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06 May 2013 • 12:33 AMT
“In the Mood for Love” helmer awarded top French cultural honor

The award was the latest in a long line of awards Wong has secured in France ever since he made his debut on the film-festival circuit.

06 May 2013 • 12:32 AMT
ICRC calls for evacuation of dead, wounded from Syria

“We … call on the conflict parties to spare civilians and permit them to be withdrawn to safety,” Magne Barth said.

06 May 2013 • 12:23 AMT
Bomb blast kills 14 at election campaign rally in Pakistan

The Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party is considered supportive of the Afghan Taliban’s fight against the United States and its allies.

06 May 2013 • 12:09 AMT
Orinats Yerkir congratulates political forces on election victory

Orinats Yerkir issued a statement congratulating the three political forces on the victory in Yerevan city council election.

06 May 2013 • 12:01 AMT
Cezanne, Picasso, Modigliani works expected to shine in NY auctions

Last year, Sotheby’s Modern and Impressionist auction notched up a record-setting $ 119.9 mln sale of a version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.”

06 May 2013 • 12:00 AMT
Amazon offers paid-for Android apps in China

Google’s Chinese store for its mobile operating system – the most popular globally – only offers free apps.

06 May 2013 • 11:51 AMT
Benjamin Bratt to replace Al Pacino as “Despicable Me 2” villain

“Despicable Me 2” is the fourth film from Illumination Entertainment and the sequel to its 2010 hit “Despicable Me.”

06 May 2013 • 11:41 AMT
Turkish Armed Forces staging drills near Syrian border

One Turkish border guard was killed and six others were wounded on May 2 in a clash with armed men at the Syrian border.

06 May 2013 • 11:33 AMT
Christopher Walken, Ralph Fiennes, Winona Ryder join “Page 8” sequels

Page Eight, saw a British intelligence officer uncover a plot to turn control of MI5 directly over to the prime minister.

06 May 2013 • 11:28 AMT
Germany continues efforts to add Hezbollah to EU terror list: FM

“Israel, together with the world, is struggling to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,” Silvan Shalom said.

06 May 2013 • 11:17 AMT
Russia quite content with Azeri President, public figure says

Rustam Ibragimbekov: Russia seeks to hold the key to Karabakh conflict settlement, only pretending to be unhappy with the situation in Azerbaijan.

06 May 2013 • 11:08 AMT
S. Korea, U.S. start anti-submarine drill in Yellow Sea

The exercise is the second in a planned series of this year’s combined military maneuvers following the last one in February.

06 May 2013 • 10:53 AMT
Inception star “Michael Caine” joins Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar”

Details of Interstellar have been kept closely under wraps; it will centre around an epic journey to the farthest reaches of scientific knowledge.

06 May 2013 • 10:51 AMT
Italy unemployment predicted to reach record high next year

The Commission also predicted that France would see unemployment rise to 10.9% in 2014 from 10.6% this year.

06 May 2013 • 10:44 AMT
Levon Aronian defends equality in men and women’s chess

“If I have a daughter, I would really want her to try and follow Judit Polgar’s suit,” the grandmaster said.

06 May 2013 • 10:40 AMT
Oil prices rise sharply on U.S. jobs growth report

Rising oil prices are “just a matter of improving sentiment around global growth,” said market strategist at IG in Melbourne.

06 May 2013 • 10:34 AMT
2 Iranians get life sentence in Kenya

Ahmed Mohammed and Sayed Mansour were found guilty of possessing 15 kilos of the powerful explosive RDX.

06 May 2013 • 10:31 AMT
Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister to visit Armenia

Meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, PM Tigran Sargsyan are on the official’s agenda.

06 May 2013 • 10:27 AMT
Neo-Nazi trial starts in Germany

Four male defendants are also on trial with Beate Zschaepe, facing lesser charges of having helped the NSU.

06 May 2013 • 10:27 AMT
Carey Mulligan talks her role alongside DiCaprio in “The Great Gatsby”

The actress said that her audition with co-star DiCaprio left her “grinning”, despite the fact that the actor was not one of her pin-ups as a teenager.

06 May 2013 • 10:15 AMT
China hosting leaders of Palestine, Israel this week

China has traditionally had a low profile in Middle East diplomacy, but in recent years has tried to play a more active role.

06 May 2013 • 10:07 AMT
Paul McCartney kicks off tour with special concert in Brazil

The singer performed the opening show of his ‘Out There!’ world tour with a concert in Belo Horizonte in front of a sold out audience of 55,000.

06 May 2013 • 09:56 AMT
Assembly to present Distinguished Humanitarian Award May 16

Ann Hintlian, Virginia Ohanian and Nevart Talanian have served as a backbone of the Assembly through their generosity and dedication.

06 May 2013 • 09:41 AMT
New Finnish envoy presents copy of credentials to Foreign Minister

Christer Michelsson stressed the importance of cooperation with Armenia in the framework of Eastern Partnership program.

06 May 2013 • 09:28 AMT
Azeri President, OSCE PA special rep. discuss Karabakh conflict

Ilham Aliyev met with the special rep. on South Caucasus Joao Soares on the first day of his week-long visit to the Caucasus.

06 May 2013 • 09:23 AMT
Israel says Damascus strikes did not aim to weaken Assad

Intelligence sources said Israel attacked Iranian-supplied missiles stored near Damascus that were awaiting transfer to Hezbollah guerrilla group.

06 May 2013 • 09:13 AMT
Kosovo police detain suspected crime boss

Naser Kelmendi owns a number of businesses in Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, including hotels and a trucking company.

06 May 2013 • 09:01 AMT
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis in “The Hangover Part III” comedy clip

Directed by Todd Phillips, the third film will see the Wolfpack going on another adventure only this time because of Leslie Chow.

06 May 2013 • 08:56 AMT
Luke Evans to topline “The Crow”

The Welsh actor is reportedly attached to play a murdered rock star who is brought to life by supernatural bird crow to avenge his own murder.

06 May 2013 • 08:46 AMT
Samsung unveils new ad for Galaxy S4 smartphone

The 90-second clip takes a swipe at other smartphones, particularly iPhones, claiming that its device is “smarter”.