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25 December 2012 • 10:07 AMT
5 killed, 11 injured in emergency landing in Burma

“Only the pilots will now the cause, but we can’t contact them yet as they have been sent to hospital,” a spokesman said.

25 December 2012 • 10:01 AMT
Artsakh President hails role of army building in state policy

Bako Sahakyan attended the meeting of defense army’s military council, convoked to sum up 2012 results.

25 December 2012 • 09:43 AMT
Heritage leader slams violations in Armenia’s mining industry

Raffi Hovannisian: it is clear that the rise of big mining in Armenia has been not a project of the national interest.

25 December 2012 • 09:32 AMT
Armenian businesses fined AMD 250 mln in 2012

SCPEC head noted that the number of disputed decisions grossed 7 in 2012, with 3 of them remaining unchanged.

25 December 2012 • 09:16 AMT
SCPEC warns businesses against price rise in Armenia

State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition has set a special control order over commodity markets.

25 December 2012 • 08:59 AMT
Wrestler Arsen Julfalakyan named Armenia’s best athlete of 2012

Olympic bronze medalist Artur Aleksanyan came 2nd, to be followed by weightlifter Hripsime Khurshudyan.

25 December 2012 • 08:35 AMT
Paper: Prosperous Armenia hopes to win Yerevan mayoral race

Some of Prosperous Armenia provincial representatives have renounced party affiliation, 168 Zham daily reported.

25 December 2012 • 08:05 AMT
Coach says 2012 successful for Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling

Levon Julfalakyan: our team also scored wins at European championships and other international tournaments.

25 December 2012 • 07:55 AMT
Paper: Armenian President to give more frequent press conferences

Serzh Sargsyan has not given a single press conference with local journalists present during his term in office, Zhoghovurd said.

25 December 2012 • 07:17 AMT
Paper says ANC leader not to run for president

ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian explained his plans by a decision to yield the platform to younger politicians.

25 December 2012 • 06:59 AMT
Samuel Sevian fulfills International Chess Master norm

Now Sevian has scored 4,5 points out of 7 to top the standings together with grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan.

25 December 2012 • 06:59 AMT
Armenian men’s chess team crowned 2012 best squad

Women’s team of Mika Yerevan chess club came 2nd to be followed by Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling squad.

25 December 2012 • 06:49 AMT
Venezuelan VP says Chavez ‘up and walking’ after surgery

Maduro told state television station Venezolana de Television that the Christmas Eve conversation lasted about 20 minutes.

25 December 2012 • 06:31 AMT
NATO extends An-124 Ruslan contract till 2015

An-124-100s have performed more than 2,100 flights under the SALIS program, carrying more than 120,000 tons of cargo.

25 December 2012 • 06:24 AMT
Archbishop of Westminster slams govt. gay marriage plans

The government launched a 12-week consultation in March on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

25 December 2012 • 06:15 AMT
UN approves two-year budget boost to $5.4 billion

Negotiators said they came close to agreement, but the issue was delayed until the General Assembly meets again in March.

25 December 2012 • 06:10 AMT
Mitsubishi Motors offices across Japan searched over recall

Tsuneki Matsuo said that the inspection, which involves about 40 ministry staff, would include Mitsubishi dealerships in Japan.

25 December 2012 • 05:47 AMT
Russian Defense Ministry denies sending commandos to Syria

“No decisions to send commandos on board Russian warships to Syria have been made,” Deputy Defense Minister said.

25 December 2012 • 05:41 AMT
UN to hold conference on arms trade treaty in March

A resolution approved by a vote of 133-0 with 17 abstentions will bring the 193 UN member states back to the negotiating table.

25 December 2012 • 05:34 AMT
Kuwait urges Iran to address concerns over nuke plant

The plant, whose start-up has been delayed for years, was finally plugged into Iran’s national grid in September 2011.

25 December 2012 • 05:13 AMT
Amazon AWS outage knocks Netflix offline

As of 6:45 PST, Netflix was still down, and AWS has not resolved the problems in the US-EAST-1 Region.

25 December 2012 • 04:59 AMT
Russia’s Transneft launches second leg of ESPO pipeline

The launch ceremony took place in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk in the presence of Transneft president Nikolai Tokarev.

25 December 2012 • 04:52 AMT
Former U.S. President Bush to spend Christmas in hospital

“He’s had a few setbacks. Late last week, he had a few low-energy days followed by a low-grade fever,” Jim McGrath said.

24 December 2012 • 17:50 AMT
Armenian soldier dies in NKR

Armenian soldier David Sargsyan, born in 1992, died in one of Nagorno Karabakh military units during his duty.

24 December 2012 • 17:38 AMT
Armenian President thanks ADL for support during elections

President Serzh Sargsyan met with Armenian Democratic Liberal Party members, headed by Hakob Avetikyan.

24 December 2012 • 17:25 AMT
Over 16.000 instances of Azeri ceasefire violation reported in 2012

2012 was remarkable for the conduction of CSTO military drills, Armenian Defense Ministry’s spokesman said.

24 December 2012 • 17:21 AMT
Kuwait to host int’l donor conference for Syria late January

Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al Sabah said Kuwait was acting in response to an invitation by UN Secretary-General.

24 December 2012 • 16:50 AMT
Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry to have museum

Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations held a meeting December 24, chaired by Minister Armen Yeritsyan.

24 December 2012 • 16:36 AMT
131 participants enrolled in 2012 Diaspora Summer School

The school was set up in cooperation with Yerevan State University, bringing together participants from 13 countries.

24 December 2012 • 16:13 AMT
Armenia to participate in wrestling championships in Ukraine

Armenia’s freestyle wrestling team will conduct the first practice session of 2013 on Jan 12-26 in Tsaghkadzor town.