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25 March 2013 • 17:38 AMT
Hovannisian to reply President Sargsyan’s letter Mar 26

To find a solution to current situation Raffi Hovannisian suggested Sargsyan apply to Constitutional Court.

25 March 2013 • 17:29 AMT
UN to move part of staff out of Syria amid Damascus violence

Syrian rebels lobbed mortar rounds into central Damascus, killing at least two people and drawing a fierce army response.

25 March 2013 • 17:23 AMT
Armenian detained on suspicion of double murder in Ukraine

Bodies of a young pregnant woman and a 35-year-old man with signs of violence were discovered on the night of March 25.

25 March 2013 • 17:14 AMT
Constitutional changes dramatically reduce Saakashvili powers

The changes include stripping the president of the right to dismiss the government without parliamentary approval.

25 March 2013 • 16:51 AMT
FBI denies Russian tycoon Abramovich arrest report

The report followed media speculation over the unexplained death in Britain of exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

25 March 2013 • 16:42 AMT
Parliament break-in culprit Galstyan jailed for 2 months

Masis-born Vrezh Galstyan, who attempted to enter the parliament building armed with a knife, was arrested.

25 March 2013 • 16:26 AMT
Oman pardons online activists detained over “offensive writing”

The writers, bloggers and activists were arrested during a crackdown in Oman in late May and early June 2012.

25 March 2013 • 16:09 AMT
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini images leak – report

The shrunken handset is said to be powered by a 1.66GHz dual-core processor and run Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.

25 March 2013 • 15:50 AMT
Samsung, Usain Bolt team up to launch NX300 WiFi-enabled camera

The WiFi-enabled camera features a superfast shutter speed of 1/6000 sec and can shoot up to 8.6 continuous frames per second.

25 March 2013 • 15:38 AMT
Jordan closes border crossing with Syria amid fighting

“The border post is effectively closed because there have been clashes and they are continuing,” Jordan’s information minister said.

25 March 2013 • 15:29 AMT
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg to enter politics

The billionaire is forming a campaign group set to focus on liberalising the U.S. immigration and visa system.

25 March 2013 • 15:08 AMT
Clashes with Islamic radicals leave 9 dead in Mali

Islamic extremists belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa infiltrated the north Malian city of Gao.

25 March 2013 • 14:53 AMT
Israeli general suggests creating buffer zone in Syria

Major-General Yair Golan said “many hundreds” of radical Islamists were fighting in Syria’s two-year-old civil war.

25 March 2013 • 14:45 AMT
Russian-designed MS-21 passenger plane engines to be tested in 2014

The fifth-generation PD-14 engine is Russia’s first domestic development in the area of civilian engine-building for the last 25 years.

25 March 2013 • 14:27 AMT
Yahoo acquires mobile news aggregator Summly

D’Aloisio says more than 90 million summaries have been read through the app since its launch in November 2012.

25 March 2013 • 14:21 AMT
1st look at Christian Bale, Amy Adams in “Abscam”

The story is based on a real-life undercover sting operation called “Abscam”, which was set up in the 1980s by a con artist working for the FBI.

25 March 2013 • 14:10 AMT
Russia seeks to bring back late tycoon Berezovsky assets

At the request of Russian prosecutors, in 2011 assets worth more than $320 million belonging to Berezovsky were frozen.

25 March 2013 • 14:04 AMT
HTC getting rid of ‘Quietly Brilliant’ slogan

“We have a lot of innovations but we haven’t been loud enough,” the company’s marketing chief Benjamin Ho said.

25 March 2013 • 13:58 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 418.15 March 25

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 418.15 on March 25, increasing by 0,06 point compared to March 22.

25 March 2013 • 13:52 AMT
James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson in “Trance” trailer

The film is a story of a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting.

25 March 2013 • 13:43 AMT
Bookmakers say Czechs favorites in match vs Armenia

Czech Republic’s victory index is set at 1.90, Armenia’s victory index makes up 4.10, the possibility of a draw – 3.40.

25 March 2013 • 13:43 AMT
Blake Lively may star in Freddie Mercury biopic as singer’s girlfriend

Sacha Baron Cohen will portray Mercury in the film about the rock star’s life and career, while Tom Hooper is rumoured to be helming the project.

25 March 2013 • 13:37 AMT
Egypt hikes customs rates on luxury goods

The government is currently engaged in talks with the International Monetary Fund to secure a $4.8 billion loan.

25 March 2013 • 13:35 AMT
“Matrix” helmers’ “Cloud Atlas” tops German Film Academy awards noms

“Cloud Atlas” is a sprawling and divisive fantasy that stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and a host of others.

25 March 2013 • 13:25 AMT
Coach hails Armenian wrestlers’ results in European Championships

Olympic champion Levon Julfalakyan highly assessed the athletes’ participation in Tbilisi-hosted championships.

25 March 2013 • 13:18 AMT
BBC America to co-produce Helena Bonham Carter’s “Burton & Taylor”

Dominic West and Bonham Carter are starring in the one-off movie as legendary, volatile ex-lovers Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

25 March 2013 • 13:13 AMT
Russia probes $1mln embezzlement at Space Defense Forces

The Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office said this summer that investigation was underway into the suspected embezzlement.

25 March 2013 • 13:09 AMT
Robert Downey Jr. in new “Iron Man 3” TV spot

Taking place after the events of “The Avengers”, “Iron Man 3” follows Stark who finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands.

25 March 2013 • 13:02 AMT
470 women undergo free medical examination in Armenia

In the framework of March 8-April 7 medical initiative, 470 women underwent free examination on March 18-24.

25 March 2013 • 13:01 AMT
Sacha Baron Cohen “taking singing lessons for Freddie Mercury biopic”

Cohen has also reportedly viewed hours of Queen concerts and Freddie Mercury’s private videos to hone his speech and mood.