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28 January 2013 • 12:18 AMT
CSTO Secretary General to arrive in Armenia

A delegation headed by CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha will arrive in Yerevan today, January 28.

28 January 2013 • 11:56 AMT
GM Robert Hovhannisyan to participate in Moscow Open 2013

On February 2-10, Armenian grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan will participate in Moscow Open 2013.

28 January 2013 • 11:43 AMT
Levon Aronian finishes 2nd at Tata Steel 2013

Viswanathan Anand scored 8 points to come 3rd, with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen winning the tournament with 10 points.

28 January 2013 • 11:33 AMT
Paper: ARFD members promote Serzh Sargsyan campaign

Representatives of ARF Dashnaktsutyun are promoting the ruling party candidate Serzh Sargsyan’s election campaign.

28 January 2013 • 11:23 AMT
Ex-minister Oskanian says Jan 28 cherished holiday for Armenia

Oskanian: we honor the dead who sacrificed their lives for independent Armenia. We express gratitude to their families.

28 January 2013 • 11:03 AMT
Apple getting ready to release 128GB iPad – report

According to the sources, the device will come in both black and white, as well as Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi+cellular variants.

28 January 2013 • 10:53 AMT
Global powers, Iran should ‘stop behaving like children’ – Lavrov

European officials have accused Tehran of stalling on arranging a meeting with the six nations, including Russia.

28 January 2013 • 10:46 AMT
FIFA cancels festive event in Brazil over deadly nightclub fire

Organizers said they felt “extremely sad for what happened” and expressed “their sympathy to the families of the victims.”

28 January 2013 • 10:39 AMT
Russia, China eye new agreement to combat cybercrime

“Frankly speaking, no one has proposed any effective ways, effective measures of meeting this new challenge,” Matviyenko said.

28 January 2013 • 10:35 AMT
White House says Holocaust Day ‘time for action’

President Barack Obama’s administration “honors the memories of the 6 million Jews and millions of other innocent victims.”

28 January 2013 • 10:31 AMT
Turkey’s population exceeds 75 million

The average age increased up to 30, with the working age group also increasing in numbers, official numbers show.

28 January 2013 • 10:16 AMT
French Foreign Minister says Mali ‘being liberated’

French and Malian armored columns forced fighters out of the central Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza last week.

28 January 2013 • 10:13 AMT
Bulgarian nuke plant referendum ‘invalidated’

Environmentalists had opposed the plant, which had first been proposed when Bulgaria was under communist rule.

28 January 2013 • 10:03 AMT
Iranian FM accuses West of disputing venue for nuke talks

The West has not given a definitive list of options, but Salehi says Kazakstan, Switzerland and Sweden have been raised.

28 January 2013 • 09:59 AMT
Turks gather to protest assaults against Armenians

On Dec 28, 2012, Marissa Küçük was stabbed seven times before having her throat slit while in her home in Samatya.

28 January 2013 • 09:17 AMT
David Nalbandian drops to 90th spot in ATP ranking list

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic tops the list with 12920 points, followed by Swiss Roger Federer (10265 points).

28 January 2013 • 09:12 AMT
Armenia celebrates 21st anniversary of army formation

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin will host a service on Jan 28 to mark the21st anniversary of army formation.

28 January 2013 • 07:46 AMT
6 found dead, 15 rescued from sunken Russian fishing vessel

Two life rafts were discovered near the sunken ship on Sunday. The first raft carried six Russians and four Indonesians.

28 January 2013 • 07:42 AMT
11 journalists arrested in Iran over ‘foreign contracts’

Iran has warned of severe repercussions for journalists and activists caught having contacts with these outlets.

28 January 2013 • 07:01 AMT
Report indicates alarming rise of attacks against Jews in 2012

Many synagogues in France are now surrounded by high concrete walls and receive special police security details on major holidays.

28 January 2013 • 06:51 AMT
Brazil declares 3-day morning after night club fire kills 233

Over 90 people remain injured in hospitals with 14 of them in grave condition. So far, 185 of killed people were identified.

28 January 2013 • 06:40 AMT
Oil slightly up ahead of U.S. data release

Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 10 cents to $113.18 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

28 January 2013 • 06:35 AMT
Research: 59% of all Android tablet usage comes from U.S.

Figures from ABI Research in November 2012 noted that in the last quarter iPad devices accounted for 55% of sales.

28 January 2013 • 06:30 AMT
ADB, WB approve fresh loans for Myanmar

Myanmar has been implementing economic and political reforms, resulting in various sanctions against it being lifted.

28 January 2013 • 06:19 AMT
Nokia to release paid upgrade to Lumia-only music service

Nokia Music+ will offer Lumia owners unlimited skips and unlimited downloads, the Finnish handset maker announced.

28 January 2013 • 06:07 AMT
Samsung posts $51.9bn revenue for Q4 2012

As for this year’s capital expenditure, the size of investment is expected to be similar to that of 2012, Samsung said.

28 January 2013 • 05:58 AMT
U.S. condemns Iranian court for sentencing American pastor

The State Department said it had confirmed reports of Saeed Abedini’s sentencing with the family’s attorney.

28 January 2013 • 05:52 AMT
Obama praises Clinton for ‘extraordinary role’

“The president and I care deeply about what’s going to happen for our country in the future,” said Hillary Clinton.

28 January 2013 • 05:45 AMT
Toyota officially releases tally for 2012 global vehicle sales

GM retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota’s production was hurt by the quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

28 January 2013 • 05:35 AMT
Egypt’s Mursi declares month-long state of emergency

Several hundred people protested in Ismailia, Suez and Port Said, in which Mursi also called for a dialogue with top politicians.m