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01 March 2013 • 07:23 AMT
Tina Fey to star in Jason Bateman’s “This Is Where I Leave You”

Fey is expected to segue into the role after she wraps shooting a leading role in Disney’s “The Muppets…Again!”

01 March 2013 • 07:14 AMT
Levon Aronian retains 3rd spot in FIDE rankings

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) tops the list with 2872 points followed by Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik with 2810 points.

01 March 2013 • 07:11 AMT
Minority press problems discussed in Turkey

“Freedom of expression and press censorship in Turkey were in the focus,” the editor-in-chief of daily Apoyevmatini said.

01 March 2013 • 07:07 AMT
5th anniversary of March 1, 2008 events in Yerevan

The opposition protests against the results of the 2008 presidential elections claimed the lives of 10 people.

01 March 2013 • 06:59 AMT
Netanyahu rebuffs Erdogan’s remarks on Zionism

“This is a sinister and mendacious statement the likes of which we thought had disappeared from the world,” Israeli PM said.

01 March 2013 • 06:51 AMT
Sarah Snook joins Ethan Hawke’s “Daybreakers” sci-fi thriller

In the pic, Hawke plays a Temporal Agent who on his final assignment pursues a criminal who has long eluded him.

01 March 2013 • 06:43 AMT
Study: UK women dying quicker of breast cancer than elsewhere

Britain’s breast cancer survival rates have started to catch up those in these other leading nations in recent years.

01 March 2013 • 06:40 AMT
Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Wolf Of Wall Street” gets release date

The film about the real-life rise and fall of Wall Street hotshot Jordan Belfort also stars Matthew McConaughey and Jean Dujardin.

01 March 2013 • 06:34 AMT
Armenian Americans commemorate Sumgait massacres

In a surprise move, Azerbaijani groups abandoned their annual counter-protest in defense of their ambassador and embassy.

01 March 2013 • 06:31 AMT
Mads Mikkelsen in new “Hannibal” trailer

The film follows a FBI agent profiling criminals with the help of a psychologist, who is as deranged as the killers he’s helping to track down.

01 March 2013 • 06:23 AMT
3rd “The Hobbit” movie release date set

The first film, which opened this past December, is nearing $1 billion at the global box office; the second will open Dec. 13 of this year.

01 March 2013 • 06:10 AMT
BP CEO nominated for Rosneft board of directors

BP secured two board seats at Rosneft after an agreement to sell its 50 percent stake in Russian joint venture TNK-BP to the company.

01 March 2013 • 06:05 AMT
S. Korean leader says North can face deepening isolation

Park Geun-hye is urging N. Korea to abandon its drive for nuclear weapons or face deepening isolation and deteriorating ties.

01 March 2013 • 05:55 AMT
Van Rompuy: leaving EU could cost Britain dear

Van Rompuy said Europe’s leaders could not afford complacency and that bold reforms were needed to strengthen the eurozone.

01 March 2013 • 05:47 AMT
10 Russian warships to stay in Mediterranean

The task force may operate on a rotation basis and use ports in Cyprus, Montenegro, Greece and Syria as resupply points.

01 March 2013 • 05:39 AMT
Survey: Asia has more billionaires than any other continent

It is believed to be the first time Asia has been named as home of the largest proportion of super-rich on any global list.

01 March 2013 • 05:29 AMT
U.S. wins court battle to extradite Kim Dotcom from NZ

Dotcom says he’s innocent and can’t be held responsible for those who chose to use the site to illegally download songs or movies.

01 March 2013 • 05:18 AMT
Venezuelan VP says Chavez ‘battling for his life’

“Our commander is sick because he gave his life for those who don’t have anything,” Nicolas Maduro told Venezuelan TV.

01 March 2013 • 05:13 AMT
Pentagon says will resume F-35 flights

“The team has determined that root cause is sufficiently understood for the F-35 to safely resume flight,” Bates said.

28 February 2013 • 18:32 AMT
Samsung fails to block iPads, iPhones in Japan

The Tokyo Court ruled that Apple’s iOS devices do not infringe a Samsung patent on wireless transmission technology.

28 February 2013 • 18:15 AMT
EU permits non-lethal military equipment supply to Syrian rebels

The measure responds to pressure from Britain and others to ease the EU arms embargo to help opponents of President Bashar Assad.

28 February 2013 • 18:12 AMT
WikiLeaks case: Manning pleads guilty to half of charges

By entering guilty pleas, Manning loses his right to have an appellate court consider that ruling, if he chooses to appeal.

28 February 2013 • 18:06 AMT
30 killed in riots after Bangladeshi Islamic leader sentenced to death

In the capital, authorities deployed extra police and paramilitary soldiers, a Home Ministry official told reporters.

28 February 2013 • 17:50 AMT
Venezuelan embassy denies reports on Chavez death

On January 9, Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled to postpone Chavez’s inauguration until he completed his latest round of treatment.

28 February 2013 • 17:45 AMT
Mumford & Sons’ “Babel” album leading Billboard 200

Rihanna’s “Unapologetic” climbs back from no. 15 to no. 9 with 29,000, re-entering the top ten since it last appeared there back in January.

28 February 2013 • 17:30 AMT
Apple to introduce “new categories” of products in 2013

Apple is rumoured to be developing a ‘iWatch’ that would link with an iPhone and offer a range of smart functionality, such as message alerts.

28 February 2013 • 17:14 AMT
Amazon Cloud Player available for iPad devices

Amazon released the service for iPhone and iPod Touch handsets last summer and is now expanding it to iPad and iPad mini.

28 February 2013 • 16:59 AMT
TNK-BP oil venture profits drop 13%

TNK-BP was purchased by Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft in 2012, in two deals worth over $50 billion.

28 February 2013 • 16:51 AMT
11 killed in Iraqi car bomb attack

A further 32 people were wounded in the blast, which occurred in Baghdad’s southern Shula district.

28 February 2013 • 16:40 AMT
UK service to block Kickass Torrents, H33T, Fenopy

The UK’s leading internet service providers are yet to confirm whether they will comply with the order.