionaire ex-chief of BTA Bank

In 2009, BTA filed a suit in the London High Court against Ablyazov, alleging embezzlement of $6 billion by its former top managers.

21 August 2013 • 12:00 AMT
EU foreign ministers to discuss Egypt aid, policy at emergency talks

Catherine Ashton: it is about finding a formula for Europe to help Egypt get from where it is now to where a majority of people say they want to be.

21 August 2013 • 07:46 AMT
Warner Bros., Guy Ritchie team up fro “Empire Rising” novel adaptation

The novel told of an epic love triangle set in 1930 just as construction on the iconic building begins and the Depression is beginning to take hold.

21 August 2013 • 07:41 AMT
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” Cannes Film Fest winner gets NC-17 rating

In France, the film received a rating of “12”, indicating the film is unsuitable only for children younger than 12 years of age in that country.

21 August 2013 • 07:36 AMT
Greco-Roman wrestler Amiryan wins Cadet World Championship bronze

At Serbia-hosted Championship, Koryun Amiryan (63 kg) beat Kirghizstan’s Adilet Toktobekov 4:1.

21 August 2013 • 07:23 AMT
Arthur Abraham admits Shihepo defeat would end his career

Abraham, 33, takes on the 30-year-old Shihepo for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title in Schwerin.

21 August 2013 • 07:13 AMT
Czech MPs vote to dissolve parliament for early polls

New elections will end months of political turmoil after Prime Minister Petr Necas’s government collapsed in June amid a bribery scandal.

21 August 2013 • 07:04 AMT
U.S. military judge mulling sentence of WikiLeaks suspect Manning

Manning faces up to 90 years in prison for giving the anti-secrecy group more than 700,000 U.S. military and diplomatic docs.

21 August 2013 • 06:57 AMT
Serviceman killed in Dagestan attack

Over the weekend, six suspected militants were killed in Dagestan, Russia’s Anti-Terrorism Committee said.

21 August 2013 • 06:53 AMT
Assad forces accused of using chemical agents

The move coincides with a visit to Damascus by a United Nations team of chemical weapons experts.

21 August 2013 • 06:49 AMT
Rachel McAdams joins Wim Wenders drama “Every Thing Will Be Fine”

Franco stars as Tomas, who accidentally hits and kills a child while driving around the outskirts of town following a trivial domestic dispute.

21 August 2013 • 06:32 AMT
Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez in “Getaway” action trailer

In the film Brent Magna (Hawke) must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man to save his kidnapped wife.

21 August 2013 • 06:06 AMT
German Chancellor Merkel visits ex-Nazi concentration camp

She was invited by a former inmate, 93-year-old Max Mannheimer, who was liberated from Dachau by American soldiers in 1945.

21 August 2013 • 06:01 AMT
Pakistani security forces seize 100 tonnes of bomb-making chemicals

The cache contained chemicals used to mix bombs, wires and detonating equipment, says Col Maqbool Shah.

21 August 2013 • 05:51 AMT
Five of Russia’s extradition requests left unanswered by U.S. – official

The United States has been unsuccessfully pushing Russia for extradition of fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

21 August 2013 • 05:46 AMT
Japan to dramatically raise Fukushima nuke warning: agency

The deepening crisis at the Fukushima plant will be upgraded from a level 1 “anomaly” to a level three “serious incident”.

20 August 2013 • 15:12 AMT
HTC One Mini to launch at AT&T Aug 23

The HTC One Mini, which was first announced in July, features an aluminum body and a 4.3-inch screen.

20 August 2013 • 15:07 AMT
Google Glass won’t be available until 2014, report says

Although Google began seeding early versions of Glass to developers in April, it kept the release date of the real product vague.

20 August 2013 • 15:03 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 406.25 Aug 20

Deals amounting to $4,410 million at an average rate of AMD 406.36/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Aug 20.

20 August 2013 • 14:55 AMT
Implementation of socioeconomic projects discussed in Artsakh

National Assembly speaker Ashot Ghulyan, vice-premier Arthur Aghabekyan and other officials partook in the consultation.

20 August 2013 • 14:48 AMT
ICRC reps. meet Armenian captive in Azerbaijan

During the visit, the captive and his family exchanged information though the ICRC representative.

20 August 2013 • 14:33 AMT
Turkish shepherd tried to attack Russian border guards – paper

Turkish authorities completed a probe into the death of a shepherd who crossed into Armenia from the country’s border.

20 August 2013 • 14:09 AMT
ABC developing “How To Get Away With Murder” legal thriller

The thriller is about a group of law students and their mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot.