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10 November 2012 • 09:13 AMT
RPA unanimously elects Serzh Sargsyan as presidential candidate

RPA chairman and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was selected the party’s candidate for the 2013 presidential election.

10 November 2012 • 08:55 AMT
U.S. provides extra $34mln donation for Syria

Before the meeting, the UN said it had collected just 35 percent of the $488 million it says is needed for refugees.

10 November 2012 • 08:52 AMT
Turkish, Egyptian FMs meet to discuss cooperation

The two ministers met amid preparations for the second meeting of the Turkish-Egyptian High-level Strategic Cooperation Council.

10 November 2012 • 08:38 AMT
Obama urges immediate passage of bill on wealthy tax hikes

“I’ve got the pen,” he said, reaching into his pocket to hold one up as the crowd applauded. “I’m ready to sign the bill right away.”

10 November 2012 • 08:29 AMT
ANCA-San Gabriel Valley to host presentation on Syria

“We are honored to host Dr. Joseph Kechichian for a presentation on this pressing issue,” stated Levon Kirakosian.

10 November 2012 • 08:22 AMT
Ex-ICC prosecutor calls for Syria’s Assad arrest

Moreno-Ocampo, who left the ICC earlier this year, said he was not in favor of military action in Syria, noting it “was not a good idea.”

10 November 2012 • 08:16 AMT
17 Turkish soldiers killed as their helicopter crashes

The Sikorsky helicopter crashed on Herekol mountain, in the Pervari area of Siirt province, Siirt Governor Ahmet Aydin said.

10 November 2012 • 08:06 AMT
Google blocked in China as Communist Party meets

The cause of the outage is unclear, but it comes just one day after the start of the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress in China.

10 November 2012 • 07:58 AMT
Amazon launching data center in Australia

The Australian launch next week comes in advance of the global AWS customer and partner conference late this month.

10 November 2012 • 07:44 AMT
VirnetXn again sues Apple after securing $368mln in patent trial

VirnetX claims Apple’s FaceTime infringes on its VPN patents, an assertion that a federal jury in Texas agreed with earlier this week.

10 November 2012 • 07:40 AMT
NASA uses selective laser melting in rocket building

A variety of the created parts will be hot-fire and structurally tested using a J-2X, a Space Launch System upper-stage engine.

10 November 2012 • 07:13 AMT
Chevron’s Argentine subsidiaries appeal against assets freezing

“Chevron Corp, the sole judgment debtor, has no assets in Argentina,” Chevron spokesman Kent Robertson said.

10 November 2012 • 07:04 AMT
Bridget Jones to return in third novel next year

Helen Fielding, 54, first created the hapless Bridget for a weekly column in Britain’s Independent newspaper in 1995.

10 November 2012 • 06:59 AMT
NJ accuses filling stations, hotel of jacking up prices after Sandy

A Lukoil gas station in Paterson owned by Kistruga Inc. raised prices from $3.45 to $5.50 a gallon, according to Chiesa.

10 November 2012 • 06:51 AMT
4 dead as Algerian military plane crashes in France

The other two people were missing after the plane crashed in a mountainous, uninhabited area near the city of Avignon.

10 November 2012 • 06:40 AMT
Guards testify in Afghan massacre case hearing

The guards did not say the soldier was the same person nor did they identify the man as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

10 November 2012 • 06:32 AMT
Pacific island-bound A340 makes emergency landing in Russia

The pilots decided to make an emergency landing after receiving a signal of a fire in one of the engines.

10 November 2012 • 06:22 AMT
Saudi Arabia plans to buy U.S. military transport planes

Pentagon said Saudi Arabia needs the airplanes to “sustain its aging fleet, which faces increasing obsolescence.”

10 November 2012 • 05:58 AMT
Syrian National Council elects Christian as its leader

Veteran activist George Sabra has been a staunch opponent of Assad and his father, former President Hafez al-Assad.

10 November 2012 • 05:51 AMT
Citigroup to pay $15.5mln to former chief executive

Michael Corbat, head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Citigroup, was named the new chief executive.

10 November 2012 • 05:46 AMT
CIA director David Petraeus resigns over extramarital affair

Obama said in a statement that the retired general had provided “extraordinary service to the United States for decades.”

10 November 2012 • 05:35 AMT
27 killed in gunfight in Sri Lanka’s biggest prison

Witnesses said they saw police shooting towards the jail, where armed prisoners were on the roof during the clash.

10 November 2012 • 05:23 AMT
Talks to agree EU’s 2013 budget collapse

But Germany, France and other governments questioned the funding, and eight hours of talks produced no agreement.

09 November 2012 • 17:30 AMT
Baku offers Ankara help against Kurds, wants support on Karabakh?

Azerbaijani MP Faraj Guliyev said that Azerbaijan should join forces with Turkey to fight against Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

09 November 2012 • 17:14 AMT
Sony’s Yuga smartphone leaked online

Also known as the Sony C6603, the handset has been touted as a competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

09 November 2012 • 16:55 AMT
Over 10,000 Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah-based constitution

Demonstrators in Tahrir Square demanded that the Muslim Brotherhood override liberal and secular objections.

09 November 2012 • 16:35 AMT
Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” new poster released

The film centers on a circus magician with dubious ethics who finds himself transported to Oz and drawn into battle between 3 witches.

09 November 2012 • 16:12 AMT
Iran’s Defense Minister confirms shooting at U.S. drone in Gulf

The incident occurred on November 1, less than a week before the US presidential election, the US Department of Defense said.

09 November 2012 • 15:55 AMT
Syrian rebels capture Turkish border town

Ten people were killed in clashes as rebels took Ras al-Ain, an Arab and Kurd town in the northeastern oil-producing province of Hasaka.

09 November 2012 • 15:40 AMT
Chrysler recalling 919,000 SUVs worldwide

The recall affects Grand Cherokees from the 2002 through 2004 model years and Libertys from