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26 October 2012 • 15:26 AMT
Heritage rep: Free Democrats head couldn’t retain faction membership

Heritage party representatives have denied the existence of any inter-parliamentary problems with Free Democrats.

26 October 2012 • 14:39 AMT
Courtney Love planning Cobain musical

Love and Cobain started dating in 1991, married and had a child in 1992, before Cobain killed himself in 1994.

26 October 2012 • 14:32 AMT
1st look at Selena Gomez, Ethan Hawke in “Getaway” action-thriller

The story follows a burned-out race car driver who is forced to get behind the wheel for a criminal scheme when his wife is kidnapped.

26 October 2012 • 14:28 AMT
Prosperous Armenia rep says her statement distorted

Naira Zohrabyan deems her remarks about the party leader Gagik Tsarukyan’s nomination solely her personal opinion.

26 October 2012 • 14:26 AMT
“Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” trailer features the Volturi hunt

Stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner will return in November for the final instalment in Twilight Saga movie franchise.

26 October 2012 • 14:20 AMT
Arnold Schwarzenegger to reprise role in “Legend of Conan”

“The original ended with Arnold on the throne as a seasoned warrior, and this is the take of the film we will make,” a producer said.

26 October 2012 • 14:13 AMT
Russia’s Khanty-Mansiysk to host World Rapid Chess Championship

Town has expressed readiness to host one of 2014 Women’s Grand Prix stages, as well as 2016 youth chess championships.

26 October 2012 • 14:12 AMT
The Rolling Stones play surprise concert for Paris fans

The band are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year: the quartert will release their greatest hits album “GRRR!” on Nov 13.

26 October 2012 • 14:00 AMT
Facebook generating $3 million a day from its mobile presence

Facebook had announced that it surpassed one billion active monthly members, with mobile users exceeding 600 million.

26 October 2012 • 13:55 AMT
Bruce Willis creates chaos in “Good Day to Die Hard” trailer

In “Die Hard 5”, John McClane finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack.

26 October 2012 • 13:53 AMT
Weekly digest of foreign currency deals

From October 15-21, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 30.9 bln., while USD loans amounted to 49.9 mln.

26 October 2012 • 13:52 AMT
Armenian parliament speaker to visit Czech Republic

Hovik Abrahamyan will pay a three-day official visit to Czech Republic, at the invitation of the Senate president Milan Štěch.

26 October 2012 • 13:48 AMT
“Closer” star Clive Owen for “King Of The Castle” comedy

In Alessandro Tanaka and Brian Gatewood’s film, Owen will take the lead role a philanderer who is blackmailed by a teenager.

26 October 2012 • 13:35 AMT
AI: Over 200 people illegally detained, tortured in Ivory Coast

“These are not at all the practices of our government. We do things legally,” government spokesman Bruno Kone said.

26 October 2012 • 13:27 AMT
Lebanese elections under U.S. patronage?

On October 19, a blast in Beirut killed Wissam al-Hassan, general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces. Most likely, another vote is due to take place in Lebanon, as the opposition insists; if things are limited to mere elections, one can consider Lebanon, as well as the neighboring states including Syria and Israel, lucky. In fact, the elections in Lebanon will hardly settle the issue of power, and it is not hard to predict the further bargaining of ministerial portfolios. However, in this case the situation is much more serious, since the U.S. and EU plan to interfere in the elections.

26 October 2012 • 13:22 AMT
RPA rep. deems Ruben Hayrapetyan’s case persecution

RPA parliamentary group member Manvel Badeyan believes ex-MP Ruben Hayrapetyan’s case to be a political persecution.

26 October 2012 • 13:22 AMT
René Magritte’s “La Grande Table” sold for record $6,6 mln at Sotheby’s

“La Parure de l’Orage” to be shown in the exhibition Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, soared to $1,9 mln.

26 October 2012 • 13:15 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 405,30 Oct 26

The market average rate of USD on October 26 totaled AMD 405,30 increasing by 0.05 point compared to Oct. 25.

26 October 2012 • 13:12 AMT
14 die as Spain-bound vessel sinks off Morocco

Mustapha Khalfi, Moroccan minister of communication, said the sinking took place Oct 25 in the Mediterranean Sea.

26 October 2012 • 13:07 AMT
Eli Roth’s “Green Inferno” thriller full cast named

This will be Roth’s directorial follow up to the successful “Hostel” franchise, which collectively grossed over $300 million worldwide.

26 October 2012 • 13:03 AMT
Two quakes jolt Turkish provinces, no casualties reported

Two consecutive earthquakes reportedly shook the Marmara province of Bursa and the Mediterranean city of Antalya.

26 October 2012 • 13:00 AMT
Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler team up for “Space Station 76” sci-fi comedy

Described as being set in a 1970s version of the future, the film centers on the goings-on in a space station.

26 October 2012 • 12:49 AMT
Stephen King’s “Gramma” to be adapted into movie

The tale concerns a mother with two young sons who come to discover their ailing grandmother, Mercy, is a witch.

26 October 2012 • 12:47 AMT
Money outflow from China increasing – study

The study “raises serious questions about the stability of the Chinese economy,” the group said in a statement.

26 October 2012 • 12:43 AMT
UN warns Burma’s reform program could be put at risk

This is the first serious outburst of violence since June, when a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine.

26 October 2012 • 12:32 AMT
“Ridiculous 6” Western comedy confirmed as Adam Sandler’s next film

Sandler is going to write it with Tim Herlihy, and he will star in it and produce with Happy Madison.

26 October 2012 • 12:30 AMT
NSC Secretary completes working visit to China

Artur Baghdasaryan met with Chinese Minister of the Public Security and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

26 October 2012 • 11:52 AMT
Joint Netanyahu-Liberman party to win 33 MP seats, poll says

Center-Left parties Labor and Yesh Atid would pose an electoral threat to the new mega-party with a combined 45 mandates.

26 October 2012 • 11:51 AMT
Prosperous Armenia rep. confirms Tsarukyan as presidential candidate

Naira Zohrabyan said Prosperous Armenia will nominate leader Gagik Tsarukyan for the presidential elections.

26 October 2012 • 11:41 AMT
Paper: relations between Prosperous Armenia leader, ex-president dampen

Robert Kocharian demanded Prosperous Armenia support for former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, a daily said.