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14 November 2012 • 10:50 AMT
PACE chief hopes for rapid solution to Karabakh conflict

Jean-Claude Mignon stressed the Assembly’s support for OSCE Minsk Group’s mediatory efforts.

14 November 2012 • 10:50 AMT
Oskanian let go in exchange for dropping presidential race – paper

Armenian authorities resolved against taking new legal measures against ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, a daily said.

14 November 2012 • 10:41 AMT
UC Irvine to host talk on Nagorno Karabakh

Marashlian is Professor of History at Glendale Community College where he teaches Armenian History and the Diaspora.

14 November 2012 • 10:35 AMT
Paper: parliament speaker was forced to take week-long leave

“Abrahamyan could have been urgently summoned by President Sargsyan currently on a foreign trip,” the daily said.

14 November 2012 • 10:09 AMT
Israel’s vice premier warns against Palestinian UN bid

Moshe Yaalon said the Palestinians would violate their peace accords with Israel by seeking recognition at the UN.

14 November 2012 • 10:04 AMT
European Commission approves women quota on boards

Reding postponed the launch of the policy last month, when EU lawyers warned quotas may not be enforceable.

14 November 2012 • 09:59 AMT
Toshiba resumes operation at Thailand chip plant

Production at the Pathumthani facility will continue normal operation until the opening of Toshiba’s new chip plant.

14 November 2012 • 09:56 AMT
Zaven Andriasian 1st after Fujairah Masters Tournament round 1

At UAE-hosted tournament round 1, Tigran Petrosian tied a game against Turkmenistan’s Yusup Atabayev

14 November 2012 • 09:54 AMT
Barack Obama: another 4 years to go

Nothing extraordinary happened: Barack Obama is re-elected for a second term; this had to be expected despite Mitt Romney’s seemingly self-confident stance. Obama’s second term would obviously be harder than the first one; he will have to tackle Iran’s nuclear problem, the Syrian crisis, and finally decide on Afghanistan. All this has to be done in just four years, in addition to issues related to the “triumph of democracy” in Iraq, Libya, and Egypt.

14 November 2012 • 09:53 AMT
U.S. advisory group urges Congress to probe Chinese cyber spying

The report was written before China’s 18th Party Congress that will bring in a new generation of leaders.

14 November 2012 • 09:47 AMT
Finance Minister to attend IDA session in Côte d’Ivoire

At International Development Association session, Vache Gabrielyan will represent Eastern European and Central Asian lenders.

14 November 2012 • 09:47 AMT
Uruguay may become first state to recognize Artsakh independence

“Recognition is a political process which needs gradual development,” Ruben Martinez Huelmo has said.

14 November 2012 • 09:44 AMT
NKR hails Uruguay’s balanced policy in int’l recognition of Artsakh

Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan met with the delegation of the Uruguayan House of Representatives led by Jorge Orrico.

14 November 2012 • 09:17 AMT
Global e-book reader shipments to reach 4.57 million units in Q4

global e-book reader shipments will continue falling to 8.2 million units in 2013 and 6.5 million units in 2014.

14 November 2012 • 09:09 AMT
32 arrested in Spanish anti-austerity strike disturbances

Cristina Diaz said electricity consumption, a gauge of industrial activity, was down 11 percent on a normal working day.

14 November 2012 • 08:58 AMT
UN General Assembly calls on U.S. to lift Cuba embargo

“The reality is that the last four years have been characterized by the persistent tightening of…the embargo,” Rodriguez said.

14 November 2012 • 08:43 AMT
China unveils Yi Long homemade drone

Yi Long can be used for military or civil tasks, the makers say, including geophysical or post-disaster survey work.

14 November 2012 • 08:11 AMT
Series of car bomb blasts kill at least 12 across Iraq

In the deadliest attack, four bombs planted in parked cars went off simultaneously in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad.

14 November 2012 • 08:08 AMT
Japan PN says ready to dissolve parliament

Noda made the pledge during a heated parliamentary exchange with Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe.

14 November 2012 • 08:05 AMT
Pakistan agrees to free several jailed Afghan Taliban officials

The former Taliban justice minister Mullah Turabi and two intelligence officials are among the group to be freed.

14 November 2012 • 07:56 AMT
U.S. announces extra $30mln in aid to Syria

However, the United States stopped short of offering full recognition of the Syrian opposition or offering arms.

14 November 2012 • 07:53 AMT
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls for support to Palestine

“What is happening in Gaza is a violation of international law and exposes the lies of the claimed Zionist peace,” the statement said.

14 November 2012 • 07:39 AMT
Toyota recalls 2.7 million cars over steering wheel problems

Joichi Tachikawa said the problem with the steering wheel was to do with “insufficient hardness of the steering shaft”.

14 November 2012 • 07:32 AMT
ATP World Tour Finals set new attendance record in 2012

The tournament welcomed 263,229 fans across 8 days of action, shattering the previous attendance record of 256,830.

14 November 2012 • 07:27 AMT
Pele in good condition after surgery, hospital says

Pele, who won three World Cup titles with Brazil and scored nearly 1,300 career goals, turned 72 in October.

14 November 2012 • 05:33 AMT
U.S. Congress set to debate Russia trade, human rights bill

Congress has to approve PNTR to ensure U.S. companies receive all of the market-opening benefits of Russia’s entry in WTO.

14 November 2012 • 05:21 AMT
Adobe investigating alleged data breach

“We have seen the claim and are investigating,” said Wiebke Lips, senior manager with Adobe’s corporate communications.

14 November 2012 • 05:16 AMT
Dropbox reaches 100 million user milestone

“Once upon a time, Dropbox had its humble beginnings in a Boston train station when I forgot my USB stick at home,” Houston said.

14 November 2012 • 05:06 AMT
Europe braces for major austerity protests

Hospitals in Spain will fully staff emergency and surgery rooms but non-essential care will be scaled back.

14 November 2012 • 05:00 AMT
FM: int’l community may help Russia, Georgia improve ties

“We do not rule out that international community might be involved in efforts to step up contacts with Russia,” Pandzhikidze said.