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13 November 2012 • 13:10 AMT
Armenia posts tourist inflow of 603 thousand in Jan-Sep 2012

Ara Petrosyan: the figure rose by 9,4% against 2011 results, with internal tourism progressing at a rapid rate in Armenia.

13 November 2012 • 13:05 AMT
Japan Aviation School announces scholarships for Armenian students

Graduates will be given the opportunity to continue higher education in Japan Aviation Academy or in any other institution.

13 November 2012 • 12:54 AMT
Armenian leader may accept Baku’s challenge – media

“Tensions between Yerevan and Baku have risen to their highest in years,” Berliner Umschau German media outlet said.

13 November 2012 • 12:49 AMT
Mkhitaryan: Armenia will do utmost to beat Lithuania

Mkhitaryan said Armenian football team will take every effort to emerge victorious in the match against Lithuania.

13 November 2012 • 12:46 AMT
Greece raises €4.06bn from short-term treasury bills sale

The sale of the latter came at a marginally lower interest rate than the 4.24 percent seen in the previous equivalent auction.

13 November 2012 • 12:32 AMT
Free Democrats to nominate Anush Sedrakyan for President?

“The party is attempting to use the female nominee to win the favors of pro-western supporters,” Hraparak daily said.

13 November 2012 • 12:30 AMT
Syrian Arab Red Crescent says 2.5 mln people internally displaced

“So people are moving, really on the run, hiding. They are difficult to count and access,” Melissa Fleming has said.

13 November 2012 • 12:24 AMT
Armenian parliament approves minimal salary increase by $6

The bill envisages salary increase by AMD 2500 from AMD 32,5 000 (about USD 80) to AMD 35 000 (about USD 86).

13 November 2012 • 12:06 AMT
Ford unveils seven-passenger Transit Connect Wagon

The Transit Connect Wagon has sliding doors, fold-flat second and third-row seating, and 1200 pounds of payload capability.

13 November 2012 • 12:01 AMT
Baku attempting to present border-crosser as victim?

Commission secretary Shahin Sailov said “measures are being taken to return Telman Aliyev to Azerbaijan.”

13 November 2012 • 11:51 AMT
President: Karabakh deal inviable unless based on acceptable principles

“A peace deal on Nagorno Karabakh is impossible without coordination of basic principles of conflict settlement,” Sargsyan said.

13 November 2012 • 11:41 AMT
Trial court ruling on ANC activists left unchanged

Atmosphere at a Nov. 12 court sitting was extremely tense, with those accused removed from the courtroom over disrespect of court.

13 November 2012 • 11:32 AMT
Baku dubs Azeri citizen crossing Armenian border deaf cattleman

Azerbaijani citizen Telman Javashiroglu Aliyev infiltrated Armenia’s Tavush province 7:45 am local time, November 13.

13 November 2012 • 11:30 AMT
European Commission officials’ laptops hacked in Azerbaijan

The attack was revealed by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes in a blogpost after attending a meeting in Baku.

13 November 2012 • 11:20 AMT
38 Kenyan officers killed in worst single incident

Both Turkana and Samburu leaders have frequently asked for more security in the region from the government.

13 November 2012 • 11:20 AMT
Expert says Genocide recognition expired program

Ara Papian further noted Genocide recognition meaningful only in the context of possible reimbursement.

13 November 2012 • 10:58 AMT
Luxury Hong Kong apartment sold for $60mln

Local property agents said it was the highest price ever paid for an apartment in the southern Chinese financial center.

13 November 2012 • 10:43 AMT
Astronomers produce first map of universe 11 billion years ago

The study shows the universe went through a phase roughly three billion years after the Big Bang when expansion started to slow.

13 November 2012 • 10:36 AMT
Expert says Armenian Cause linked to Kurdish issue

Ara Papian deemed the U.S. intention to establish a unified South Caucasus to promote own interests as unrealistic.

13 November 2012 • 10:19 AMT
Gazprom, Slovenia sign deal to stretch South Stream pipeline

The pipeline’s commercial deliveries of natural gas to Europe are expected to start in the first quarter of 2016.

13 November 2012 • 10:14 AMT
Google Books engineer builds page-turning scanner

For the past eight years, Google has been working on digitizing the world’s 130 million or so unique books.

13 November 2012 • 10:08 AMT
Expert says Artsakh Foreign Ministry will intensify activity

Sergey Minasyan believes Abkhazian railway restoration possible despite Russian-Georgian tense relations.

13 November 2012 • 09:27 AMT
Expert: only Prosperous Armenia candidate can rival current leader

Sergey Minasyan says Serzh Sargsyan will have a strong rival, if Prosperous Armenia resolves to back another candidate.

13 November 2012 • 09:15 AMT
U.S. commander under investigation in Petraeus scandal

Allen will remain in his job, but Panetta encouraged the Senate to quickly act on approving his successor, General Joseph Dunford.

13 November 2012 • 09:09 AMT
Arafat grave closed from public view before exhumation

“Since this morning, Arafat’s mausoleum was closed as a preliminary step in the investigation of his death,” Tawfiq Tirawi said.

13 November 2012 • 09:01 AMT
UAE imposing new sweeping Internet regulations

A major segment deals with outlawing Web posts that “deride” the UAE ruling system or seek to mobilize protests.

13 November 2012 • 08:59 AMT
David Nalbandian drops 81st in ATP ranking list

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic tops the list with 12920 points. Swiss Roger Federer comes second with 10265 points.

13 November 2012 • 08:58 AMT
President thanks French parliament for assistance in Armenian issues

President of the French National Assembly, in turn, expressed readiness to continue cooperation with Yerevan.

13 November 2012 • 08:40 AMT
Hungary ex-PM poised to unseat Orban in 2014 elections

Bajnai has set out to build a broad opposition alliance and draft a new program to help him oust Orban’s ruling party.

13 November 2012 • 08:24 AMT
France may engage in Armenia’s new power unit construction

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as part of his official visit to Paris.