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09 February 2013 • 15:31 AMT
Storm in U.S. Northeast knocks out power to 650,000

Snowfall in Manhattan reached under a foot, with heavier accumulations in Long Island, where 27 inches fell in Stony Brook.

09 February 2013 • 15:29 AMT
Tunisia’s ruling Islamists call for rally

The rally would defend the legitimacy of the National Constituent Assembly and fight against violence, it added.

09 February 2013 • 15:28 AMT
Syria’s Assad reshuffles his cabinet

Power rationing has worsened since the start of violence as fighting disrupts supplies and prevents repairs to damaged infrastructure.

09 February 2013 • 15:16 AMT
Candidate Hovannisian vows 10% annual economic growth

Presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian Feb 8 took his campaign tour to Armenia’s Gegharkunik province.

09 February 2013 • 15:07 AMT
Association of Nurses NGO to back current leader

Association of Nurses NGO has issued a statement to back the ruling party candidate Serzh Sargsayn at Feb 18 polls.

09 February 2013 • 15:06 AMT
Nikol Aghbalian union to protest Turkey’s anti-Armenian policy

Nikol Aghbalian student union has joined the statement issued by

09 February 2013 • 14:42 AMT
Number of RPA, Heritage voters to remain unchanged

78% of citizens having voiced readiness to vote for candidate Hovannisian said they wouldn’t change their mind.

09 February 2013 • 14:09 AMT
Presidential candidate Bagratyan’s election headquarters attacked

Hrant Bagratyan’s election headquarters issued a statement, claiming campaign office was attacked on Feb 7 night.

09 February 2013 • 13:58 AMT
Armenian boxing championship winners announced

Armenian boxing championship completed today, Feb 9, with about 100 boxers from provinces participating.

09 February 2013 • 13:38 AMT
Candidate Hayrikyan to address Constitutional Court on Feb 10

Hayrikyan said he visited candidate Andrias Ghukasyan to discuss the nomination of a common presidential candidate.

09 February 2013 • 13:15 AMT
IM Nikita Matinian successful at Moscow Open

Grandmasters Hovhannes Gabuzyan (Armenia) and Artur Gabrielian, IM Gor Airapetian have scored 4,5 points each.

09 February 2013 • 12:58 AMT
“I was the killer” note appears in Turkish Armenian woman’s murder

On Dec. 28, 84-year-old Maritsa Küçük was stabbed several times at her home in Istanbul’s Samatya neighborhood.

09 February 2013 • 12:36 AMT
Hayrikyan urges candidate Ghukasyan to join forces

Armenian presidential hopeful Paruyr Hayrikyan met with another candidate Andrias Ghukasyan.

09 February 2013 • 12:29 AMT
Spotify available for Windows Phone 8 devices in app form

Account holders can compile playlists, share music with friends and take advantage of a range of app-based add-on services.

09 February 2013 • 12:23 AMT
Polytron rolls out world’s 1st transparent smartphone

Polytron is experimenting ‘Polyvision Privacy Glass’, an opaque substance that becomes see-through when an electric current passes through it.

09 February 2013 • 12:21 AMT
Candidate Bagratyan to comment on Hayrikyan’s call later

Hrant Bagratyan has not commented yet on candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan’s call to get united, Bagratyan’s spokesman said.

09 February 2013 • 12:18 AMT
Raspberry Pi unveils camera accessory for credit-card sized PC

Whilst the exact sensor size of the camera is unknown, official comments on the RPi forums suggest it will be 5-megapixels.

09 February 2013 • 12:12 AMT
Man hanged over 2001 terror attack on India’s parliament

Government prosecutors have said that Guru was a member of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed, a charge he denied.

09 February 2013 • 12:07 AMT
Heritage about Hayrikyan’s call: any offer must be discussed

Heritage spokesman says the unification may be possible if Hayrikyan’s proposal is consistent with the public mood.

09 February 2013 • 11:44 AMT
Hayrikyan urges opposition candidates to unite

Paruyr Hayrikyan addressed an open letter to candidates Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan with a call to join forces.

09 February 2013 • 11:41 AMT
Bond theme singer Shirley Bassey to perform at Oscars

In addition to Dame Shirley, Oscars producers have booked Barbra Streisand, Adele and Norah Jones for the telecast.

09 February 2013 • 11:33 AMT
“300” scribe to pen “The Lost Legion” epic action film

The film is about the first encounter between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty of ancient China.

09 February 2013 • 11:20 AMT
Israeli military block Palestinians from setting up encampment

Soldiers evicted around 20 Palestinians as they tried to erect a cluster of steel-framed tents in a Palestinian village south of the city of Hebron.

09 February 2013 • 11:04 AMT
9 Nigerian polio vaccinators killed in suspected Boko Haram attack

The attack highlights the religious tensions surrounding the inoculation of children in one of the few nations where the disease still remains endemic.

09 February 2013 • 10:54 AMT
Chile judge orders exhumation of poet Pablo Neruda’s remains

The Nobel Prize winner died 12 days after a military coup replaced the socialist president Salvador Allende with General Augusto Pinochet.

09 February 2013 • 10:36 AMT
Armenian soldier killed at border with Azerbaijan

According to preliminary information, the soldier received a gunshot wound in the stomach in a rival attack.

09 February 2013 • 10:20 AMT
Kino Lorber nabs award-winning “Computer Chess” comedy

Andrew Bujalski’s feature is set during a weekend tournament of chess software programmers in the early 1980s.

09 February 2013 • 10:07 AMT
Seth MacFarlane recreates “Matrix” scene in new Oscar promo

The comedian hilariously recreates the iconic scene where Keanu Reeves’ Neo is given the pills to enter the matrix world.

09 February 2013 • 09:48 AMT
250 instances of Azeri ceasefire violation reported Feb 3-9

Azerbaijan fired over 1000 shots from various caliber weapons towards Karabakh positions, NKR defense army said.

09 February 2013 • 09:39 AMT
54 killed in Syria military factory bombing – activists

A mini-van packed with explosives blew up near the factory in the village of al-Buraq while employees were waiting for buses after work.