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22 July 2013 • 11:49 AMT
Iranian ex-president calls for deep changes in foreign policy

Hassan Rouhani won a landslide victory in June 14 presidential election, and will be sworn in Aug 4, replacing Ahmadinejad.

22 July 2013 • 11:45 AMT
Universal TV adapting Robert Kirkman-produced comic “Clone”

David Schulner will pen the script and executive produce alongside Kirkman and The Walking Dead’s David Alpert and David Engel.

22 July 2013 • 11:35 AMT
“Hunger Games: Catching Fire” new trailer debuts at Comic-Con

In the trailer for the Lionsgate movie, hero Katniss Everden is being thrown back into the to-the-death competition.

22 July 2013 • 11:27 AMT
“Despicable Me 2” keeps box office lead for 3rd straight week

DreamWorks Animation’s 3D family film “Turbo” brought in a solid $22.6 million from 28 markets for distributor Fox.

22 July 2013 • 10:47 AMT
Armenian President goes on leave

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan went on a short leave. Mr. Sargsyan will spend part of the vacation abroad.

22 July 2013 • 07:47 AMT
10 dead as suicide bomber attacks Iraqi army convoy

The bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a military convoy in the eastern Kokchali district of Mosul.

22 July 2013 • 07:41 AMT
Pope Francis heading for Brazil

The Vatican says it has full confidence in the ability of Brazilian security forces to protect the pontiff during his visit.

22 July 2013 • 07:24 AMT
Gunmen kill two Egyptian soldiers, policeman in Sinai

The attack on the broadcasting and television building also wounded two other soldiers, medical sources said.

22 July 2013 • 07:06 AMT
Mousasi presses for Belfort bout on Dec 28

“Vitor and I were supposed to fight in the past for both Affliction and now the UFC,” Mousasi told a Brazilian news outlet.

22 July 2013 • 06:56 AMT
Armenian Foreign Minister departing for Belgium

Nalbandian is expected to attend the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the European Union and Eastern Partnership countries.

22 July 2013 • 06:34 AMT
Japan PM says upper house polls win will help form stable cabinet

Japan’s upper chamber, while not as powerful as the lower house, is able to block legislation introduced by the government.

22 July 2013 • 06:07 AMT
Oil prices edge higher in Asian trade

New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in August, rose 44 cents to $108.49 a barrel.

22 July 2013 • 05:51 AMT
Apple’s site for developers targeted in security attack

Apple’s developer site is home to software downloads, documentation and forums for third-party software developers.

22 July 2013 • 05:48 AMT
Facebook For Every Phone app passes 100 million mark

Instead, many people sign-on to Facebook by buying minutes in Internet cafes or on cheap feature phones, particularly in emerging markets.

22 July 2013 • 05:34 AMT
Israeli professor’s book on Genocide translated into Armenian

Prof. Auron is a scholar of great originality, a strong advocate of human rights, and a soldier in the fight against denial.

22 July 2013 • 05:19 AMT
EU foreign ministers due to discuss blacklisting Hezbollah

EU diplomats point to a court case in Cyprus, where a Hezbollah operative was found guilty of planning attacks against Israeli citizens.

22 July 2013 • 05:15 AMT
Panel of legal experts starts revising Egypt constitution

The Egyptian military has said the new constitution should be put to a referendum before planned parliamentary elections.

22 July 2013 • 05:04 AMT
Strong quake kills at least 20, injures 296 in western China

Shaking was felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou 177 kilometers north, and as far away as Xi’an, 400 kilometers to the east.

20 July 2013 • 13:53 AMT
Russian Deputy FM vows unbiased probe of Podolsk road crash

Armenian Ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan met with the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin to discuss bilateral ties.

20 July 2013 • 13:18 AMT
Turkey sells over 1,500 pistols to Azerbaijan in 2012

Azerbaijan and Turkey are currently producing three types of pistols in Baku. 40% of spare parts are produced in Azerbaijan.

20 July 2013 • 12:56 AMT
Azeri soldier kills fellow serviceman

Anar Bayram Ibrahimov, 21, shot his 19-year fellow soldier Shamkhal Vugar Jafarov as a result of a reckless handling of service gun.

20 July 2013 • 12:29 AMT
Bertolucci, Schrader to produce ultra-short shorts for Venice Film Fest

The new section will be made up of 70 shorts of between 60 and 90 seconds in length, with no direction or perimeters from the festival.

20 July 2013 • 12:19 AMT
“The Simpsons” to be featured in “Family Guy” crossover episode

Bart will impress Stewie with his assortment of pranks, Lisa tries to fix Meg, and Marge will have bonding time with Lois.

20 July 2013 • 12:02 AMT
250 instances of Azeri ceasefire violation reported July 14-20

Azerbaijan fired over 1000 shots from various caliber weapons towards Karabakh positions, NKR defense army said.

20 July 2013 • 11:53 AMT
Israel to release Palestinian prisoners amid revived talks

John Kerry said Israel and Palestinian negotiators should be going to Washington soon to hold initial talks.

20 July 2013 • 11:36 AMT
Polaroid Socialmatic camera to be released in 2014

The device was originally touted as an Instagram device before the company entered a licensing agreement with Polaroid.

20 July 2013 • 11:31 AMT
Apple acquires HopStop transit navigation service

The news comes hours after the California-based tech giant announced that it had also bought crowd-sourcing data company Locationary.

20 July 2013 • 10:53 AMT
Court convicts 5 of manslaughter in Costa Concordia trial

Captain Francesco Schettino is charged with multiple manslaughter for causing the shipwreck and abandoning the vessel with thousands still aboard.

20 July 2013 • 10:43 AMT
Minister: Egypt has no intention of waging jihad against Syria

Ousted President Morsilast month joined a call by some Sunni clerics for a jihad against the Syrian government and its Shi’ite allies.

20 July 2013 • 10:31 AMT
Spokesman: Baku always favored idea of Armenian-Azeri meetings

Abdullayev commented on a French initiative to organize a meeting between representatives of the two countries’ NGOs.