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12 August 2013 • 06:07 AMT
Google doodle marks Erwin Schrödinger’s 126th birthday

Other work focused on different fields of physics, including statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and color theory.

12 August 2013 • 06:00 AMT
6.3-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

12 August 2013 • 05:56 AMT
Snowden’s father gets visa to visit son in Russia

Lon Snowden said that he would not be open to a plea deal with U.S. authorities for his son to return to the U.S.

12 August 2013 • 05:38 AMT
Bombs targeting army checkpoint, convoy kill 5 in Iraq

The attack came a day after deadly bombings across Iraq that targeted cafes, markets and restaurants, leaving 69 dead.

12 August 2013 • 05:35 AMT
Israel approves release of 26 long-term Palestinian prisoners

About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel’s 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

12 August 2013 • 05:30 AMT
British military inspectors to fly over Russia, Belarus as part of treaty

Russian and Belarusian experts will also be on board the aircraft, to oversee the proper use of surveillance and filming equipment.

12 August 2013 • 05:21 AMT
23 fishermen missing as powerful typhoon hits Philippines

About 1,000 residents in the central Bicol region spent the night in shelters while Aurora province was without power.

10 August 2013 • 15:35 AMT
Mandela’s health improving daily, daughter says

The 95-year-old has been in a Pretoria hospital for two months for treatment of a recurrent lung infection.

10 August 2013 • 12:46 AMT
Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Fresno to celebrate grapes blessing

Special events of the Traditional Blessing of the Grapes and Festival are scheduled at California Armenian Home.

10 August 2013 • 12:15 AMT
Azeris intensify ceasefire violations Aug 4-10

The army continued with their military duty in line with ceasefire principles, taking necessary measures to protect the frontline.

10 August 2013 • 12:11 AMT
Pedraza beats Tolmajyan in ten-round bout

Pedraza, a highly touted 2008 Olympian for Puerto Rico, compiled a 97-93 win on all cards to claim the USBA title.

10 August 2013 • 11:33 AMT
5 dead as volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia

Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from the area on Palue island. The volcano has been rumbling since October 2012.

10 August 2013 • 11:06 AMT
U.S.-Russia nuclear agreements likely to be salvaged

Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin were to sign the two deals at their meeting in Moscow on September 3.

10 August 2013 • 10:18 AMT
4 Islamist militants reportedly killed in Israeli drone strike in Sinai

One source said the Israeli aircraft had observed the militants preparing three rocket launch pads to hit Israel.

10 August 2013 • 10:11 AMT
Report: Zimbabwe signed agreement to supply Iran with uranium

The U.S. and the EU have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran with the purpose of stunting its nuclear program.

10 August 2013 • 09:47 AMT
Syrian activists say govt. warplanes killed 20 in Sunni village

The strikes came amid a push by Assad’s forces to regain control of several Alawite villages in the Mediterranean coastal region.

10 August 2013 • 09:05 AMT
Bodies of 6 migrants killed in shipwreck found on Italian beach

There is no information yet about where their nationality but one port official speculated that they were Syrian.

10 August 2013 • 08:53 AMT
Captured Armenian soldier handed over to Azerbaijani Defense Ministry

It was clarified that the Armenian got lost and crossed into the territory controlled by Azerbaijani armed forces, Sailov said.

10 August 2013 • 08:26 AMT
Archbishop Manougian visits Catholicos Aram I in Lebanon

The visit ended with a private lunch between His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian and His Holiness Aram I.

10 August 2013 • 08:01 AMT
Indian forces enforce curfew in Kashmir

State director-general of police Ashok Prasad said the situation was tense, although no fresh violence was reported.

10 August 2013 • 07:48 AMT
Argentine journalist says Azeri blacklist ‘barbaric act’

“With this rustic and pathetic system, they want to deny Armenians rights on their ancestral territory,” Marcelo Cantelmi said.

10 August 2013 • 07:35 AMT
Apple wins key patent case against Samsung

The President has 60 days to assess the ITC’s findings, although analysts say he is unlikely to overturn the commission’s decision.

10 August 2013 • 07:34 AMT
Facebook’s No. 2 executive sells $91mln of stock

It was also the biggest stock sale reported by any Facebook executive since the company exceeded its IPO price last month.

10 August 2013 • 07:19 AMT
Obama calls for “a pause” in relations with Russia

“I’ve encouraged Mr. Putin to think forward as opposed to backwards on those issues – with mixed success” in the effort, Obama said.

10 August 2013 • 07:07 AMT
3 Chinese citizens killed, 2 missing in Kabul

Pictures of the crime scene showed a cluttered double bed with pink pillows in a dingy room, with bare walls and very little furniture.

10 August 2013 • 06:58 AMT
Maduro says he sometimes sleeps in Chavez mausoleum

He said he sometimes comes with a retinue. “We enter at night and we stay to sleep. At night we reflect on things here.”

10 August 2013 • 06:51 AMT
Russian Defense Ministry to procure 60 Mi-28UB helicopters

“We will purchase four to six [Mi-28UB] helicopters for each unit that has Mi-28N in service,” Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said.

10 August 2013 • 06:29 AMT
U.S. to reopen 18 of 19 diplomatic outposts closed over security threat

“Our embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, will remain closed because of ongoing concerns,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

09 August 2013 • 17:35 AMT
Apple wants appeals court to grant sales injunction against Samsung

In the case, a jury awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages before Koh reduced the award by about $450 million.

09 August 2013 • 17:31 AMT
Samsung to launch Ativ Book 9 Plus laptop Aug 18

Samsung clams the Tab 3 is the world’s thinnest Windows 8 tablet at 0.31 inches thick and a weight of 1.28 pounds.