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18 October 2012 • 09:02 AMT
Drone attack kills 9 suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen

The security source confirmed that Shaddadi was among the dead and that four others were from the town of Jaar.

18 October 2012 • 08:59 AMT
Emperor penguins shot wins a top photo award

The photographer fired off more than 50,000 frames over the course of a three-week period in the Ross Sea, near Cape Washington.

18 October 2012 • 08:51 AMT
Zvartnots again suspends Armavia flights over debts

Zvartnots noted Armavia’s debts as main reason behind the airport’s decision to halt servicing of the air company flights.

18 October 2012 • 08:49 AMT
20,000 South African miners may face dismissal

“It’s largely a tactical move,” said a labor lawyer, who asked not to be named as he is involved in talks to resolve the strikes.

18 October 2012 • 08:42 AMT
Famous Turkish pianist goes on trial for insulting Islam

The indictment calls for Say to be sentenced to 18 months in prison for “insulting the religious values of a section of society.”

18 October 2012 • 08:32 AMT
Official: Russia may response to NATO missile shield plans

Rogozin holds special responsibility for Russia’s defense industry and until December 2011 served as Russia’s ambassador to NATO.

18 October 2012 • 08:32 AMT
Alex Miskirtchian to defend title vs. Andreas Evensen

The EBU is now calling for purse bids for Miskirtchian, 21-2-1, against his mandatory challenger.

18 October 2012 • 08:22 AMT
Twitter blocks access to neo-Nazi account

The tweets will no longer be visible to users in Germany although the rest of the world will be able to view them.

18 October 2012 • 08:21 AMT
No official notification given on Putin’s visit to Yerevan – paper

No information has been provided on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s possible visit to Armenia, Hraparak says.

18 October 2012 • 08:11 AMT
Merkel says Europe needs clear intervention rights on budgets

“We could go a step further by giving Europe real rights of intervention in national budgets,” the German Chancellor said.

18 October 2012 • 08:00 AMT
Number of people trafficked into UK rising

The report also said there had been an increase in the number of children being forced into crime, including street begging.

18 October 2012 • 07:45 AMT
Armenian govt. rejects ARFD bill on full shit to proportional voting system

First Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor Muradyan said the system can’t yield more progress than the current one.

18 October 2012 • 07:40 AMT
UN peacekeeper killed in ambush on convoy in Darfur

The peacekeepers returned fire, but one of their members died and three more were wounded, the mission said.

18 October 2012 • 07:30 AMT
New Israeli centrist party might defeat Netanyahu’s Likud – poll

A poll shows that if three Israeli centrist figures were to form a political party, it could win more seats in the Jan 22 elections.

18 October 2012 • 07:20 AMT
U.S. detains man plotting to blow up Fed

It’s not clear whether Nafis maintained al Qaeda ties, but authorities say he apparently claimed that the plot was his own.

18 October 2012 • 07:19 AMT
Paper says Armenia’s poverty rate totals 60-70%

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has recently noted that the poverty rate in the republic totals about 30%.

18 October 2012 • 07:10 AMT
EU leaders due to begin two-day summit in Brussels

High on the agenda will be the plans for a eurozone banking union, seen as a key element in restoring confidence in the euro.

18 October 2012 • 07:04 AMT
Paper: Tsarukyan rules out Oskanian’s nomination for president

Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan ruled out nomination of former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian for president.

18 October 2012 • 07:00 AMT
Rep. Schiff: Artsakh can’t be allowed to fall into Aliyev’s hands

“It is in everybody’s interest to see this matter settled and it should be a diplomatic priority for 2013,” Rep. Schiff said.

18 October 2012 • 06:34 AMT
Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets Golden Foot 2012 award

Ibrahimovic took home the award with more votes than such notable competition as Spain’s Iker Casillas and others.

18 October 2012 • 06:25 AMT
Food and drink giant Nestle posts 11% sales increase

Nestle Chief Executive Paul Bulcke says the growth outlook was helped by success in emerging markets.

18 October 2012 • 06:20 AMT
Oil prices steady as USD goes slightly higher

Crude for November delivery fell fractionally, dropping 2 cents to $92.10 a barrel during East Asia trading hours.

18 October 2012 • 06:11 AMT
Huawei security risks review finds no evidence of spying

“We knew certain parts of government really wanted” evidence of active spying, said one of the people, who requested anonymity.

18 October 2012 • 05:57 AMT
Twitter design director leaves the company

Herasimchuk was with Twitter for a year and a half, and was previously a senior director of product design at Yahoo.

18 October 2012 • 05:53 AMT
Rwanda likely to win UN Security Council seat

UN diplomats said it was theoretically possible that Rwanda would fail to secure the necessary votes for election.

18 October 2012 • 05:43 AMT
Greek labor unions holding another anti-austerity strike

The country is clinging to solvency with the help of two massive international bailouts worth a total €240 billion.

18 October 2012 • 05:35 AMT
Hollande acknowledges massacre of Algerians in 1961

“On October 17, 1961, Algerians who were protesting for independence were killed in a bloody repression,” Hollande said.

18 October 2012 • 05:27 AMT
U.S. experts in Israel for counterterrorism seminar

The week-long meeting “will showcase Israeli technological and operational advances in counterterrorism tactics.”

18 October 2012 • 05:12 AMT
S&P downgrades Cyprus rating into junk territory

S&P noted that the government hasn’t negotiated a critical loan package, while the nation is facing a severe banking crisis.

18 October 2012 • 05:04 AMT
Paper: NATO eyes Russia as potential cyber-aggressor

Panetta said in a speech last week that the U.S. Congress must pass cyber security legislation in order to protect the nation.