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11 April 2013 • 10:55 AMT
Swiss drugmaker Roche reports rise in sales

The Basel-based firm expects its full-year total sales to grow at much the same rate as 2012, when they rose by 7%.

11 April 2013 • 10:42 AMT
Czech FM hails Armenia’s development prospects in region

Acting Armenian Foreign Minister met First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic.

11 April 2013 • 10:25 AMT
Vic Darchinyan signs promotional agreement with Top Rank

Darchinyan, now at super bantamweight, recently signed a managerial agreement with Frank Espinoza.

11 April 2013 • 10:20 AMT
PM displeased with Armenia’s network readiness index

Networked Readiness Index rankings were published, with Armenia climbing to the 82nd position among 144 countries.

11 April 2013 • 10:08 AMT
Samsung unveils its largest Android smartphone Galaxy Mega

“We are aware of a great potential in the bigger screen for extensive viewing multimedia, web browsing, and more,” said JK Shin.

11 April 2013 • 09:59 AMT
Raffi Hovannisian departs for Moscow

Heritage party leader, former presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian departed for Moscow on one day visit.

11 April 2013 • 09:47 AMT
Armenia reacts positively to OSCE MG plan to organize FMs meeting

Acting Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian noted that the meeting will probably take place in the weeks to come.

11 April 2013 • 09:28 AMT
FAO: global food prices rose in March

The Rome-based agency raised its estimate of world cereal output in 2012 to 2.309 billion metric tons, up 3 million metric tons.

11 April 2013 • 09:19 AMT
Armenia, France to start co-production of films

Acting Culture Minister said the document envisages joint production of films and cooperation on trainings of specialists.

11 April 2013 • 09:18 AMT
Zankezour Egyptian-Armenian folk troupe to perform in Cairo

According to estimates, today the Armenian community in Egypt does not exceed 6,000 throughout Cairo and Alexandria.

11 April 2013 • 08:56 AMT
GenEd project provides training for Pasadena teachers

Led by GenEd’s Education Specialist, Sara Cohan, the comprehensive workshop covered a range of topics related to genocide.

11 April 2013 • 08:54 AMT
Armenia drops 90th in FIFA rankings

Spain tops the FIFA rankings, followed by Germany and Argentina with 1428 and 1292 points respectively.

11 April 2013 • 08:47 AMT
Defense ministry: Azeri soldiers’ deaths possible in April 10 provocation

Azerbaijani provocation was reported on April 10 in Armenian province of Tavush, Mr. Hovhannisyan said.

11 April 2013 • 08:27 AMT
Barroso tells Spain, Slovenia to ‘tackle imbalances’

Spain has already had its banking system bailed out and Slovenia is widely expected to become the next to ask for a debt rescue.

11 April 2013 • 08:24 AMT
Gabriel Sargissian scores 4th win at Dubai Open

Gabriel Sargissian beat Kazakhstan’s Rinat Jumabayev in the 4th round of 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship.

11 April 2013 • 08:16 AMT
Oil prices down on supply increase

The U.S. Energy Department said supplies grew by 300,000 barrels, or 0.1 percent, for the week to 388.9 million barrels.

11 April 2013 • 08:05 AMT
Japan’s top carmakers recalling 3.4 million vehicles globally

“We are conducting a voluntary safety recall to address this issue and replace the front passenger bag inflator,” a spokesperson said.

11 April 2013 • 08:01 AMT
Movsesian, Shirov tie Russian team chess championship round 4

“SPb Chess Fed” currently leads the tournament with 16 points to face off against “Yugra” in the next round.

11 April 2013 • 07:51 AMT
‘Django Unchained’ pulled from Chinese theaters on opening day

Employees at Beijing movie theaters say an order issued by the importer, cited an unspecified technical problem with the film.

11 April 2013 • 07:47 AMT
Brazil to miss deadline for 2014 World Cup stadiums

The cities of Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza and Salvador have complied with the timetable and delivered their stadiums.

11 April 2013 • 07:38 AMT
Karapetyan to perform at European weightlifting championships April 11

World youth championships winner Andranik Karapetyan will represent Armenia at European weightlifting championships.

11 April 2013 • 07:38 AMT
15 militants, 1 soldier killed in Pakistan fighting

Pakistani military officials say insurgents use the valley as a base camp that enables them to carry out raids.

11 April 2013 • 07:34 AMT
Ex-envoy says Palestinian peace may help coalition against Iran

Daniel Kurtzer described Obama’s recent trip to Israel and the West Bank, the first of his presidency, as “very important.”

11 April 2013 • 07:18 AMT
Sara Corning Centre: Canada’s values and morals not for sale

Nova Scotia nurse Sara Corning saved 5,000 Armenian children orphaned during the genocide from further destruction in 1922.

11 April 2013 • 07:04 AMT
Korean, Syrian crises high on G8 FMs meeting agenda

Kerry, however, stressed the importance of the opposition becoming better organized, a senior U.S. official told reporters.

11 April 2013 • 06:14 AMT
At least 14 killed in clashes between Mexican police, gunmen

The government of previous President Felipe Calderon stopped releasing figures of drug killings in September 2011.

11 April 2013 • 06:07 AMT
Discussion on alleged chemical attacks in Syria at impasse

Syria has asked the United Nations only to investigate what it says was a rebel chemical attack near Aleppo last month.

11 April 2013 • 05:56 AMT
Obama-proposed budget includes 38% cut in economic aid to Armenia

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

11 April 2013 • 05:51 AMT
Global PC sales fall 14% in first three months of 2013

IDC said 76.3 million units were shipped, a figure that underlines the appeal of tablets and smartphones as alternatives to PCs.

11 April 2013 • 05:46 AMT
Apple wants $85mln in damages against Samsung to be reinstated

However, Apple has complained that Koh made a mistake in reducing at least part of the damages by excluding two devices.