EN
05 April 2013 • 06:42 AMT
Russia eyes nuclear power plant tender in Finland

Finland currently operates four nuclear reactors in two power plants, all located on the shores of the Baltic Sea.

05 April 2013 • 06:37 AMT
Gotye, Lana del Rey, Jack White on “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack

Other popular acts listed include indie rock band Florence and the Machine, and soul/R ‘n’ B singer Emeli Sande.

05 April 2013 • 06:35 AMT
Oil prices barely change ahead of U.S. employment figures release

That raised the possibility of reduced energy demand as fewer people traveling to work would lower demand for gasoline.

05 April 2013 • 06:33 AMT
Elizabeth Banks to get CinemaCon Excellence in Acting Award

Banks is set to return as Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the second movie in the “Hunger Games” four-part series.

05 April 2013 • 06:31 AMT
Scientists identify genetic markers of Alzheimer’s risk

The team used genetic information from more than 1,200 people, significantly larger than previous studies in this area.

05 April 2013 • 06:19 AMT
World powers, Iran resume nuclear talks

Iran has refused to meet international demands for it to stop enriching uranium, arguing it does so only for peaceful purposes.

05 April 2013 • 06:18 AMT
Shawn Christensen to release song from “Curfew” Oscar-winning short

Christensen wrote, directed and starred in Curfew, a 19-minute film about a drug addict’s relationship with his nine-year-old niece.

05 April 2013 • 06:08 AMT
Samsung expects $7.7bn Q1 operating profit

On the other hand, some analysts say the rising production cost of higher-end devices may chip into Samsung’s margins.

05 April 2013 • 06:05 AMT
Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio developing “Gorbachev” project

The project will revolve around former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped bring about the end of the Cold War.

05 April 2013 • 05:57 AMT
Chloe Grace Moretz in Stephen King’s “Carrie” trailer

Julianne Moore stars as one of those tormenters – Carrie’s unstable Christian fundamentalist mother.

05 April 2013 • 05:55 AMT
UN closes food distribution centers in Gaza

In Gaza, the agency runs dozens of schools and medical clinics and distributes food to many of the 1.7 million residents.

05 April 2013 • 05:47 AMT
5.4 magnitude quake shakes buildings in Mexico City

The epicenter of the earthquake was in Guerrero state on Mexico’s Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

05 April 2013 • 05:41 AMT
Russia may delay chemical weapons destruction until 2020

As of January 31, 2012, more than 50,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, or 73% of the global stockpile, have been destroyed.

05 April 2013 • 05:30 AMT
27 killed as building collapses in India

The collapse injured 54 others and rescuers are searching for more casualties in the debris, a police inspector said.

05 April 2013 • 05:18 AMT
Facebook unveils Home software for Android phones

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the change would put people, not apps, at the heart of the mobile experience.

04 April 2013 • 18:10 AMT
Vatican-linked priest arrested over 4mln euro hospital fraud

Pope Benedict XVI in one of his last acts as pontiff last month appointed a cardinal to resolve its economic woes.

04 April 2013 • 17:50 AMT
Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Great Gatsby” debuts new poster

Leonardo DiCaprio will play Jay Gatsby, with Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway.

04 April 2013 • 17:37 AMT
Anand: Candidates Tournament in London ‘maybe best in history’

“Vlady was doing unbelievable stuff on the board, coming up every day with new ideas, playing brilliantly,” Anand said.

04 April 2013 • 17:33 AMT
Iran Foreign Ministry: Baku’s territorial claims show poor knowledge of history

Ramin Mehmanparast: good relations with neighboring countries is a priority on Iran’s foreign policy agenda.

04 April 2013 • 17:23 AMT
Obama to return 5% of his salary to U.S. treasury

“The salary for the president, as with members of Congress, is set by law and cannot be changed,” Jay Carney said.

04 April 2013 • 17:23 AMT
Joint Armenian-Russian oil supply, marketing enterprise to be formed

The chairman of Rosneft Russian oil giant stressed Armenia’s major potential in oil products supply, hailing the cooperation to be established.

04 April 2013 • 17:07 AMT
OSCE mission conducts monitoring of NKR-Azerbaijan contact line

During the monitoring, the OSCE mission crossed the line of contact from the Azeri side to the NKR through the corridor cleared of landmines.

04 April 2013 • 16:59 AMT
Iran wishes success to current Karabakh mediation format

Tehran is ready to take every effort in promoting peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict, Iran’s Senior Deputy Foreign Minister said.

04 April 2013 • 16:33 AMT
Humanitarian situation in Syria worsening rapidly: Red Cross

The Syrian government’s restrictions on aid convoys have meant most supplies are distributed in government-held areas.

04 April 2013 • 16:28 AMT
NKR, Hessen cooperation discussed in Stepanakert

NKR FM Karen Mirzoyan met with the Head of Bergstrasse District State of Hessen of the Federal Republic of Germany Matthias Wilkes.

04 April 2013 • 16:10 AMT
French Islamists sent from Pakistan taken in for police questioning

Dozens of Frenchmen travel each year to remote areas in Africa and southeast Asia controlled by al Qaeda for training or combat as Islamist militants.

04 April 2013 • 15:56 AMT
Egypt seizes ship carrying heavy weapons

The ship, with a crew of at least seven, spent a week in international waters before entering Egyptian waters.

04 April 2013 • 15:43 AMT
New bird flu kills 5 in China

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said traces of the new strain of bird flu had been detected in pigeon samples collected at a marketplace in Shanghai.

04 April 2013 • 15:35 AMT
Armenian, Azeri FMs to meet Russia’s Lavrov

Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will travel to Moscow May 20-21 to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

04 April 2013 • 15:27 AMT
Nalbandian to play doubles with Zeballos at Davis Cup ¼ final

Buenos Aires hosted a draw for Davis Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and France due April 5 through 7.