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29 October 2012 • 06:52 AMT
Israeli ex-envoy to Belarus jailed for fraud

The court noted that it could have given Ben-Aryeh a more severe sentence, but decided on a more lenient one on several grounds.

29 October 2012 • 06:48 AMT
New York airports cancel flights as Hurricane Sandy approaches

Delays rippled across the U.S. and the Atlantic, affecting travelers in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago and Paris.

29 October 2012 • 06:43 AMT
Copts in Egypt set to vote for successor to Pope Shenouda III

The individual chosen will become the new Coptic Pope who will be enthroned in a ceremony on November 18.

29 October 2012 • 06:36 AMT
Ukraine’s ruling party leads parliamentary race

Yanukovych’s party garnered 37% of the votes and is followed by jailed ex-PM Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party.

29 October 2012 • 06:28 AMT
Honda’s quarterly profit surges 36 percent

But even the new forecast will represent a 78 percent rebound from the 211.4 billion yen profit recorded in the previous year.

29 October 2012 • 06:18 AMT
Israel, Gaza exchange rocket fire overnight

IDF spokesman announced that the IAF struck the targets in Gaza, including a rocket launching site in the northern Gaza Strip.

29 October 2012 • 06:10 AMT
U.S. stock trading cancelled over Hurricane Sandy

“The U.S. equity markets will not be open Monday. Oct 29, because of the impending storm,” SEC spokesman said.

28 October 2012 • 17:47 AMT
Suicide bomber kills 8 at Nigerian Catholic church

A wall of the church was blasted open and scorched black, with debris lying around. Police cordoned the area off.

28 October 2012 • 15:58 AMT
Steve Jobs’ high-tech yacht makes debut

The yacht is making its debut in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands and is reportedly accompanied by Jobs’ family.

28 October 2012 • 15:33 AMT
Anonymous hackers post warning message to Zynga, Facebook

Anonymous says that it has obtained secret documents about Zynga’s strategy which includes a “massive layoff of a thousand people.”

28 October 2012 • 14:09 AMT
Berlusconi threatens to bring down PM Monti’s government

Berlusconi, forced to step down in 2011, made the statement shortly after he was found guilty of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison.

28 October 2012 • 14:03 AMT
OSCE MG co-chairs meet Armenian, Azeri FMs for Karabakh talks

Paris hosted the first meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers following axe-killer Safarov release scandal.

28 October 2012 • 13:54 AMT
UK rock star Gary Glitter arrested in child abuse case

The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened as police arrested the former glam rock star.

28 October 2012 • 13:35 AMT
Chinese PM’s family reject “hidden riches” claim, threaten legal action

China has condemned the report as a smear, and NYT sites are blocked in the country, as are references to the report on micro-blogging sites.

28 October 2012 • 13:30 AMT
Iraq orders inspection of Syrian-bound Iranian plane

Last month, Iraq banned a North Korea plane from using its airspace over suspicions it was carrying weapons to Syria.

28 October 2012 • 13:28 AMT
Tom Cruise reveals plans for “Mission Impossible”

The star’s latest film, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Jack Reacher, is released on December 13.

28 October 2012 • 13:26 AMT
NASA astronauts unberth Dragon freighter from ISS

The Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX to fly cargo to the ISS after NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year.

28 October 2012 • 13:14 AMT
Mandatory evacuations ordered in U.S. as Hurricane Sandy nears

Sandy was expected to affect up to 60 million people when it meets two other powerful winter storms.

28 October 2012 • 13:08 AMT
Israel kills Hamas gunman, Gaza shells Israeli city

The incidents followed a three-day lull since an upsurge in violence last week in which Israel killed at least four Gaza militants.

28 October 2012 • 13:04 AMT
Death toll in Iraq attacks reaches 30

Authorities had put security measures in place to try to prevent attacks over the four-day holiday of Eid al-Adha.

28 October 2012 • 13:00 AMT
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” TV spot released

A curious Hobbit journeys to Lonely Mountain with a group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by a dragon.

28 October 2012 • 12:11 AMT
Russian ship with 11 crew on board missing in Okhotsk Sea

The search and rescue operation is complicated by a severe storm at the scene of a possible shipwreck.

28 October 2012 • 12:09 AMT
Magnitude 7.7 quake jolts western Canada

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit the Queen Charlotte Islands just after 8 p.m. local time October 27 at a depth of 5 kilometers.

28 October 2012 • 12:01 AMT
Ukrainians voting in parliamentary election

Half of seats in the parliament will be filled by elected parties on candidate list basis, the other half will be filled by individual candidates.

28 October 2012 • 11:55 AMT
Iran possesses advanced drones, Defense Minister says

Iran’s military regularly announces defense and engineering developments though some analysts are skeptical of the reliability of such reports.

27 October 2012 • 16:11 AMT
Paper: Oskanian case will serve ground for prosecutor’s dismissal

Armenian authority circles are well aware of the true motives behind the former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian’s case.

27 October 2012 • 15:52 AMT
Popok will enhance Armenia’s advertising market – festival organizer

Karen Ghazaryan says the festival enables Armenian advertisers to familiarize themselves with other countries’ expertise.

27 October 2012 • 15:25 AMT
Armenian election violators spent no day in prison – paper

Armenian lawmen received 213 notices related to parliamentary elections, with criminal cases instigated by 15 of them.

27 October 2012 • 15:04 AMT
Russian offer to construct Gyumri sports complex discussed in Armenia

Gyumri mayor stressed the need to deepen ties with Russian cities, voicing readiness to promote Russian investments in the city.

27 October 2012 • 14:43 AMT
Paper: EU countries unwilling to service Armavia flights

EU-member countries have warned Armenia against a decision not to service RA, particularly Armavia air company flights.