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23 April 2013 • 09:42 AMT
Ex-Knesset speaker: don’t forget Armenian Genocide due to politics

The Knesset will mark 98th anniversary of killing and deportation of up to 1.8 mln Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

23 April 2013 • 09:35 AMT
Hovannisian urges opposition forces to back post-election movement

Former presidential candidate of Armenia Raffi Hovannisian will visit Byureghavan Village and Talin town.

23 April 2013 • 09:28 AMT
Penguin scraps Apple’s eBook pricing deal

The controversial deal prevented rival retailers such as Amazon from selling the publisher’s digital titles for cheaper.

23 April 2013 • 09:24 AMT
Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton to star in Ryan Reynolds’ “Voices” thriller

The psychological thriller will see Reynolds playing a bathtub factory worker who’s relationship with a woman takes a turn for the murderous.

23 April 2013 • 09:00 AMT
Kate Hudson, Omar Sy join James Franco in “Good People”

“Good People” will see director Henrik Genz (Terribly Happy) making his English-language debut.

23 April 2013 • 08:50 AMT
Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman in “Thor: The Dark World” teaser trailer

“Game of Thrones” director Alan Taylor is behind the camera – replacing “Thor”’s Kenneth Branagh, plus comic writer Christopher Yost.

23 April 2013 • 08:42 AMT
Areximbank – Gazprombank Group starts servicing cash-back system

The system will soon be available for the bank’s corporate clients holding salary cards and all the other clients later.

23 April 2013 • 08:40 AMT
Naomi Watts to join Bill Murray in “St Vincent de Van Nuys” comedy

The film will star Murray as an embittered old man who becomes the unlikely companion to the 12-year-old son of his neighbour.

23 April 2013 • 08:32 AMT
VivaCell-MTS unveils “BlackBerry Complete” package

VivaCell-MTS presents“BlackBerry Complete” package of Internet and social networking services for its subscribers.

23 April 2013 • 08:22 AMT
USAID PFS project completes in Armenia

Successes, lessons learned and key financial challenges that hinder enterprise competitiveness were presented by the PFS team.

23 April 2013 • 07:56 AMT
Orange subscribers to make payments through banks

Orange subscribers and Orange Internet customers will no more need to worry about their monthly payments every month.

23 April 2013 • 07:53 AMT
U.S. Representatives call for aid for Armenia, NKR, Javakhk

The White House’s proposal did, however, maintain parity in terms of appropriated military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan.

23 April 2013 • 07:33 AMT
Zvartnots Airport posts passenger traffic of 306 467 in Jan-March

The number of passengers at Zvartnots Airport in January – March 2013 totaled 306 467 against 303 571.

23 April 2013 • 07:22 AMT
1st look of Halle Berry as Storm in “X-Men: Days of Future Past”

“Days of Future Past” will be based on Uncanny X-Men #141 and 142 back in 1981 during Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run.

23 April 2013 • 07:22 AMT
Aronian to face Anand in Alekhine Memorial round 3

Levon Aronian beat Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in the second round of Alexander Alekhine Memorial 2013 to climb 5th.

23 April 2013 • 07:16 AMT
Volgafilm nabs “The Hummingbird Effect” for Russia, CIS

The film centers on a troubled ex-soldier who is living rough in London after seeing his unit ripped apart by an artillery barrage in Afghanistan.

23 April 2013 • 07:05 AMT
Philadelphia interested in bidding on 2024 Olympics

Philadelphia was among five cities that made presentations to the USOC in 2006 regarding the 2016 games.

23 April 2013 • 07:03 AMT
“Spartacus” star Liam McIntyre joins “Hercules 3D”

McIntyre will play a young army captain who becomes Hercules’ most trusted battlefield companion.

23 April 2013 • 07:00 AMT
FIFA president’s Twitter account hacked

The official World Cup account was made to announce: “Sepp Blatter has been investigated for multiple charges of bribery.

23 April 2013 • 06:45 AMT
FX teams up with “L.A. Confidential” scribe for “Shakedown” drama series

The project, set in the underbelly of Los Angeles circa the late 1950s, will center on the city’s top informant/operator/wire tapper/fixer.

23 April 2013 • 06:30 AMT
“Star Trek Into Darkness” 1st clip unveiled

In the film, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

23 April 2013 • 05:37 AMT
Oil prices ease amid weak Chinese manufacturing activity

“Chinese growth is definitely slower and people are pricing that in,” Kelly Teoh, market strategist at IG Markets in Singapore, said.

23 April 2013 • 05:33 AMT
Armenian Genocide to be commemorated in Ottawa

“Armenian-Canadians are asking their government to encourage Turkey to stop its denials and come to terms with its past,” Basmadjian said.

23 April 2013 • 05:12 AMT
Apple returns ‘millions of iPhones’ to Foxconn over quality issues

The anonymous Foxconn worker said the issues are “due to the appearance of substandard or dysfunctional problems”.

23 April 2013 • 05:10 AMT
N. Korea demands recognition as nuclear weapons state

The North has in recent days begun to at least talk about dialogue in response to calls for talks from both the U.S. and S. Korea.

23 April 2013 • 05:09 AMT
Georgia, Russia in talks over easing visa regulations for businessmen

Georgian wines and mineral waters were very popular in the Soviet Union and retained much of that appeal after the USSR broke up.

23 April 2013 • 05:05 AMT
Militants kidnap two bishops in Syria

The kidnapping was reported by Syrian state media and confirmed by a member of the official opposition leadership.

23 April 2013 • 05:04 AMT
Nicaragua police detain one of FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives

Aminta Granera said Toth entered Nicaragua with a false passport and also had a fake driver’s license and credit cards.

23 April 2013 • 05:03 AMT
Italy’s president launching urgent talks

In his inaugural address to parliament, Giorgio Napolitano made clear that he expected the parties to compromise and cooperate.

23 April 2013 • 05:01 AMT
Canada thwarts al Qaeda-linked terrorist attack

Chief Spt Jennifer Strachan said the two men had sought to target “a specific route, but not necessarily a specific train”.