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15 January 2013 • 15:19 AMT
Samsung rolls out curved OLED TV

The 55-inch display, which was a prototype model, is said to provide the ideal platform for panoramic viewing and taking in nature scenes.

15 January 2013 • 15:01 AMT
“The Tudors” scribe to pen “Alexander” series

The most recent big-screen version of the life of Alexander the Great was Oliver Stone’s “Alexander” featuring Colin Farrell.

15 January 2013 • 14:51 AMT
Warner Bros working on space-set “The Odyssey”

The Odyssey is Homer’s followup to The Illiad, which the studio turned into the Wolfgang Petersen-directed Troy.

15 January 2013 • 14:40 AMT
AI: Opposition candidate attack bodes ill for fee elections in Azerbaijan

A thorough investigation is needed into an orchestrated attack on Isa Gambar on the campaign trail, Amnesty International said.

15 January 2013 • 14:31 AMT
Germany posts economy growth in 2012

Exports to the United States and China have helped keep Germany going even as demand sags in crisis hit-countries.

15 January 2013 • 14:24 AMT
No plans to send troops to Mali, U.S. Defense Secretary says

The clarification of Washington’s position came as France launched fresh air strikes on the fifth day of its military intervention in Mali.

15 January 2013 • 14:18 AMT
15 killed in Syria’s Aleppo University blasts – group

One of the university buildings was damaged; a state news agency said the explosion occurred on the first day of exams.

15 January 2013 • 14:14 AMT
Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper to star in “Dark Invasion” spy thriller

The book is a true spy thriller set in 1915 when Germany, with war raging in Europe and the U.S. still neutral.

15 January 2013 • 14:06 AMT
PBS announces Stephen Hawking documentary

“A Brief History of Mine” is slated to air this year and will tell Hawking’s life story, largely in his own words.

15 January 2013 • 14:02 AMT
Egypt lawyer sentenced to jail, lashes by Saudi court

Ahmed al-Gizawi was convicted of drug trafficking, in a case which sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.

15 January 2013 • 13:54 AMT
Russia to extend $1 billion arms loan to Bangladesh

The two countries also settled on a project to jointly build Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant and signed memorandums of understanding.

15 January 2013 • 13:48 AMT
Swedish thief steals empty train, crashes into building

Police said the woman was seriously injured in the early morning crash outside Stockholm and was flown to hospital.

15 January 2013 • 13:44 AMT
Russia planning unmanned moon mission in 2015

President Vladimir Putin has vowed to invest millions in building the launch pad in the Amur Region, not far from the Chinese border.

15 January 2013 • 13:37 AMT
Hot clip for “Ripper Street” crime series

The series, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg, is set in 1899 in the aftermath of the Jack The Ripper murders.

15 January 2013 • 13:31 AMT
China to offer $48000 reward to food safety informers

Beijing said last December it would introduce tough new laws to punish firms that flout food

15 January 2013 • 13:26 AMT
Israeli soldiers kill 17-year-old Palestinian in West Bank

Classmates of the youth said their bus was on the way to school for midterm examinations when clashes erupted with Israeli soldiers.

15 January 2013 • 13:15 AMT
Expert: Chakhalyan issue won’t be on Georgian PM’s visit agenda

Haykazun Alvrtsyan slammed Georgia for violating the rights of national minorities despite a number of international treaties signed.

15 January 2013 • 12:57 AMT
Writers Guild to honor “Anna Karenina” scribe Tom Stoppard

Stoppard won the Oscar for the screenplay of “Shakespeare in Love” and was nominated for best screenplay for 1985’s “Brazil.”

15 January 2013 • 12:51 AMT
IAEA to seek framework deal with Iran

“We are aiming to finalize the structured approach to the possible military dimension,” Herman Nackaerts told reporters.

15 January 2013 • 12:49 AMT
Anne Hathaway to headline Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”

Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles starred in a modern reimagining of the tale in 1999, Gil Junger’s “10 Things I Hate About You.”

15 January 2013 • 12:48 AMT
133 deaths reported in Yerevan from January 1 to 13

Yerevan ambulance service posted 6687 call-outs from January 1 to 10, with 1070 people further put in hospitals.

15 January 2013 • 12:43 AMT
Anglo American Platinum to cut 14,000 jobs in S. Africa

Chris Griffith said the restructuring would help create a “sustainable, competitive and profitable business.”

15 January 2013 • 12:36 AMT
Paper says ANC activists’ case at standstill

Armenia’s Court of Appeal has not decided yet on the fate of 4 activists of Armenian National Congress opposition bloc.

15 January 2013 • 12:31 AMT
U.S. to launch BiblioTech 1st ever bookless library

The 4,989 square-foot space will look like a modern library; instead of aisles of books there will be aisles of computers and gadgets.

15 January 2013 • 12:28 AMT
Russia’s LUKoil to invest $10bn in shelf projects by 2021

LUKoil is also interested in new initiatives in West Africa and in shelf projects in Brazil, Vagit Alekperov said.

15 January 2013 • 12:27 AMT
Presidential hopeful demands current leader to leave race, threatens strike

Andrias Ghukasyan demanded for the candidate of the ruling party to be disallowed to run for president.

15 January 2013 • 12:26 AMT
Presidential candidates given no chance for victory, hopeful says

“None of current hopefuls came up with a viable scenario of a victory at presidential polls,” Arman Melikyan said.

15 January 2013 • 12:18 AMT
Armenia’s MFA building to be put up for auction in March

RA government resolved to yet again auction Foreign Ministry building with a total area of 14,2 thousand square meters.

15 January 2013 • 12:05 AMT
Indian PM says ‘no business as usual with Pakistan’

“After this barbaric act there cannot be business as usual,” a senior official in Singh’s office quoted him as saying.

15 January 2013 • 11:57 AMT
Afghan defense minister hopes U.S. won’t “forget” his country after 2014

“I believe that they will not leave Afghanistan alone, they will help Afghanistan in different areas,” Mohammadi said.