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21 May 2013 • 17:06 AMT
Disney greenlights new “Star Wars” animated series

“Star Wars Rebels” takes place between the events of “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” and “Episode IV: A New Hope”.

21 May 2013 • 16:55 AMT
Ex-leader Rafsanjani barred from Iran presidential vote – news agency

If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives.

21 May 2013 • 16:34 AMT
Cuba lifts ban on energy-sucking appliances’ imports

8 years ago, an energy crisis prompted then-President Fidel Castro to launch the so-called Energy Revolution, seeking to lower consumption.

21 May 2013 • 16:23 AMT
Shanghai Film Festival jury announced

The fest announced that Oliver Stone will be receiving an Outstanding Achievement honorary award at the festival this year.

21 May 2013 • 16:10 AMT
Sylvester Stallone in talks with Steven Seagal for “The Expendables 3”

Besides Mickey Rourke, “The Karate Kid” star Jackie Chan has agreed to join the film from director Patrick Hughes.

21 May 2013 • 15:55 AMT
Georgia’s ex-Prime Minister arrested on corruption charges

Ex-healthcare minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, now a governor of Kakheti region in eastern Georgia, was also arrested.

21 May 2013 • 15:44 AMT
Man commits suicide inside Notre Dame de Paris

The French news website Europe 1 reported the police had found a letter beside the body of the dead man.

21 May 2013 • 15:40 AMT
Russia, Azerbaijan negotiating new oil transit deal – Lavrov

Last week, Novruz Mammadov told local media that “the transportation of oil at the moment is simply not profitable to both parties.”

21 May 2013 • 15:26 AMT
“Wall Street and W” scribe to adapt “Three Graves Full” novel

The book follows a mild-mannered guy who happens to kill somebody he wishes he’d never met, and buries the body in his backyard.

21 May 2013 • 15:21 AMT
Park Chan-wook cult film “Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance” getting remake

The film centers on two men who are bound by their common sense of loss and headed on a collision course of revenge.

21 May 2013 • 15:14 AMT
Karabakh President meets Armenia’s judge advocate

At the meeting, Persident Bako Sahakyan and deputy attorney-general Gevorg Kostanyan discussed the activities of prosecutor’s office.

21 May 2013 • 15:03 AMT
Syria’s Assad names negotiating team for peace talks

According to an EU diplomat, Syria’s opposition has already rejected some of the officials on the list because of their lack of influence.

21 May 2013 • 14:52 AMT
Russia to scrap world’s largest nuke subs by 2018

Six Typhoon-class submarines entered service with the Soviet Navy in the 1980s, and remain the largest submarines ever built.

21 May 2013 • 14:48 AMT
Syrian, Hezbollah forces fighting rebels in key town of Qusair

At least 31 fighters from the Hezbollah group, a staunch ally of President Assad, have been killed in the struggle for the town of Qusair.

21 May 2013 • 14:45 AMT
Armenia’s Consumers Association slams gas price hike

Head of Armenia’s Consumers Association NGO addressed a letter to Human Rights Defender over gas price rise.

21 May 2013 • 14:36 AMT
Deputy FM slams Azeri attempts to distort reality behind Karabakh conflict

Shavarsh Kocharyan: Baku’s statements on unacceptability of a status quo in Karabakh conflict aim to prevent alteration of the status.

21 May 2013 • 13:55 AMT
Mher Hovhanisian finishes 2nd at Limburg chess open

Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 5,5 points out of 7 to share 1st-5th places at the open held in Limburg, Netherlands

21 May 2013 • 13:50 AMT
27 Armenian footballers to train for match against Iceland

Chief coach of U 21 football team named the squad to train for European championship qualifier against Iceland.

21 May 2013 • 13:46 AMT
“Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth to headline “Aurora Rising” action flick

A surfer who becomes a fighter pilot is recruited to be part of an elite team to test a new generation of aircraft just as an int’l conflict begins.

21 May 2013 • 13:40 AMT
“Teen Wolf” star Dylan O’Brien to topline DreamWorks’ “Glimmer”

O’Brien is currently filming the lead role in Fox’s adaptation of bestselling novel “The Maze Runner.”

21 May 2013 • 13:32 AMT
Jordan turns away Syrian refugees in border clampdown

A Western diplomat linked the closure to security measures before “Friends of Syria” meeting in Amman.

21 May 2013 • 13:30 AMT
Armenian President condoles on Oklahoma tornado tragedy

Serzh Sargsyan addressed a letter of condolence to Barack Obama on the destruction caused by Oklahoma City tornado.

21 May 2013 • 13:20 AMT
Iraq resumes investigation into Russian arms deal

Iraqi Prime Minister signed an arms package purchase agreement with Russia worth $4.2 billion during a visit to Moscow in October 2012.

21 May 2013 • 13:13 AMT
Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran-linked spying case

State television news channel al-Ekhbariya said the new group includes eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk.

21 May 2013 • 13:01 AMT
Apple, Google named most valuable global brands

Technology and communications companies dominated the top ten, with the likes of IBM, AT&T and Microsoft also making appearances.

21 May 2013 • 13:00 AMT
New Cuban envoy presents credentials to Armenian President

President Sargsyan congratulated the envoy on the appointment and wished success in the development of bilateral ties.

21 May 2013 • 12:58 AMT
Apple’s iPad 5 to launch in September, report says

The next generation iPad will keep its 2048 x 1536 Retina display by using a thinner 0.2mm piece of glass.

21 May 2013 • 12:53 AMT
Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes’ “Great Expectations” release date set

Great Expectations, based on the Dickens book, premiered at Toronto last year and was released in the UK in November.

21 May 2013 • 12:49 AMT
Kate Hudson joins Zach Braff in “Wish I Was Here” indie

The film centers on a struggling actor, father and husband who at 35 is still trying to find his identity and a purpose for his life.

21 May 2013 • 12:38 AMT
Racing-addicted snails team up in “Turbo” animated comedy trailer

Samuel L. Jackson takes on the role of Whiplash; playing his crew members are Snoop Dogg and Richard Jenkins among others.