U.S. authorities are trying to extradite the German-born Internet tycoon from New Zealand, where he is free on bail.

Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander, presumed mastermind of the raid.

International Armenian-Cossack Union of Friendship and Cooperation announced a decision to back Serzh Sargsyan.

Heritage leader, presidential candidate Raffi Hovannissian met with representatives of OSCE/ODIHR delegation.

HBO confirmed that it is developing a third World War II miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

Serzh Sargsyan expressed gratitude to FIDE president Mr Ilyumzhinov and council members for effective cooperation.

Police said they had arrested a 25-year-old man from the Black Sea town of Burgas who was also carrying two knives.

A roadside bomb exploded just south of Baghdad, killing a policeman and wounding three others while they were on patrol.

The field commander of the Islamist group that attacked the plant is a veteran fighter from Niger called Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with famed economist, Professor Norayr Manaseryan.

Bako Sahakyan stressed the need to attach special attention to the implementation of pilot projects on agriculture.

Yerevan’s Narekatsi Art Union will host an event to honor the memory of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Makeyan urged Zurabyan to explain reasons behind interception, with latter voicing reluctance to comment on issue.

Ruben Melkonyan said Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s murder investigation turned into a mere farce.

Armenian police publish the number of voters on the 30th, 20th, 10th and 1 day before the elections.

Johnny Melikyan said shift in Georgian policy occurred, with the new government adhering to complementary policies.

Mr Eilian Williams’s clothes were torn and a police officer had to intervene to prevent things from escalating.

Levon Aronian beat Peter Leko to score his second win at Tata Steel 2013 tournament, ongoing in Wijk aan Zee.

The Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili could not but visit Yerevan, and not because of his preceding visit to Baku. The significance of Georgia’s Armenian community in the country’s life in far greater than that of the Azerbaijani one, and this has its reasons indeed. Saakashvili, on Turkey’s advice, zealously supported the Azerbaijanis, and the Georgian Dream, now at power, is trying to minimize the Muslim influence in Tbilisi.

The UN Environment Program says the treaty was adopted after all-night negotiations that capped a week of talks.

Tzipi Livni said that if the public gives her the mandate, she could “force” a peace process on Benjamin Netanyahu.

The comments come just two days after senior IAEA investigators ended two days of intensive talks with Iranian officials.

Last month, the leader of the newly formed Syrian opposition coalition held talks with the European Union’s foreign ministers.

“We can never lose hope … bringing home our employees is our primary goal,” Helge Lund told a news conference.

The director of public security in Gomez Palacio and his counterpart in the city of Lerdo were also detained.

“The demand decline is driven by the weak economy,” John Felmy, chief economist of the API, said in a phone interview.

“Payments have started. $7.5 million have already been paid to Russia,” Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka said.

Dink was assassinated on Jan 19, 2007, in broad daylight in front of Agos’ building by nationalist Ogün Samast.

Cyprus and Slovenia have already joined the call, with Russia also having expressed concerns over the plan.

Armenian army soldier Artyom Hakobyan, born in 1994, died on Jan 18 in Yerevan military hospital.