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28 December 2012 • 07:31 AMT
China court orders Apple to pay for copyright violations

Carolyn Wu, a spokeswoman for Apple said the company takes “copyright infringement complaints very seriously”.

28 December 2012 • 07:28 AMT
Russia sends invitation for talks to Syrian opposition leader

Bogdanov said that U.S. and Russian officials will meet with international peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Jan.

28 December 2012 • 07:22 AMT
U.S. suspending embassy operations in Central African Republic

“This decision is solely due to concerns about the security of our personnel,” State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.

28 December 2012 • 07:18 AMT
Oil process rise ahead of ‘fiscal cliff’ talks

Hopes that a compromise might be reached were raised after Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House.

28 December 2012 • 05:05 AMT
Porsche wins dismissal of New York hedge fund lawsuit over VW

In its unsigned decision, the New York appeals court said the case was more appropriate for Germany, where litigation is also ongoing.

28 December 2012 • 05:04 AMT
More deaths reported in severe U.S. snow storms

States in New England are seeing heavy snowfall, with over a foot already fallen in parts of Massachusetts, officials said.

28 December 2012 • 05:03 AMT
Russia to boost state defense order to $92bn by 2015

Rogozin said the sharp increase in spending was necessary to boost R&D and put new weaponry into mass production.

28 December 2012 • 04:58 AMT
U.S. commander in Gulf war Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78

The highly decorated four-star general died at his home in Tampa, Florida, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

28 December 2012 • 04:56 AMT
21,700 murders registered in Venezuela in 2012

Venezuela’s opposition said that in the last ten years of Chavez’s presidency over 155,780 people died as a result of violence.

28 December 2012 • 04:55 AMT
Clinton expected to return to work next week

Spokesman Philippe Reines says Clinton continues to recuperate at home and will resume her office schedule next week.

27 December 2012 • 17:59 AMT
Tbilisi to host EaP informal ministerial meeting

On Feb 12-13, Tbilisi will host an informal ministerial meeting in the framework of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit.

27 December 2012 • 17:39 AMT
GM Tigran Kotanjian leads Al-Ain Chess Open

Meanwhile, Artur Chibukhchian and Samuel Sevian scored wins at Las Vegas-hosted North American open.

27 December 2012 • 17:21 AMT
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group summarizes contest results

The action included following nominations: photography, illustration, painting, poetry, music, comics, short film and video.

27 December 2012 • 16:48 AMT
Facebook offers midnight delivery service for New Year’s Eve

Facebook social network has set up an automated system that will enable its users to write their New Year’s greetings now.

27 December 2012 • 16:44 AMT
Armenia’s social investment project discussed in Yerevan

RA Deputy Prime Minister met with head of the World Bank’s team for the social investment project in Armenia.

27 December 2012 • 16:16 AMT
Armenian PM hopes 2013 will yield more progress

Tigran Sargsyan hailed the results recorded in 2012 as successful both in the fields of politics and economy.

27 December 2012 • 15:55 AMT
Sergei Movsesian: hope 2013 will be a successful year

Armenian grandmaster Sergei Movsesian said he will celebrate New Year in Prague with his girlfriend and parents.

27 December 2012 • 15:52 AMT
Georgian FM to accompany PM on his visit to Armenia

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will pay an official visit to Armenia Jan17, Foreign Minister of Georgia said.

27 December 2012 • 15:37 AMT
Taron Margaryan named best Yerevan mayor

Margaryan received 63,8% votes, followed by Yervand Zakaryan (15%), Karen Karapetyan (8,8%) and Gagik Beglaryan (6%).

27 December 2012 • 15:29 AMT
110 RA-based Syrian Armenians to be granted scholarships

110 Syrian Armenians will be granted scholarships, with government having allocated AMD 40 mln for the purpose.

27 December 2012 • 15:24 AMT
ANC not to nominate presidential candidate

ANC opposition bloc issued a statement, deeming it senseless to nominate a candidate and back any of the presidential hopefuls.

27 December 2012 • 14:33 AMT
Armenia, Algeria to step up defense cooperation

Armenian Minister of Defense met with Counselor to the President of People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.

27 December 2012 • 14:22 AMT
Poll names Armenian President most influential figure of 2012

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and ANC bloc leader Levon Ter-Petrossian took the 3rd and 4th spots respectively.

27 December 2012 • 13:59 AMT
Armenian Agriculture Minister congratulates on coming New Year

Sergo Karapetyan: the progress yielded in 2012 inspires renewed optimism and resolution for the coming year.

27 December 2012 • 13:57 AMT
Dwayne Johnson’s “Snitch” action thriller debuts poster

The film centres around a man (Johnson) who goes undercover to bring down drug lords in order to win his son’s freedom from prison.

27 December 2012 • 13:43 AMT
Artsakh President meets winning sportsmen of 2012

Bako Sahakyan stressed the role of physical culture and sports in preserving and strengthening the national gene pool.

27 December 2012 • 13:39 AMT
Explosion at Ukrainian university kills one

Police were looking into different possible causes of the blast, including the possibility that it may have been a bomb attack.

27 December 2012 • 13:20 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 403.27 Dec 27

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 403.27 on Dec 27, increasing by 0.14 point compared to Dec 26.

27 December 2012 • 13:19 AMT
ARFD rep. says some Armenian envoys promote personal interests

Giro Manoyan slammed lack of progress in Armenian-Turkish ties due to the RA authorities’ reluctance to make a change.

27 December 2012 • 13:16 AMT
Armenian president files documents to CEC

Submission of documents for February 18 polls was launched on December 25 and will run through January 4.