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07 May 2013 • 10:19 AMT
HSBC almost doubles pre-tax profits in Q1 2013

In China, after a slower start to the year, Stuart Gulliver said he expected the economy “to accelerate” during 2013.

07 May 2013 • 10:11 AMT
Egypt cabinet reshuffled, Muslim Brotherhood representation boosted

The opposition had been demanding the installation of a politically neutral cabinet to oversee parliamentary elections.

07 May 2013 • 09:58 AMT
Reports on Sports Minister’s further activity not confirmed

Reports about Rostomyan’s further activity cannot be confirmed until official information is provided, ministry representative said.

07 May 2013 • 09:52 AMT
Russian companies consider Nairit chemical plant modernization

RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said the plant modernization will cost about $400-500 mln in investments.

07 May 2013 • 08:58 AMT
Istanbul’s Armenian church shooting suspects confess

Surp Hovhannes Armenian church shooting suspects have made a confession. They said they had no motive to cause panic.

07 May 2013 • 08:40 AMT
Armenia, Montenegro to intensify economic cooperation

RA Prime Minister met Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro.

07 May 2013 • 08:23 AMT
3 Armenian freestyle wrestlers win medals at Black Sea tournament

Edgar Yenokyan (96 kg) and Mihran Jaburyan (55 kg) came 2nd, with Volodya Frangulyan (60 kg) winning a bronze medal.

07 May 2013 • 08:11 AMT
Armenian Youth Foundation to issue volunteer passports

Armenian Youth Foundation comes up with a new initiative, aiming to solve the youth employment problem.

07 May 2013 • 07:54 AMT
Catholicos of All Armenians departs for U.S.

Meetings with the representatives of diocesan administrative institutions and benefactors of the Mother See are on the agenda.

07 May 2013 • 07:50 AMT
FBI thwarts terrorist attack in Minnesota

“The information which we had led us to believe that a terror attack was planned,” said FBI chief division counsel in Minneapolis.

07 May 2013 • 07:36 AMT
Armenian chess players successful at European Individual Championship

Tigran L. Petrosian, Arman Pashikian and Avetik Grigoryan scored their 2nd wins at European Individual Championship.

07 May 2013 • 07:27 AMT
Brazil to receive 600,000 tourists during 2014 World Cup

The government and the private initiative are investing around 16 billion dollars to prepare the country for the World Cup.

07 May 2013 • 07:21 AMT
Norway Chess 2013 Super-Tournament kicks off

Norway Chess 2013 Super-Tournament kicks off in Stavanger on May 7, with Levon Aronian to participate in.

07 May 2013 • 07:19 AMT
Kerry visiting Russia as part of ‘more intensified dialogue’

“And so appropriately, we’re going to honor veterans, and I think we’ll even meet a few of them there,” the official said.

07 May 2013 • 07:15 AMT
Iran starts registering candidates for presidential election

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar urged presidential hopefuls to register quickly and not wait until the last day.

07 May 2013 • 07:09 AMT
Sony announces Vaio Fit laptops line

These include the L-series all-in-one, with Sony’s Bravia Engine X-Reality chip, which now has larger hard-drive options up to 3TB.

07 May 2013 • 06:14 AMT
Turkey, Israel ‘close’ to flotilla raid compensation deal

Ankara said “initial parameters” were set and a framework established, but the amount of compensation was still to be discussed.

07 May 2013 • 06:08 AMT
Oil prices fall as fears over Syria ease

Israel launched an airstrike in Syrian territory that reportedly targeted weapons intended for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia.

07 May 2013 • 05:54 AMT
Boston bombing suspects’ friend released on bail

Robel Phillipos is to be freed on a $100,000 bond provided he wears an electronic monitoring bracelet and is confined to his home.

07 May 2013 • 05:36 AMT
ALMA to host lecture on Nagorno Karabakh

With two colleagues, Dr. Balayan has conducted in-depth interviews with many families from over ten villages and towns.

07 May 2013 • 05:30 AMT
Cloud service SkyDrive hits 250 million users

The team overhauled SkyDrive in 2011 to support HTML5, and upgraded the file size limit from 50 MB to 100 MB.

07 May 2013 • 05:18 AMT
Microsoft says it sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses in six months

Overall, Reller hopes the ‘Blue’ update and a slew of attractive touch-laptops will fire up interest in Windows machines in all forms.

07 May 2013 • 05:12 AMT
5 climbers dead as Philippine volcano spews huge rocks, ash

In 2010, thousands of residents moved to temporary shelters when the volcano ejected ash in an 8km zone surrounding the crater.

07 May 2013 • 05:10 AMT
Russia’s fifth-gen T-50 fighter jet tests may start in July

United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said in April that Russia will start state flight tests of the T-50 in 2014.

07 May 2013 • 05:02 AMT
Four more people in China die from new strain of bird flu

The virus, which was mostly concentrated in the region around the commercial capital of Shanghai, spread to Fujian in late April.

07 May 2013 • 05:01 AMT
N. Korea removes two missiles from coastal launch site

“And we think that’s obviously beneficial to efforts to ensure we have peace and stability on the Korean peninsula,” Little said.

06 May 2013 • 18:08 AMT
White House ‘highly skeptical’ Syrian rebels used chemical weapons

The United States has said it has “varying degrees of confidence” that sarin has been used by Syria’s government on its people.

06 May 2013 • 17:54 AMT
CEC calculates winning parties’ seats in Yerevan city council

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia will receive 41 seats out of 65 by the results of Yerevan city council elections.

06 May 2013 • 17:32 AMT
Turkish company to construct hydroelectric power plant in Javakhk

Georgian Minister of Energy Kakha Kaladze said the hydroelectric power plant will have a capacity of 400-500 megawatts.

06 May 2013 • 17:30 AMT
Russian says reports of Israeli airstrikes Syria “particularly worrying”

Lukashevich said airstrikes might “destabilize the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border, which so far remains relatively calm.”