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11 June 2013 • 12:51 AMT
Haykyan Awards kicks off in Armenia

Haykyan Awards aims to foster the activity of student councils, student initiatives and youth involvement in science.

11 June 2013 • 12:46 AMT
“Red Dawn” star joins Al Pacino in “Imagine”

Pacino is playing an aging musician who is prompted to give up his rockstar lifestyle and reconnect with the son he has never met.

11 June 2013 • 12:40 AMT
“50 Shades Of Grey” scribe to rewrite “The Little Mermaid”

Several scribes have worked on the adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fable, including Abi Morgan (Shame).

11 June 2013 • 12:34 AMT
Spanish envoy presents credentials to Armenian President

For his part, ambassador José Ignacio Carbajal Garate pledged to do the utmost to deepen cooperation with Armenia.

11 June 2013 • 12:31 AMT
“Midnight in Paris” star Owen Wilson joins Jim Carrey in heist comedy

Pic tells the fact-based story of a disgruntled armored car driver who is persuaded to risk it all for love, money, and extravagance.

11 June 2013 • 12:29 AMT
Talks between two Koreas canceled after disagreement over delegate

North Korea’s earlier offer for talks came as a surprise after weeks of bombastic threats to obliterate the South.

11 June 2013 • 12:24 AMT
Red Granite may snatch Farrelly Brothers’ “Dumb and Dumber To”

The sequel to 1994’s hit comedy “Dumb and Dumber” will most likely see the return of its original cast members Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

11 June 2013 • 12:19 AMT
Star-studded comedy “Pawn Shop Chronicles” debuts new poster

In the film, a missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.

11 June 2013 • 12:01 AMT
“The Hangover” star Ed Helms to join Patrick Wilson in “Stretch” thriller

Wilson is playing a down-on-his luck limo driver who is trying to get clean and pay back a debt owed to a bookie when he gets the passenger from hell.

11 June 2013 • 11:54 AMT
“The Borgias” star Holliday Grainger joins Disney’s “Cinderella”

The 25 year-old British actress is making a deal to play one of Cinderella’s beautiful but mean stepsisters who constantly ridicules the protagonist.

11 June 2013 • 11:53 AMT
Austria withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from Golan

“There isn’t a large number of them but it’s a significant that they’ve already started to come out,” the witness said.

11 June 2013 • 11:50 AMT
Millennium Entertainment nabs Shia LaBeouf’s “Charlie Countryman”

Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood star as young lovers Charlie and Gabi, whose budding romance is threatened by a vicious gangster.

11 June 2013 • 11:41 AMT
UN Corners open in Ijevan, Dilijan, Stepanavan towns

“The UN keeps focusing on youth empowerment and dialogue with public,” the UNDPI Representative in Armenia said.

11 June 2013 • 11:36 AMT
Barev Yerevan will become citizens’ spy in city council – Heritage rep.

Anahit Bakhshyan said each of the bloc members represented in the city council will be responsible for one of Yerevan districts.

11 June 2013 • 11:33 AMT
Games of Thrones final episode most pirated TV show ever

The previous record was for the show’s series three opener, which was shared by 160,000 people at the same time.

11 June 2013 • 11:18 AMT
Armenia posts 28.5% decrease in gun crimes

232 cases of arms trafficking were reported in January-May 2013 against 190 cases of 2012. 227 of the cases were solved.

11 June 2013 • 11:13 AMT
Chinese manned spacecraft blasts off

President Xi Jinping oversaw the launch personally, addressing the astronauts before they blasted off to wish them success.

11 June 2013 • 10:57 AMT
Lavrov says West applies ‘double standards’ to foreign regimes

“I don’t think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems,” Lavrov said in the interview.

11 June 2013 • 10:49 AMT
Transport minister: we will try to minimize the price rise

Armenian Transport Minister Gagik Beglaryan hailed the projects the reelected mayor Taron Margaryan implements.

11 June 2013 • 10:44 AMT
President: Mayor Margaryan earned Yerevan residentsrespect

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan delivered a speech during Yerevan city council’s special meeting on June 11.

11 June 2013 • 10:40 AMT
UN talking to Germany about resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees

The UN refugee agency plans to hold a meeting on the subject with governments around the end of June in Geneva.

11 June 2013 • 10:35 AMT
Iran reportedly launches re-equipped destroyer on Persian Gulf

Iran said it launched a 50-year-old destroyer on the Persian Gulf after overhauling it and rearming with modern missiles.

11 June 2013 • 10:28 AMT
Israeli official says Europe capitulated to terrorism

“The exclusion of Hezbollah from the list of proscribed terrorist organizations is a capitulation to terrorism,” Lieberman wrote.

11 June 2013 • 09:02 AMT
5 Armenian fencers win medals at international tournament

Armenia’s junior fencing team participated in Georgia-hosted international tournament on June 8-10.

11 June 2013 • 08:38 AMT
Constitutional court postpones discussion of Raffi Hovannisian case

Constitutional court resolved to postpone the discussion of the case based on Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian’s appeal.

11 June 2013 • 08:03 AMT
Bookmakers say Denmark to beat Armenia

Luxemburg victory index makes up 1.28, the possibility of a draw – 5.55, Armenia’s victory index totals 13.

11 June 2013 • 07:56 AMT
Half of flights canceled as strike hits French airports

Marseille airport, in the south of France, said on its website that it was less affected than others, with a third of flights scrapped.

11 June 2013 • 07:46 AMT
2013 spring military draft launches in Armenia

It was also resolved to disband the soldiers having completed their mandatory military service in May-June 2013.

11 June 2013 • 07:33 AMT
Taron Margaryan sworn in as Yerevan mayor

Newly-elected Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan was sworn in to a second term at June 11 city council special meeting.

11 June 2013 • 07:30 AMT
Double suicide bombing rocks Damascus center

Images on al-Ikhbariya showed a scene of widespread damage, with shop fronts blown out and debris littering the street.