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20 May 2013 • 10:54 AMT
Sony Classics to acquire “The Past” Cannes Film Fest hit

The complex family melodrama, starring The Artist’s Berenice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa and Tahar Rahim, drew rave reviews from critics.

20 May 2013 • 10:43 AMT
Israel Armenians: opening of evening school to help uphold national identity

Opening of an evening school is the greatest achievement of Ararat, the Union of Armenians of Israel, the press attaché of the Union said.

20 May 2013 • 10:42 AMT
Suicide bomber hits Afghan govt. office, 15 killed

“He was dressed in the uniform of the Afghan national police,” provincial police spokesman Jawid Basharat said of the bomber.

20 May 2013 • 10:30 AMT
Iran says it started new air defense missile system production

Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the new system, dubbed Herz-9 or Talisman-9 in Farsi, is capable of operating at night.

20 May 2013 • 10:24 AMT
“Azerbaijan: cemetery of nations” film screens in Stepanakert

Similar fates of the nations enable to acknowledge the course of the historic developments and the peoples’ aspiration for statehood.

20 May 2013 • 10:18 AMT
Weinstein Co. picks up Michelle Williams’ drama “Suite Francaise”

Set in 1940s France, story follows Lucile Angellier (Williams), who leads a stifled existence with her mean, controlling mother-in-law.

20 May 2013 • 10:14 AMT
Magnolia Pictures nabs Kurt Russell’s “Bone Tomahawk”

The film follows an outlaw who unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope.

20 May 2013 • 10:10 AMT
30 Hezbollah fighters, 20 govt. troops killed in Syria fighting

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 48 rebels had been killed, as well as four civilians, three of them women.

20 May 2013 • 09:55 AMT
Italian, U.S. military inspectors to fly over Russia

The experts will fly over Russia on May 20-24 on board an Italian Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

20 May 2013 • 09:51 AMT
Mher Hovhanisian scores 2,5 points at Limburg chess open

Armenian IM Mher Hovhanisian scored 2,5 points after 3 rounds at the chess open ongoing in Limburg, Netherlands.

20 May 2013 • 09:43 AMT
Freedom fighters awarded with Shushi Liberation medals in NKR

Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to award Ararat Avanesyan and Arthur Gasparyan with “For the Liberation of Shushi” medal.

20 May 2013 • 09:32 AMT
OSCE Mission to monitor NKR-Azeri contact line

NKR authorities expressed their readiness to assist in conduction of monitoring and to ensure the security of OSCE Mission members.

20 May 2013 • 09:31 AMT
Armenia posts 3.9% annual economic activity index in April

Armenia’s economic activity index grew by 1,3% April 2013 as compared with March 2013 to total 3,9%.

20 May 2013 • 09:01 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: we’ll do our best to win

Mkhitaryan says Metalurh Zaporizhya did well on the counter, through which they managed to score on a few occasions.

20 May 2013 • 08:47 AMT
Four-day session kicks off in Armenian parliament

Gagik Tsarukyan refused to answer the journalists’ questions, voicing readiness to issue a statement in the near future.

20 May 2013 • 08:32 AMT
RPA to vote against March 1 committee formation?

National Assembly’s four-day session kicks off May 21, with the March 1 committee formation on the agenda.

20 May 2013 • 08:11 AMT
Cyclist Hovhannisyan finishes 2nd at international team tournament

The cyclist will return to Yerevan tomorrow, May 21 to train for the European championships, due on July 9-14 in Portugal.

20 May 2013 • 07:39 AMT
New business model of depository operations launched in Armenia

Thereby it will align with the best international standards, ensuring higher level of safety and efficiency of operations.

20 May 2013 • 07:38 AMT
Car bombs kill at least 20 in Iraq

Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi’ite southern city of Basra.

20 May 2013 • 07:27 AMT
YouTube users upload 100 hours of video to site every minute

Though the site’s growth to one billion users was stunningly fast, Google expects further growth thanks to the rise of mobile devices.

20 May 2013 • 07:21 AMT
Court to announce verdict in Barev Yerevan’s lawsuit on polling results

The bloc urges the court to annul the decision and calls on the CEC to discuss Barev Yerevan bloc’s May 10 application.

20 May 2013 • 06:53 AMT
Access to internet in Iran being increasingly stifled

Iranian authorities had also banned Google’s email service for a week last year but reopened access after complaints from officials.

20 May 2013 • 06:43 AMT
Armenia, Artsakh discuss parliamentary cooperation

Bako Sahakyan met with some members of the Armenian National Assembly’s standing commission on foreign relations.

20 May 2013 • 06:41 AMT
CoE Secretary General in Russia for talks with Putin, Lavrov

The visit’s program will start when the Council of Europe chief meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi.

20 May 2013 • 06:33 AMT
Venezuela makes rare diplomatic overture to U.S.

“We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States,” Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said.

20 May 2013 • 06:20 AMT
Samsung launches $800,000 contest for Galaxy S4 app developers

The company said apps in the contest will be judged on categories such as uniqueness, commercial potential, and design.

20 May 2013 • 06:11 AMT
Egypt’s Mursi rules out talks with Sinai abductors

The abductions have prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel until the hostages are released.

20 May 2013 • 05:56 AMT
Oil prices fall after U.S. stocks blazed to new record levels

Prices surged last week after a better-than-expected reading on U.S. consumer confidence boosted hopes for stronger energy demand.

20 May 2013 • 05:26 AMT
At least 10 Iraqi policemen killed in series of attacks

Seven policemen were killed when militants attacked checkpoints and patrols near the town of Haditha, 190 km northwest of Baghdad.

20 May 2013 • 05:22 AMT
Yahoo reportedly buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion

The site is among a number of fast-growing startups, including online scrapbook Pinterest and news aggregation site Reddit.