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03 October 2012 • 11:57 AMT
J.K. Rowling’s “Casual Vacancy” takes top spot in UK fiction chart

The new Rowling book is the fastest- selling hard cover novel in Britain since Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol came out in 2009.

03 October 2012 • 11:52 AMT
Lithuania initiates $1.9bn lawsuit against Gazprom

Lithuania claims it has overpaid 5 billion litas (1.448 billion euros) to Gazprom for gas supplied to under its existing contract.

03 October 2012 • 11:48 AMT
Portugal eases debt repayment schedule

The Bank of Portugal predicts an economic contraction of 3.3 percent this year. Unemployment is at a record 15.9 percent.

03 October 2012 • 11:38 AMT
Russia hopeful for better relations with Georgia

“It is obvious that the Georgian society voted for changes,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

03 October 2012 • 11:18 AMT
Iranian riot police clash with demonstrators over rial collapse

Iranian riot police clashed with demonstrators and exchange dealers in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the rial.

03 October 2012 • 11:13 AMT
Obama likely to top Romney on Election Day – Moody’s

The economy added only 96,000 jobs in August, below the rate needed to merely keep pace with population growth.

03 October 2012 • 11:10 AMT
“Source Code” star Jake Gyllenhaal to join Hugh Jackman in “Prisoners”

The story revolves around a small-town carpenter named Keller whose young daughter and her best friend are kidnapped.

03 October 2012 • 11:01 AMT
“Choke” helmer Clark Gregg to direct “Trust Me” dark comedy

The dark comedy depicts the world of child stars and their obsession with attaining and maintaining stardom.

03 October 2012 • 11:01 AMT
Police, protesters clash in Kyrgyzstan’s capital

The protesters were demanding that the government nationalizes the country’s flagship gold venture with Canada.

03 October 2012 • 10:57 AMT
Armenia drops 64th in FIFA rankings

World and European champions, Spain top the FIFA rankings with 1611 points; followed by Germany and Portugal.

03 October 2012 • 10:53 AMT
Russian security chief blames al Qaeda for European forest fires

The European Forest Fire Information System in August said that 2012 had seen more fires early in the season.

03 October 2012 • 10:53 AMT
Armenian officials not immune from jail, better fix them – expert

The expert characterized interactions between the ruling RPA and Oskanian’s Prosperous Armenia as “the war of nerves.”

03 October 2012 • 10:32 AMT
CoE anti-torture committee publishes report on Armenia

The delegation received no recent allegations of deliberate physical ill-treatment of prisoners by staff in either of the prisons visited.

03 October 2012 • 10:16 AMT
Armenia reports 11,4% upsurge in petrol prices

The following prices have been set: “Regular” petrol – AMD 500, “Premium” petrol – AMD 520, “Super” petrol – AMD 550.

03 October 2012 • 10:13 AMT
Russia may sacrifice Armenia’s interests for Georgia ties – expert

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili-led opposition’s parliamentary win may have a negative impact on Armenia, a political expert believes.

03 October 2012 • 10:01 AMT
Armenian consumer prices up 2,5% in Sept

During the reporting period, prices for foodstuff increased by 1,8%; non-foods and services’ prices rose by 5,7% and 2,1% resp.

03 October 2012 • 09:59 AMT
Lydian International gets new mining license for Armenia gold project

It allows four years for construction and for the company to mine not less than 2.6 million tons of ore per year.

03 October 2012 • 09:53 AMT
40 min of 1983 Steve Jobs tech speech released

Jobs goes on to explore other avenues of computing which can be heard in the full 54 minute recording available on Soundcloud.

03 October 2012 • 09:51 AMT
Relations between ex-president, parliament speaker strained – paper

Hovik Abrahamyan reluctantly described his interactions with Robert Kocharian as ‘working relations’, the daily said.

03 October 2012 • 09:37 AMT
Expert hopes for Armenian ex-leaders to enter presidential race

“Armenia would greatly benefit from the recurrence of the Georgian scenario,” political expert Levon Shirinyan believes.

03 October 2012 • 09:37 AMT
Lenovo to open PC production plant in U.S.

The company said that it will create 115 jobs in Whitsett which ten years ago had a population of 686 people.

03 October 2012 • 09:31 AMT
Saudi Arabia misses second regional meeting on Syria

The minister said all members of the group agreed on the need for change in Syria, where rebels are fighting Assad.

03 October 2012 • 09:17 AMT
Stanford University to host ArmTech Congress’12 in Dec

The conference offers a unique opportunity to represent Armenia’s high-tech industry to international high-tech community.

03 October 2012 • 09:11 AMT
Japan hopes China ties will remain undamaged

“There has been trust and good cooperative relations … and my strong belief is that we should continue to do this,” Nakao said.

03 October 2012 • 09:10 AMT
Paper: Free Democrats go back on promise to Heritage

As was earlier agreed with Kokobelyan, Hovannisian pledged to quit his seat in case the former does so.

03 October 2012 • 09:02 AMT
President Sargsyan to leave for France – paper

On October 10, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for France to meet the country’s leader Francois Hollande.

03 October 2012 • 08:33 AMT
Adobe releases Photoshop Lightroom new version

Over 40 new pieces of glass have also been introduced as part of Adobe’s “Lens Profile Support” in Photoshop Lightroom 4.2.

03 October 2012 • 08:25 AMT
WSJ: Apple starts mass production of iPad mini

The news follows a note posted to a Japanese blog, which stated that production of an iPad mini had begun in a Foxconn plant.

03 October 2012 • 08:16 AMT
MNC corporate bonds 3rd issue admitted at NASDAQ OMX Armenia

NMC RCO’s previous issues of corporate bonds were also placed via stock exchange mechanism and later admitted to trading.

03 October 2012 • 08:11 AMT
World Bank: jobs critical for reducing poverty

The global economic crisis and other recent events have raised employment issues to the center of the development dialogue.