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08 November 2012 • 11:29 AMT
Opposition leader advises Obama to clean up Afghan politics

Masood said pessimism is growing and there are signs that Afghans are bracing for another civil war, stocking up on weapons.

08 November 2012 • 11:12 AMT
Gazprom Neft posts $4.3bn net profit in Jan-Sept

The company’s revenues for the first nine months of the year rose 20.4 percent to 912.32 billion rubles.

08 November 2012 • 11:08 AMT
Vanes Martirosyan says he feels in good shape before fight vs. Lara

The fighters are in their final days of training before they step into the ring for the biggest battles of their lives on Nov 10 in Las Vegas.

08 November 2012 • 11:06 AMT
ANM upset over cooperation with Prosperous Armenia – paper

As ANM vice chair noted, the congress will take place by late December, to be preceded by a political council sitting.

08 November 2012 • 10:58 AMT
ICRC says unable to cope with growing needs of Syrian civilians

“We have a lot of blank spots, we know that no aid has been there and I can’t tell you what the situation is,” Peter Maurer said.

08 November 2012 • 10:52 AMT
Car bombs kill 4, injure 16 in towns south of Baghdad

Violence has ebbed in Iraq, but insurgent attacks, often aimed at undermining stability in the Shiite-led government, are still frequent.

08 November 2012 • 10:47 AMT
Buenos Aires hit by major blackout

The blackout knocked out traffic lights and badly disrupted the metro system as people were heading home after work.

08 November 2012 • 10:40 AMT
FAO: food prices down 1% in October

However, the latest FAO projections said prices averaged eight per cent lower during the first 10 months of 2012.

08 November 2012 • 10:32 AMT
Sudan rebels claim downing of govt. aircraft

“Before it was downed, the Antonov carried out air strikes on various areas in the Nuba mountains,” the SPLM-N statement said.

08 November 2012 • 10:27 AMT
U.S. man behind anti-Muslim film sentenced to year in jail

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said Nakoula, 55, must spend 12 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release.

08 November 2012 • 10:23 AMT
President Sargsyan to take 20-day leave from Armenia – paper

Sources say, the President will make working visits abroad to be followed by a 10-day vacation, the paper reported.

08 November 2012 • 10:23 AMT
Heritage leader short of funds for presidential campaign – paper

To solve the problem, Hovannisian called on his supporters to contribute money to his campaign – an innovative approach in Armenia.

08 November 2012 • 10:00 AMT
Blast rocks electricity plant in southern Dutch city

Police advised residents to keep their windows and doors shut and to remain inside, but the warning was lifted within two hours.

08 November 2012 • 09:46 AMT
ALMA to host Houshamadyan Project presentation

The Houshamadyan project is a unique effort to reconstruct the lost world of Armenian communities in the Ottoman Empire.

08 November 2012 • 09:40 AMT
2nd Armenian language course launched in Turkey’s Diyarbakir

The courses are possible through the joint efforts of the Diyarbakir Sur Municipality, Kurdi-Der, and the Armenian Foundation.

08 November 2012 • 09:25 AMT
Lenovo boasts high earnings in second fiscal quarter

The company boasts high earnings, as well as setting its own record with its highest worldwide market share ever.

08 November 2012 • 09:15 AMT
Sharp, Foxconn announce price for 60-inch LCD TV

Recently at a press conference, Foxconn chairman said the TV was an effort to promote HD digital content in Taiwan.

08 November 2012 • 09:10 AMT
Diablo 3 reaches 10 million in sales

Blizzard also moved 2.7 million copies of Mists of Pandaria, which was the latest expansion to World of Warcraft.

08 November 2012 • 08:58 AMT
Oil price recoups day after its biggest decline of the year

A day after President Barack Obama won reelection, concerns about global economic growth still dominate commodities markets.

08 November 2012 • 08:51 AMT
Journalists at Sochi Olympics not to be charged for Internet access

“This will support a maximally open approach to coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” Chernyshenko said.

08 November 2012 • 08:38 AMT
UK Prime Minister tries app aiding govt. decision-making

A traffic light system displays the current status of various government initiatives – and whether any need special attention.

08 November 2012 • 08:31 AMT
Two bomb blasts kill at least 8 in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a police station in Kandahar City, killing three policemen, said Ahmad Javed Faisal.

08 November 2012 • 08:25 AMT
Lavrov says West revisiting approach to Syrian opposition

The Bashar al-Assad regime has been locked in a bloody conflict with anti-government rebel forces since March 2011.

08 November 2012 • 07:59 AMT
China subs to carry nuke weapons in 2 years, U.S. commission says

China is estimated by the Arms Control Association, a private nonpartisan group in Washington, to have 240 nuclear warheads.

08 November 2012 • 07:46 AMT
Google marks “Dracula” author birthday with doodle

Visitors to Google’s home page are greeted with a doodle of eerie images including the cloaked vampire Count Dracula.

08 November 2012 • 07:28 AMT
4 people set themselves on fire in ethnic Tibetan parts of China

More than 60 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since early 2011, in what rights group say are acts of protest against Beijing’s rule.

08 November 2012 • 07:17 AMT
Pakistani city rocked by truck bomb, 1 killed

The blast underlined deteriorating security in Karachi, the city of 18 million people that is considered the economic heart of Pakistan.

08 November 2012 • 07:04 AMT
Monet’s Water Lilies painting fetches $43.7m at Christie’s

Works by Picasso and Miro also went under the hammer in the first of two weeks of major auctions in New York.

08 November 2012 • 06:58 AMT
Powerful earthquake kills dozens in Guatemala

It was the strongest quake to hit Guatemala since 1976, the president told reporters, when a 7.5-magnitude quake killed 23,000 people.

08 November 2012 • 06:51 AMT
Hamazkayin announces new prize in Contemporary Literature

The annually awarded Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize will recognize the work produced by talented writers working in North America.