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10 January 2013 • 11:49 AMT
UN plays down world food crisis fears

International co-ordination and flagging demand have led to a drop in food prices for the third consecutive month in December.

10 January 2013 • 11:40 AMT
Syria military fires ballistic missile at rebels – NATO

Last month, NATO approved the deployment of Patriot anti-missile batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria.

10 January 2013 • 11:37 AMT
Minister: no organ trafficking cases occurred in Armenia

Minister of Healthcare Derenik Dumanyan said the issue was in the focus of the attention of law enforcement agencies.

10 January 2013 • 11:25 AMT
Russia commissions 1st Borey class nuke submarine

The Borey class submarines are expected to form the core of Russia’s strategic submarine fleet, replacing the aging Project 941.

10 January 2013 • 11:19 AMT
17 injured in Swiss train collision

The two local trains, one travelling from Winterthur and the other from Schaffhausen, crashed in northern Switzerland.

10 January 2013 • 10:47 AMT
Minister: Armenia to hold most transparent polls in February

Derenik Dumanyan voiced confidence that the presidential polls will be held in line with the international demands.

10 January 2013 • 10:17 AMT
Sarkozy to be ‘probed in Karachi case’

The long-running investigation stems from the death of 11 French engineers in a bombing in Pakistan in 2002.

10 January 2013 • 10:08 AMT
U.S. to further cooperate with Russia on Karabakh issue – official

Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State says Russia’s long been a U.S. partner on a number of issues.

10 January 2013 • 09:58 AMT
10 Kenyans killed in dawn raid, Red Cross says

Regional police chief Aggrey Adoli confirmed the renewed violence, admitting that there was “a problem in the area”.

10 January 2013 • 09:43 AMT
Paper: Tsarukyan hindered PAP rep. from running for president

Prosperous Armenia members were confident of Ruben Ayvazyan’s chances to win the race, 168 Zham daily reported.

10 January 2013 • 09:22 AMT
Grant Thornton posts record global revenues of USD $4.2 bln

Grant Thornton led the six largest global accounting organizations in reported revenue growth rate for 2012.

10 January 2013 • 09:15 AMT
Paper: unification of ANC, ARFD, Prosperous Armenia impossible

ANC, Prosperous Armenia and ARFD succeeded only in taking a common decision not to get involved in the elections.

10 January 2013 • 09:01 AMT
Paper: CEC undecided on need to remove current leader’s portrays

CEC head Tigran Mukuchyan said he is still undecided whether Serzh Sargsyan’s portrays are a campaign tool.

10 January 2013 • 08:46 AMT
Two more candidates leave Armenia’s presidential race

Robert Aharonyan and Taron Abrahamyan gave up further struggle due to non-payment of the nomination deposit.

10 January 2013 • 08:22 AMT
Morgan Stanley to cut 1,600 jobs

Firms previously focused their job cuts on areas where activity had screeched to a halt, such as securitization of mortgages.

10 January 2013 • 08:04 AMT
India gang-rape suspects due back in Delhi court

A sixth suspect, who is thought to be 17, will be tried separately in a youth court if it is confirmed he is a minor.

10 January 2013 • 07:51 AMT
Australia races to control fires as winds pick up again

More than 100 separate blazes are still burning in New South Wales, razing at least 300,000 hectares of land.

10 January 2013 • 07:39 AMT
India, Pakistan trade accusations over border killings

The Indian military says one of its routine patrols spotted the Pakistani troops in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district.

10 January 2013 • 07:33 AMT
3 Kurdish women activists found dead in Paris

Turkey has begun talks with the jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at convincing the PKK to disarm.

10 January 2013 • 07:09 AMT
Indonesia to get photographic warnings on cigarette packs

Billboard and television advertising remains widespread, as is sponsorship of sports and pop music events.

10 January 2013 • 07:07 AMT
Obama seeks $1 million checks for second inauguration

This time around, organizers are soliciting bigger checks to pay for a party that will lack the historic aura of 2009.

10 January 2013 • 06:46 AMT
Google’s Schmidt urges NKorea to allow more open Internet access

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt urged North Korea on January10 to shed its self-imposed isolation.

10 January 2013 • 06:45 AMT
Sick Chavez misses own inauguration

The postponement of the inauguration, a first in Venezuelan history, has laid bare the gravity of Chavez’s condition.

10 January 2013 • 06:43 AMT
U.S drone strikes kill 5 suspected militants in Pakistan

Pakistan intelligence officials say U.S. drone-fired missiles have hit a house in the country’s northwest tribal region.

09 January 2013 • 17:59 AMT
Tehran to build gas pipeline to Iraq, Syria

Tehran is planning to build a gas pipeline to Iraq and Syria, the Iranian Oil Ministry said on Wednesday, Jan 9.

09 January 2013 • 17:51 AMT
Obama to nominate Lew as next Treasury secretary, source says

Lew helped lead budget talks with Congress under Clinton and spearheaded “Budget Control Act” talks under Obama.

09 January 2013 • 17:46 AMT
ESA says ‘Doomsday asteroid’ bigger than first estimated

If “the doomsday asteroid” strikes Earth it would release the energy equivalent of 510 megatons of TNT.

09 January 2013 • 17:38 AMT
Russian man dies in tragic Zorbing accident

Zorbing is an extreme adventure sport in which participants roll down slopes strapped inside large transparent plastic balls.

09 January 2013 • 17:25 AMT
Youth Foundation of Armenia announces scholarship contest

Youth Foundation of Armenia announced scholarship contest for full-time first and second-year state-run university students.

09 January 2013 • 16:59 AMT
2964 cases of Azeri ceasefire violation reported in Oct-Dec 2012

2964 instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces were reported in October-December 2012.