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03 August 2013 • 09:14 AMT
Facebook says it paid over $1mln to helpful hackers

In January, Facebook was hacked by a sophisticated hacking team after some of its employees visited a compromised website.

03 August 2013 • 08:57 AMT
Microsoft introduces changes to Bing on Windows Phone 8

The Image pivot now features large thumbnails of photos while the Video pivot has video previews in a 2×2 format.

03 August 2013 • 08:00 AMT
Russian Defense Ministry inks $380mln helicopter deal

The Mi-8 AMTSh is a combat transport version of the Mi-17 helicopter, with more powerful turboshafts and portside tail rotor.

03 August 2013 • 07:51 AMT
FBI remotely activates microphones in Android handsets: report

The same technology also enables investigators to do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing.

03 August 2013 • 07:33 AMT
Blast hits area near Indian consulate in Afghanistan

Deputy provincial police chief said that a suicide bomber was behind the explosion. Gunfire broke out immediately afterwards.

03 August 2013 • 07:29 AMT
Ellen DeGeneres to host the Oscars for second time

“I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time’s the charm,” she joked.

03 August 2013 • 07:07 AMT
U.S. Supreme Court orders CA to release 10,000 from overcrowded jails

The case dates back several years to a federal court panel’s decision that required the state to shed about 30,000 prisoners.

03 August 2013 • 07:01 AMT
Germany, UK temporarily closing diplomatic missions in Yemen

The alert came a day after the State Department announced that it would shut down 21 diplomatic posts in 17 countries.

03 August 2013 • 06:51 AMT
Tennessee musician paddleboards from Cuba to Florida

The guitarist and band leader from Chattanooga stood on his 14-foot-long board for most of the trip, sitting only for quick snacks.

03 August 2013 • 06:48 AMT
Spanish train driver ignored 3 warnings to reduce speed, court says

By the time Francisco Jose Garzon Amo applied the brakes, the train was already beginning to lose contact with the rails.

03 August 2013 • 06:24 AMT
Al Qaeda leader urges Morsi supporters to abandon democracy

“What has happened is the greatest evidence that taking democracy as a path to Islamic rule has failed,” Ayman Zawahri said.

03 August 2013 • 06:17 AMT
U.S. unemployment rate falls to 7.4%

Spending was 0.5% higher and annual inflation running at 1.3% – although that is still well below the U.S. target of 2%.

02 August 2013 • 18:42 AMT
Officials say Apple should face restrictions over e-book price-fixing

The Cupertino, California-based company has said it did not conspire to fix prices and planned to appeal Cote’s decision.

02 August 2013 • 18:12 AMT
U.S. State Department issues global travel alert

The alert warned of “the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure”.

02 August 2013 • 13:48 AMT
Germany cancels Cold War-era surveillance pact with UK, U.S

Government officials have insisted that U.S. and British intelligence were never given permission to break Germany’s strict privacy laws.

02 August 2013 • 13:42 AMT
Heritage: Association Agreement with EU major foreign policy step

“Armenia will make a major step in its foreign policy and will get a possibility to boost its economic development,” Martirosyan said.

02 August 2013 • 13:25 AMT
Snowden ‘in safe place with friends’, Russian lawyer says

“Edward Snowden is in a safe place. I didn’t suggest it to him, it was his own decision,” said lawyer Anatoly Kucherena.

02 August 2013 • 13:23 AMT
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns due in Egypt

It is not known whether Burns would also hold talks with army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, spokesman Badr Abdelatty said.

02 August 2013 • 13:00 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 410.11 Aug 2

Deals amounting to $2,1 million at an average rate of AMD 411.12/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Aug 2.

02 August 2013 • 12:37 AMT
Turkey’s Interior Ministry confirms existence of ‘race codes’

“There are no terms of race, breed, or sect in the state registers,” the Interior Ministry said the statement sent to Agos.

02 August 2013 • 12:09 AMT
Dell committee, buyout group nearing a deal: report

The deal includes changing the company’s buyout voting standard to exclude from the tally shares that do not cast votes, the source said.

02 August 2013 • 12:05 AMT
Netanyahu says new Iranian President showed his true face

“Rohani has shown his true colors sooner than expected,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Jerusalem.

02 August 2013 • 11:53 AMT
Clashes between rebels in Syria leaves 12 Islamic fighters dead

The dead were all members of two al-Qaida linked groups, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Jabhat al-Nusra.

02 August 2013 • 11:43 AMT
Armenian swimmer qualifies for 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

“Mkhitaryan is the first Armenian swimmer who gained an entry to the 2014 Olympics,” coach Misak Gabrielyan said.

02 August 2013 • 11:16 AMT
Avatar to have three sequels

While Cameron wrote the original film, four screenwriters have been signed up to work with him on the sequels.

02 August 2013 • 11:08 AMT
Android sitting on 8 out of 10 smartphones worldwide: stats

Due to Android’s dominance, Apple’s global smartphone market share sank to 13.6 percent, compared to 16.6 in Q2 2012.

02 August 2013 • 10:46 AMT
Cypriot ex-minister gets 5-year jail sentence over blast

Papacostas resigned in the wake of the blast. A second minister on trial, former foreign minister Marcos Kyprianou, was cleared.

02 August 2013 • 10:39 AMT
New Iranian President calls Israel an ‘old wound’

Rouhani pledged to follow a “path of moderation” and promised more openness over Iran’s nuclear program.

02 August 2013 • 10:31 AMT
Turkey has no plans to designate Hezbollah a terrorist group – report

Turkish diplomatic sources said that designating groups as terrorist “is not common practice in Turkish foreign policy.”

02 August 2013 • 10:22 AMT
Toyota raises its forecast for annual profit

Toyota saw slower-than-expected growth in Southeast Asia, its third biggest market after North America and Japan.