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05 December 2012 • 14:09 AMT
Agriculture Minister meets with Syrian Armenians

Sergo Karapetyan expressed Armenian government’s readiness to assist Syrian Armenians willing to engage in agriculture.

05 December 2012 • 13:57 AMT
Armenian FM to attend OSCE ministerial council meeting

Edward Nalbandian will depart for Ireland to attend the OSCE ministerial council meeting, due Dec 6-7 in Dublin.

05 December 2012 • 13:29 AMT
Melkumyan among leaders at London Chess Classic FIDE Open

Armenia’s Hrant Melkumyan beat Scotland’s John Shaw in the third round of London Chess Classic FIDE Open.

05 December 2012 • 13:28 AMT
Bill Murray talks President Roosevelt role in “Hyde Park on Hudson”

“Hyde Park on Hudson”- which also stars Laura Linney and Olivia Williams – opens Dec 7 in the US and on Feb 1, 2013 in the UK.

05 December 2012 • 13:27 AMT
Armenian epic included in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

A decision has been taken to include “Daredevils of Sassoun” in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

05 December 2012 • 13:25 AMT
Huawei lashes out at U.S. politicians calling it “security threat”

A report by the committee asked whether the firms were too close to China’s Communist Party and its military.

05 December 2012 • 13:11 AMT
Retail sales across EU slump far more than anticipated in Oct

Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, said that eurozone retail sales fell 1.2 percent in October from the previous month.

05 December 2012 • 13:11 AMT
Green Day punk rock band roll out “Tre!” album

The new online release is the punk band’s final outing for their trilogy set titled “Uno!”, “Dos!”, and “Tre!”.

05 December 2012 • 13:05 AMT
Walt Disney loses $319mln award appeal in TV case

A spokeswoman for Disney’s ABC unit said that the company was “extremely disappointed” with the ruling.

05 December 2012 • 13:03 AMT
Ameria CJSC implementing “Court Monitoring Services” project

The project aims at higher efficiency and accountability of judicial operations and services, improved awareness of judicial services.

05 December 2012 • 12:54 AMT
“Stoker” new poster features Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman

The film centres around a young girl whose previously unknown Uncle Charlie comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother.

05 December 2012 • 12:52 AMT
More premature babies survive, study says

The figures, published in the British Medical Journal, also indicate the odds of severe disability have not changed.

05 December 2012 • 12:40 AMT
“Last Samurai” scribe to pen “Hitlerland” drama series

The series is set in 1920s and ’30s Berlin, an electrifying, chaotic city at the forefront of literature, art and science.

05 December 2012 • 12:37 AMT
EU antitrust authorities impose fine on TV makers

The companies “fixed prices, shared markets, allocated customers between themselves and restricted their output,” the report said.

05 December 2012 • 12:34 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 407.36 Dec 5

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 407.36 on December 5, increasing by 0.20 point compared to Dec 4.

05 December 2012 • 12:31 AMT
Paper: persecution of Oskanian supporters gaining momentum

The persecution of ex-minister Oskanian supporters has recently gained momentum in Armenian town of Hrazdan.

05 December 2012 • 12:22 AMT
Kuwait’s ruler reappoints PM, asks him to form government

Kuwaiti Interior Ministry said it would take all necessary measures to prevent “unauthorized assembly” in the country.

05 December 2012 • 12:19 AMT
Moscow-Baku confrontation

The relations between Azerbaijan and Russia which have been almost normal during Dmitry Medvedev’s tenure have started to deteriorate; this is happening quite quickly and, interestingly enough, on Baku’s initiative. If the oil and petrodollars can really turn people’s heads, Ilham Aliyev seems to be playing with fire.

05 December 2012 • 12:17 AMT
Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver top apocalypse poll

The pair were picked as part of a survey to mark the prediction by ancient Mayans that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012.

05 December 2012 • 12:17 AMT
Korean, Qatar airlines show interest in Czech national carrier

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas says his government might be able to decide in April or May about a possible sale.

05 December 2012 • 12:12 AMT
Trader arrested in $1bn Apple stock case

The Stamford, Connecticut-based brokerage has been struggling to survive and hold on to its staff after Miller’s trade.

05 December 2012 • 12:03 AMT
GM Avetik Grigoryan among Pavlodar Open 2012 leaders

Armenian grandmaster Avetik Grigoryan scored 5 points after 6 rounds of Kazakhstan-hosted Pavlodar Open 2012.

05 December 2012 • 12:00 AMT
Armenian parliament approves 2013 draft budget

Parliamentary groups of the Republican Party of Armenia and Orinats Yerkir voted for the adoption of the document.

05 December 2012 • 11:59 AMT
PM, Eurasian Economic Commission official discuss regional integration

The parties focused on the Armenia-EEC cooperation perspectives, EurAsEC Customs Union and free trade agreement talks.

05 December 2012 • 11:49 AMT
Mail.Ru Games reveals plans to expand across Asia Pacific

Another title Mail.Ru Games is planning on launching in Japan is the “Doodle Cat” puzzle with pencil-drawn animation.

05 December 2012 • 11:42 AMT
Iran says it fully extracted U.S. spy drone data

“The drone, in addition to gathering military data, used to pursue gathering data in the field of energy,” the department said.

05 December 2012 • 11:39 AMT
Zorik Poghosyan 5th at European U-23 Weightlifting Championships

Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (69 kg) finished 8th in European Weightlifting Championships U-20 category, having lifted a total of 290 kg.

05 December 2012 • 11:32 AMT
Finland’s economy slips into recession, output falls

That puts Finland in recession, commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of quarterly economic contraction.

05 December 2012 • 11:22 AMT
NKR ex-leader, Russia-based tycoon talk presidential elections in Armenia

“Another meeting was agreed on to focus on specific actions to support current leader Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy,” a daily said.

05 December 2012 • 11:16 AMT
Amazon launches new subscription service for children

It’s aimed at children between 3 and 8 years old, and will be available on the Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″.