The donated plastic bottles will be reused in the linings of 6,773 seats in Rio de Janeiro’s new Maracana Stadium.

“They could conceivably break ground in 2013, but only if everything goes smoothly,” said David Brandt.

The Pakistani national’s plea for mercy to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee was rejected earlier this month.

EchoStar-16 was designed to provide expanded services to more than 14 million direct-to-home television subscribers in the U.S.

Speaking to Israel Radio, Mordechai said IDF killed 30 militants overnight in the Strip that were trying to launch rockets at Israel.

Prosperous Armenia held another meeting on Nov 18, with no decision on the presidential elections taken.

The plane came down in the Hasba district near the Yemeni capital after experiencing a technical error, the official said.

Beckham, who announced he is to leave Los Angeles Galaxy, intends to make a decision on his future by mid-December.

The possibility of a disruption in oil supplies when violence in the Middle East spikes often translates into higher crude prices.

Armenia’s former prime minister Armen Sargsyan is rumored to have bought the house for the president, Zhoghovurd says.

Camacho was born in Bayamon and raised in New York. He fought professionally for more than 25 years and last fought in 2010.

Russia-based Armenian Smbat Karakhanyan continues cooperation with the Armenian National Congress (ANC) leadership.

“It was progress but we have to do a little bit more,” International Monetary Fund boss Christine Lagarde told reporters.

This was Sergei Shoigu’s first official foreign trip since replacing Anatoly Serdyukov as defense minister earlier this month.

Australian Federal Police said they arrested a Canadian man and a U.S. man after finding 350 kilograms of cocaine and meth.

Dozens of police swarmed to the area, where shattered glass from cars lay on the ground, and cordoned it off.

Winners will be awarded MasterCard Gold discount cards, with other participants to get MasterCard Standard plastic cards.

Serzh Sargsyan: the full concert halls both in Armenia and Diaspora prove the great popularity Flora Martirosyan enjoyed.

Eduardo Lorenzo Ochoa said the mechanism will significantly strengthen the components of the democratic governance.

It’s not ruled out that MG co-chairs will visit Nagorno Karabakh Republic in case of favorable weather conditions.

It was “absurd” that the UN force could not stop the rebels, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

Russia-based Armen Zakarian scored a 16:5 victory against Dagestan’s Rajab Butaev in the championship final.

Odessa hosted an opening of an exhibition dedicated to 500th anniversary of Armenian printing on November 18.

Israel said it was these Hamas rocket attacks that prompted its major offensive against the militants in Gaza.

Armenian envoy Hovhannes Manukyan met with Georgian Minister of Education and Science Giorgi Margvelashvili.

Irakli Garibashvili said the policy Georgia’s current prime minister pursues aims to deepen inter-state cooperation.

Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian tied a game against Zaven Andriasian in Fujairah INT Masters Tournament round 7.

Race to Witch Mountain director Andy Fickman’s movie stars Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott.

The movie centres around Celeste, who seeks retribution after her ex-husband shoots her in the gut and kidnaps her godson.

Eduard Sharmazanov: Turkish and Azerbaijani officials seem to have launched a contest of absurd statements.