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David O. Rusell won the award for directing, while stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were named best actor and actress.

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 407.34 on December 17, increasing by 0.74 point compared to Dec 14.

5 priests will be elected by a secret ballot, with their number to be cut down to 3, out of which the Patriarch will be chosen.

The representative of Armenia stressed the role of NGOs and national institutions in protection of women’s rights.

Bako Sahakyan met with the head of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan and midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Mustapha Ben Jaafar, the parliament speaker, was about to address the crowd when the violence began.

Relations between Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have soured since Facebook successfully swooped for the photo service.

“Armenia’s orientation towards Eurasian development is obvious,” Eurasian Economic Commission Board Chair said.

Abraham won twelve round unanimous decision over Stieglitz to capture WBO Super Middleweight Championship.

The friendly football match on December 19 has been organized to raise awareness of global development challenges.

Standing parliamentary committee on foreign relations hosted a sitting Dec 17 to discuss amendment to a NATO agreement.

“We will hold drills in the Strait of Hormuz by the end of the Iranian year ending March 20,” Fadavi told reporters.

The first service point opened in Abovyan city, with the number of the points expected to total 10 in January.

“The fact of spying proves that the authorities are wary of challenges during the upcoming presidential race,” Zurabyan said.

The company says it plans to invest $10 billion there over the next five years, both in British and Norwegian waters.

Aronian scored three wins, three draws and suffered one defeat in 9-15 blitz chess rounds of World Mind Games.

The Bank of England has put out a £1billion tender from 2015 for the printing of notes at its press in Debden, Essex.

SME funding is a priority target for Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC since the small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the economy in any country. The banks usually toughen loaning conditions, including those related to SME during a crisis to reduce the risks. However, the situation has changed now, and the SME loaning sector has started to develop. Head of the bank’s SME loan department Martin Torosyan spoke about the bank’s plans on SME funding in 2013 in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

The monitoring conducted by OSCE mission was discussed at the meeting between Karen Mirzoyan and Andrzej Kasprzyk.

GNC-ALFA launched fixed telephony and broadband Internet services, with ITV catch-up to be included in the package later.

In the UK, comScore says Apple remains the leading handset manufacturer, capturing 28% of the market with 8.6 million users.

Hours earlier, a blast in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 Afghan girls, between nine and 11 years old, as they collected firewood.

Newspapers described Berlusconi’s appearance as attempt to boost falling approval rates ahead of an election early next year.

Armenia’s Aram Avagyan (56 kg) scored an 18:15 win against Azerbaijan’s Javid Chalabiyev to vie for a gold medal.

The EU’s trade surplus with Singapore last year was 8bn euros, with cars accounting for a big slice of the bloc’s exports.

The fair will be open through January 13, 1-10 pm local time, with festive concerts as the highlight of the event.

The amendments to the agreement on the establishment of Black Sea Trade and Development Bank were put on vote.

Vartan Oskanian further noted the persecution of MPs and overhearing their conversation as the only conspiracy.

The series of explosions killed at least seven people and wounded 11 others, health and police officials said.