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04 October 2012 • 15:03 AMT
“Parker” crime drama trailer features Jennifer Lopez

Based on Westlake’s novel series, “Parker” follows Jason’s titular character, a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics.

04 October 2012 • 14:59 AMT
Strike-hit Indonesia vows to increase worker pay

Police said hundreds of thousands of people went on strike on Wednesday in the world’s fourth most populous nation.

04 October 2012 • 14:43 AMT
1st look of Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace Kelly in “Grace of Monaco”

“Grace of Monaco”, which is not designed as a biopic, follows Kelly’s personal story during the 1962 politics.

04 October 2012 • 14:23 AMT
Russia’s Yekaterinburg to splurge $3 bn on 2018 World Cup preparations

The sum covers infrastructure projects such as an extension to the city’s underground rail system and an office and shopping complex.

04 October 2012 • 14:15 AMT
Khachaturian’s Masquerade to be performed in California

Armenian-American conductor Tigran Arakelyan played at venues such as Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

04 October 2012 • 14:12 AMT
Armenia to host second forum of rural communities

The event will bring together representatives of government, communities, international organizations, local government and experts.

04 October 2012 • 14:05 AMT
Greek workers clash with police outside Defense Ministry

Workers from the Skaramanga Shipyards, which deals mainly with military contacts, say they have not been paid in months.

04 October 2012 • 13:40 AMT
Plus Camerimage honors Oscar-winning helmer Alan Heim

Heim’s credits include such landmark works as Network (1976) Hair (1979) as well as more recent features such The Notebook (2004).

04 October 2012 • 13:28 AMT
Heritage rep: Kocharian seeks PM’s post to secure 2018 presidential term

Stepan Safaryan said that ex-president Kocharian constantly sought the prime minister’s post following the elections.

04 October 2012 • 13:23 AMT
Police arrest 21-year-old plotting to bomb university in Spain

The suspect was seized as he received 140kg (310lb) of ingredients for explosives, apparently to be used for a Columbine-style massacre.

04 October 2012 • 13:12 AMT
Chile, Holland, others seek nuke treaty top job

Philippines is among countries lobbying for their candidates to head international body set up to monitor planned global ban on nuclear weapon tests.

04 October 2012 • 12:58 AMT
Ex-leader Kocharian’s statement on Oskanian truce offer – Heritage rep.

Stepan Safaryan characterized the parliamentary vote as “acid test for the authorities to show the current balance of power.”

04 October 2012 • 12:43 AMT
Ex-coach skeptical over Vanes Martirosyan’s win vs. Erislandy Lara

Lara’s trainer Ronnie Shields who used to train Martirosyan said that the 2004 Olympian hasn’t improved as a fighter.

04 October 2012 • 12:42 AMT
Armenian chess players 2nd at Croatia, Serbia team championships

Gabriel Sargissian became vice-champion of Serbia in a team championship as a member of Kragujevac’s Vodovod Club.

04 October 2012 • 12:38 AMT
Rob Zombie’s “The Lords Of Salem” horror trailer released

Moon Zombie plays a radio DJ in Salem whose playing of a sinister heavy metal tune awakens a coven of nasty 17th century witches.

04 October 2012 • 12:27 AMT
Oskanian case unlinked to ex-FM’s pro-western stance, expert says

“The case is meant as the current leadership’s message to Gagik Tsarukyan and Robert Kocharian,” the expert said.

04 October 2012 • 12:05 AMT
Iraq sentences U.S. citizen to life in prison over al Qaeda links

Khalil, an architectural engineer, is of Palestinian descent and entered Iraq in 2001, the ministry statement said.

04 October 2012 • 11:50 AMT
National Basketball Association sets flopping penalties

Now a player guilty of flopping will be subject to a warning, followed by a $5,000 fine for a second violation.

04 October 2012 • 11:46 AMT
Facebook officially hits 1 billion users

“This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month,” Mark Zuckerberg said.

04 October 2012 • 11:37 AMT
Govt. to compensate Euro 6 thous. to Karabakh veteran – paper

Sefilyan was arrested in December 2006 and accused for making public appeals on changing the constitutional order through violence.

04 October 2012 • 11:23 AMT
EU poised to ban Iranian gas imports, diplomats say

The moves come as European governments and the United States are searching for new ways to pressure Tehran.

04 October 2012 • 11:14 AMT
Russian Foreign Minister to discuss Syria in Pakistan

Sergei Lavrov arrived in Islamabad upon an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar.

04 October 2012 • 11:02 AMT
Mugabe motorcade police officer crashes into lorry, burns to death

Mugabe, 88, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980 and seeks re-election in polls expected in 2013.

04 October 2012 • 11:01 AMT
No hike in public transport fee planned – Minister

According to Gagik Beglaryan, despite public discussions of the issue, it hasn’t been debated at the Transport Ministry.

04 October 2012 • 10:35 AMT
French, Italian, Spanish leaders to meet in Malta

The three will meet while attending a Mediterranean summit of southern European and North African countries.

04 October 2012 • 10:35 AMT
Javakhk Armenians’ issue to challenge Georgia’s democracy – expert

Richard Giragosian: the winning Georgian Dream opposition bloc mustn’t become a “Georgian nightmare” to the country’s Armenians.

04 October 2012 • 10:29 AMT
Two bombs rock Yemeni city, soldiers wounded

The United States actively supports Yemen’s attempts to control the Yemeni-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

04 October 2012 • 10:26 AMT
Defense companies’ anti-corruption activity not transparent – study

The study analyses what the biggest defense companies around the world do, or fail to do, to prevent corruption.

04 October 2012 • 10:18 AMT
Tsarukyan’s whereabouts turned into “state secret,” paper says

Sources close to Oskanian say Tsarukyan has never left the country, but rather is sitting it out in his own home.

04 October 2012 • 10:17 AMT
Armenian govt. won’t assist every newly-formed family

Additional work to clarify social situation of the families would be required before specifying the families in need of donation.