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18 March 2013 • 12:32 AMT
Catholicos Karekin II to attend Pope Francis’s inauguration mass

Representatives of Armenian Apostolic Church will depart for Rome to attend Pope Francis’s inauguration mass.

18 March 2013 • 12:26 AMT
Lenovo announces latest T-series ThinkPad ultrabook

It’s got a new chassis compared to previous models, and is made with carbon fiber and magnesium for durability in everyday life.

18 March 2013 • 12:16 AMT
Sony unveils Xperia SP and L Android smartphones

Although there is currently no word on price, from its specs it is likely the Xperia L will be the cheaper of the two.

18 March 2013 • 12:16 AMT
Ennio Morricone: “I will never work with Tarantino again”

Morricone accused Tarantino of “placing music in his films without coherence”, lamenting: “You can’t do anything with someone like that.”

18 March 2013 • 12:09 AMT
UEFA to discuss EURO 2020 bid regulations

Each association will be allowed to present up to two bids, one for ordinary package and one for semi-finals/final package.

18 March 2013 • 12:02 AMT
Russia to install missile systems on 3 frigates

The Kalibr is capable of effectively engaging aerial, submerged and coastal targets, and has a range of up to 185 miles.

18 March 2013 • 11:58 AMT
Free Democrats, Freedom parties in City Council talks

Free Democrats and Freedom parties are conducting negotiations ahead of Yerevan City Council polls, Shahane Hakobyan said.

18 March 2013 • 11:56 AMT
Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko in “Erased” thriller new poster, pics

The film follows an ex-CIA agent who moves to Belgium with his estranged daughter and takes a job as a security consultant.

18 March 2013 • 11:38 AMT
Iran’s Supreme Leader pardons, commutes terms of 1,059 inmates

The amnesty is dated to beginning of the New Iranian Year, March 21, and anniversary of the Islamic Republic Day, April 1.

18 March 2013 • 11:38 AMT
3 Armenians detained in Moscow restaurant shoot-out case

3 gunmen out of 19 detained were identified as Armenian nationals, with 4 gram of heroine-containing drugs confiscated from them.

18 March 2013 • 11:30 AMT
Airbus signs $24bn deal with Indonesian carrier Lion Air

The contract for the A320 planes trumped that between Lion Air and Boeing in 2011 for 201 planes worth $22 billion.

18 March 2013 • 11:23 AMT
India indefinitely extends ban on Italian envoy departure

Ambassador Daniele Mancini had given the Indian court a written promise the men would return to India by March 22.

18 March 2013 • 11:19 AMT
Stieglitz says ready for WBO world title reamtch vs. Abraham

“The sparring phase went really fine,” said Stieglitz. “I feel physically fit and mentally very strong.”

18 March 2013 • 11:06 AMT
Jailed Kurdish militant leader expected to make ceasefire call

The BDP is a legal party with 29 parliamentarians made up overwhelmingly of ethnic Kurds focused on Kurdish issues.

18 March 2013 • 10:57 AMT
Armenian boxers bring home 3 medals from Grand Prix Usti nad Labem

Armen Simonyan (+91 kg) won silver, while Narek Abgaryan (52 kg) and Ara Puluzyan (64 kg) gained bronze medals.

18 March 2013 • 10:55 AMT
Painting identified as Rembrandt self-portrait worth $30mln

The portrait of the artist wearing a cap with a large white feather was long thought to have been done by one of the pupils.

18 March 2013 • 10:38 AMT
Armen Rustamyan to top ARFD list for City Council election

The finalized list will be submitted to the Central Election Commission on March 21, ARFD representative said.

18 March 2013 • 10:34 AMT
Russia not impressed by changes in U.S. missile defense plans

The announcement comes shortly after nuclear-armed North Korea terminated a peace treaty with South Korea, a U.S. ally.

18 March 2013 • 10:27 AMT
Disney’s “Planes” animated film unveils new trailer

The film centers on Dusty – a single-engine crop-duster with sky-high ambitions with just one problem: he’s afraid of heights.

18 March 2013 • 10:21 AMT
Georgian President, PM at odds over Armenian language

Tbilisi is facing a new bout of political tensions amid Georgian Armenians’ demands for ratification of the European Charter for Regional Languages.

18 March 2013 • 09:51 AMT
Car bomb explodes near presidential palace in Mogadishu

Although security has improved, bombings and assassinations in the coastal city – blamed on militants – still occur often.

18 March 2013 • 09:45 AMT
Azeri media claim soldier wounded in Armenian ceasefire violation

Karabakh defense army spokesman refuted the report: “Karabakh defense army front line observes the ceasefire,” he said.

18 March 2013 • 09:42 AMT
Israeli PM to gift Obama with gold-coated nano-chip

Benjamin Netanyahu will gift a gold-coated nano-chip etched with the Israeli and U.S. declarations of independence.

18 March 2013 • 09:34 AMT
U.S. co-chair: OSCE must boost efforts to address protracted conflicts

“The lack of peaceful resolution to the conflicts affects every aspect of the organization’s work,” Ian Kelly said.

18 March 2013 • 09:32 AMT
Panasonic likely to prune off plasma business – report

Panasonic is said to be working on OLED with Sony and plans to outsource manufacturing to keep costs down.

18 March 2013 • 09:23 AMT
Japanese architect Toyo Ito wins Pritzker prize

Toyo Ito will receive the award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on May 29.

18 March 2013 • 09:13 AMT
Russian watchdog lashes out at Google over suicide videos

Russia’s figure of some 20 suicides for every 100,000 teenagers is around three times higher than the world average.

18 March 2013 • 09:02 AMT
HSBC gearing up for thousands more job cuts

The number of staff working in that area is already estimated to have been trimmed from 27,000 to about 21,000.

18 March 2013 • 08:55 AMT
Two suicide bombers attack judicial compound in Pakistan

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the operation. Police forces sealed off roads around the complex.

18 March 2013 • 08:31 AMT
Afghan political parties open talks with Taliban

News about the opposition group’s new avenue of talks comes amid Karzai’s latest round of verbal attacks on the U.S.