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05 April 2013 • 12:08 AMT
Poll: 44,5% of residents see an honest person as Yerevan mayor

45,5% of the respondents have voiced readiness to go to the elections, 9,0% were still undecided, with 37,0% expressing reluctance.

05 April 2013 • 12:00 AMT
Road accident in Iran kills 18 people

15 of the dead were Afghans who had illegally crossed the border into Iran. The remaining three victims were Iranians.

05 April 2013 • 11:37 AMT
Famous Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov to climb Mount Ararat

During his 30-day expedition, the traveler plans to explore the area where, theoretically, the Biblical Ark came to land.

05 April 2013 • 11:32 AMT
Report: Turkish media regulatory agencies abusing power

The report is part of the European Commission’s 7th Framework Program, which was conducted in 14 European countries.

05 April 2013 • 11:21 AMT
Dorians Moscow concert cancelled through organizer’s fault

Dorians frontman Gor Sujyan’s “Lonely Planet” was selected as Armenia’s entry for Eurovision 2013 song contest.

05 April 2013 • 11:13 AMT
Germans back Merkel’s crisis management – poll

The poll found 65 percent agreed that Chancellor Angela Merkel has “acted correctly and decisively in the euro crisis.”

05 April 2013 • 11:07 AMT
Boston to commemorate Armenian Genocide 98th anniv. Apr 19

Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans, who served from 2006-2008, will deliver the keynote address.

05 April 2013 • 11:07 AMT
Google releases Chrome 27 beta for PCs, Android handsets

The scheduler also pushes back the point at which images are preloaded to prioritize painting – displaying the content in the browser window.

05 April 2013 • 10:59 AMT
Azeri dramatist slams military solution to Karabakh conflict as crime

Rustam Ibragimbekov spoke against cultivating hatred, noting that Armenian people are not the enemies of Azerbaijanis.

05 April 2013 • 10:57 AMT
N. Korea asks Russia to consider evacuation of embassy staff

Spokesman Denis Samsonov, said that Russia was examining the request but was not planning to evacuate at this stage.

05 April 2013 • 10:40 AMT
Kerry to donate 5% of annual salary to charity

Barack Obama’s self-imposed 5 percent pay cut from his $400,000 salary would be effective from March 1, 2013.

05 April 2013 • 10:32 AMT
BAFTA-winning Simon Pummell to helm “Brand New-U” thriller

Brand New-U is about a man who discovers he’s not unique and other versions of himself are hunting him down.

05 April 2013 • 10:19 AMT
Bomb attacks reportedly kill 6 in Iraq

Sunni militants often attack Shiites, seeing them as heretics, and also aiming to undermine the country’s Shiite-led government.

05 April 2013 • 10:14 AMT
OSCE mission crosses line of contact to Azerbaijan through demined corridor

The OSCE mission conducted a monitoring of the line of contact between the armed forces of NKR and Azerbaijan in the Aghdam-Barda direction.

05 April 2013 • 10:03 AMT
Yerevan to host conference on EU policies in South Caucasus

Foreign Minister of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák, currently on a visit to Armenia, will speak at the conference.

05 April 2013 • 10:01 AMT
Long-lost video of Martin Luther King killer posted online

Officials in Tennessee unearthed the tapes of James Earl Ray in 2011 but had no way to view the old technology.

05 April 2013 • 09:30 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: Shakhtar braces up for tough game vs Dynamo

Shakhtar Donestsk will face off against Dynamo Kyiv in the 23rd round of Ukraine’s Championship April 7.

05 April 2013 • 09:17 AMT
Apple’s smart TV to feature iRing controller, second screen – report

An analyst has tipped Apple to release a 60-inch connected television set in the latter part of 2013, priced between between $1,500 and $2,500.

05 April 2013 • 09:04 AMT
Apple patents hybrid laptop with wireless charging

Apple is widely believed to working on brand new products at present, including the rumoured iOS-powered smartwatch.

05 April 2013 • 08:48 AMT
Ukraine refuses to extradite Tajikistan’s ex-Prime Minister

Abdullojonov was Tajikistan’s prime minister between 1992 and 1993 during the country’s five-year civil war.

05 April 2013 • 08:30 AMT
China slaughters poultry as bird flu toll grows

The agriculture ministry confirmed that the H7N9 virus had been detected in live pigeons on sale at a produce market in Shanghai.

05 April 2013 • 08:19 AMT
N. Korea hides 2 missiles on east coast, report says

The report could not be confirmed, but may be intended to demonstrate a threat by the North to either Japan or to U.S. bases on Guam.

05 April 2013 • 07:54 AMT
Argentina captain: Berlocq played very well in the last tie vs Germany

Martin Jaite explained why he opted for Carlos Berlocq as his second singles player over Horacio Zeballos at Davis Cup quarterfinals.

05 April 2013 • 07:51 AMT
55% of Americans believe U.S. should help S. Korea in case of attack

The majority of Americans (55%) believe that the United States should use its military forces to help defend South Korea.

05 April 2013 • 07:48 AMT
Turkish banks not immune in Armenian property issues

The complaint accuses the defendants of stealing and then profiting from land that was illegally seized during the Genocide.

05 April 2013 • 07:41 AMT
Jason Clarke, Omar Sy to topline “The Candy Store” action thriller

“The Candy Store” interweaves several storylines set against a dynamic criminal underworld in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

05 April 2013 • 07:34 AMT
Fukushima cooling system fails, no immediate danger

A spokesman said the cooling system can be turned off for two weeks before temperatures approach dangerous levels.

05 April 2013 • 07:26 AMT
Hillary Clinton to release memoir covering Bin Laden death, Arab Spring

Clinton scored an $8 million payday from Simon & Schuster for her previous memoir, “Living History.”

05 April 2013 • 07:06 AMT
Kasparov on Candidates Tournament: Aronian was “almost there”

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen won the London-hosted Tournament to face India’s Viswanathan Anand for World Champion title.

05 April 2013 • 06:49 AMT
Gasparyan to face Santana in 8-round welterweight bout April 5

“I know my opponent is a tough fighter and he comes to fight so we’re expecting fireworks,” Francisco ‘Chia’ Santana said.