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30 November 2012 • 05:55 AMT
Former IMF chief settles lawsuit by hotel maid

Strauss-Kahn was held in New York in May 2011 after Nafissatou Diallo said he assaulted her in his hotel suite.

30 November 2012 • 05:48 AMT
Egypt Islamists approve new constitution in rush

The draft must now be put to a nationwide referendum within 30 days. President Mursi said it will be held “soon.”

30 November 2012 • 05:41 AMT
UN General Assembly votes for Palestine status upgrade

Israel’s envoy to the UN said the bid pushed peace process “backwards”, while the U.S. said the move was “unfortunate”.

30 November 2012 • 05:33 AMT
WikiLeaks case soldier says he was ‘kept in cage’

“My nights were my days and my days were my nights,” Manning said. “It all blended together after a couple of days.”

29 November 2012 • 18:20 AMT
Microsoft’s Outlook.com tops 25 million users milestone

The overhauled webmail service launched in July this year and has seen significant growth over the last quarter.

29 November 2012 • 18:06 AMT
Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” named Spotify song of the year

The star DJ is also this year’s most streamed male artist, while R’n’B hitmaker Rihanna is most streamed female artist.

29 November 2012 • 17:54 AMT
UN General Assembly set to recognize sovereign state of Palestine

A resolution that would lift the Palestinian Authority’s UN observer status from “entity” to “non-member state” is expected to pass easily.

29 November 2012 • 17:41 AMT
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suffers from chronic lung infection

Last month, Ecuadorean ministers said Mr Assange had “visibly lost weight” and that his health was “beginning to be jeopardised”.

29 November 2012 • 17:32 AMT
Sony resumes Xperia Tablet S sales

Running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the tablet is powered by a speedy NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor.

29 November 2012 • 17:01 AMT
U.S. ex-President George Bush Sr. hospitalized

Bush’s chief of staff, Jean Becker, says the 88-year-old former president is being treated for bronchitis at Houston’s Methodist Hospital.

29 November 2012 • 16:53 AMT
New International Space Station crew to go on two spacewalks

Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield, and Thomas Marshburn will be flown into space on Russia’s Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft.

29 November 2012 • 16:45 AMT
“Inglourious Basterds” star Daniel Bruhl joins Wikileaks movie

Bruhl will now play Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who wrote “Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange.”

29 November 2012 • 16:34 AMT
Damascus fighting forces closure of airport, cuts Internet

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a opposition monitoring group, said clashes were particularly intense in Babbila.

29 November 2012 • 16:15 AMT
Egypt unrest won’t jeopardize IMF loan deal – minister

Egypt reached a preliminary agreement with the IMF last week for the loan seen as vital to shoring up the nation’s finances.

29 November 2012 • 16:00 AMT
Expert: Kurdish issue, polls, not ties with Armenia on Turkey’s priority list

“No progress is seen in Armenian-Turkish ties, with the issue not even included on Ankara’s agenda,” Prof. Mustafa Aydın said.

29 November 2012 • 15:17 AMT
New EU program for Armenian youth adopted

In total, more than 1,400 projects will be financed involving about 21,000 young people and youth workers.

29 November 2012 • 15:15 AMT
Messi, Iniesta, Ronaldo named FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees

The awards will be presented at the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 7, 2013.

29 November 2012 • 15:07 AMT
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” sci-fi thriller new video released

“Pacific Rim” features a human race fighting giant monsters (Kaijus) using equally massive robots (Jaegers).

29 November 2012 • 15:07 AMT
N. Korea makes progress in nuke reactor building: IAEA

The UN agency “remains unable to determine the reactor’s design features or the likely date for its commissioning,” Amano said.

29 November 2012 • 14:54 AMT
EU Special Rep. urges thaw in “frozen” Karabakh conflict

“EU supports the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts in achieving a peaceful settlement,” Philippe Lefort said in Azerbaijan.

29 November 2012 • 14:40 AMT
Gaddafi offered billions to Kazakhstan for atomic bomb – official

“Foreign Ministry received through diplomatic channels a letter to the president of Kazakhstan,” Tokayev said.

29 November 2012 • 14:32 AMT
Shortlist of 15 forwards for FIFA FIFPro World XI announced

The shortlist includes: Sergio Agüero, Mario Balotelli, Karim Benzema, Edinson Cavani, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi.

29 November 2012 • 14:13 AMT
Yurik Mikayelyan drops out Youth World Boxing Championships

Taron Soghomonyan (56 kg) earlier scored an 18:12 smashing victory over Azerbaijan’s Nasradin Mammadov.

29 November 2012 • 14:11 AMT
Green School Project to launch in Armenia

Schools have been chosen based on current environmental problems and provinces Coca Cola has made investments in.

29 November 2012 • 14:06 AMT
“Laurence Anyways” Toronto hit rolls out new trailer

The 1990s-set drama has a spot in the upcoming Palm Springs festival and will be released here by Breaking Glass Pictures in the spring.

29 November 2012 • 14:04 AMT
Suicide bomber wounds Pakistani militant commander, kills 7

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban.

29 November 2012 • 13:58 AMT
James Franco to star in “Good People” crime thriller

“Good People,” follows Tom and Anna Reed, a young couple that find a stack of cash in their deceased neighbor’s house.

29 November 2012 • 13:50 AMT
Gabriel Poghosyan won’t be appointed Khosrov Reserve director

At a November 28 sitting, the Minister of Nature Protection stressed a negative public response to the news of Poghosyan’s appointment.

29 November 2012 • 13:41 AMT
Iberia employees go on strike in the run-up to Christmas

Unions representing ground staff and cabin crews voted to hold a six days of stoppages on December 14 and 17-21.

29 November 2012 • 13:33 AMT
Protesters attack Iranian embassy in Berlin

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said “attacks on diplomatic properties are for us in no way acceptable.”