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23 August 2012 • 09:35 AMT
Syrian forces enter Damascus suburb, 15 people killed – activists

Troops were reportedly conducting house to house raids in Daraya and making their way to the town’s center.

23 August 2012 • 09:29 AMT
Greta Garbo’s belonging to be auctioned

A selection of Garbo photographs taken at Hollywood studios will also be up for grabs, in addition to autographed documents.

23 August 2012 • 09:19 AMT
Turkey halts Syria’s internet access service – report

Internet service, which had been provided to the embattled country by Türk Telekom, was cut off earlier this month.

23 August 2012 • 09:03 AMT
Nokia, Samsung, others announce In-Location Alliance

Following the pilots, implementations are expected to be more widely available in final form throughout 2013 on mobile handsets.

23 August 2012 • 08:53 AMT
FTC okays Facebook’s takeover bid for Instagram

Facebook, whose offer consisted of $300m in cash and 23 million of its shares, has lost some of its luster since its May flotation.

23 August 2012 • 08:28 AMT
ACYPL selects Ardashes Kassakhian for Africa exchange program

Delegates have the unique opportunity to meet with elected officials at the national, regional and local levels, as well as policy makers.

23 August 2012 • 08:16 AMT
OSCE Mission monitors NKR-Azerbaijan contact line

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire was registered.

23 August 2012 • 08:06 AMT
Turkish official tries to hamper Genocide monument plans in Pasadena

“Turkey should acknowledge the Armenian Genocide and not interfere with American politics,” ANCA-Pasadena said.

23 August 2012 • 07:46 AMT
U.S. officials feel “duped” by Israeli leaders – former envoy

Indyk said that the U.S. “was convinced Israel would attack” Iran’s nuclear program during the spring months earlier this year.

23 August 2012 • 07:34 AMT
HSBC: China’s manufacturing activity falls to nine-month low

China’s economy grew 7.6 percent in the second quarter of this year, its slowest pace in more than three years.

23 August 2012 • 07:24 AMT
Turkish hackers attack Spartak Moscow football club website

The group replaced the website’s original content with a statement that called on the team to “immediately apologize.”

23 August 2012 • 07:14 AMT
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity takes 16-minute drive

NASA has named the site “Bradbury Landing,” a nod to the late science fiction author and space aficionado Ray Bradbury.

23 August 2012 • 07:03 AMT
Assange lawyer says he has key info on rape claims

Australia insists it has offered Julian Assange the same assistance it would give any other citizen in trouble overseas.

23 August 2012 • 06:55 AMT
Armenian Assembly interns meet Reps. Speier, Dold

Representative Dold, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the Armenian Genocide resolution.

23 August 2012 • 06:51 AMT
Google+ gets signal-to-noise ratio improving updates

Users will be able to choose which circles they receive notifications from and mute notifications from certain users entirely.

23 August 2012 • 06:44 AMT
Oil rises amid hopes for U.S. Federal Reserve action

Minutes from the Fed’s July meeting suggested its members were prepared to take new steps to boost the U.S. economy.

23 August 2012 • 06:34 AMT
HP reports huge loss as PC sales shrink

HP’s business continued to be hit by a slowing economy in most of its biggest regions, including Western Europe and China.

23 August 2012 • 06:28 AMT
British PM joins Obama in Syria chemical weapon warning

Earlier, Chinese state media accused Obama of using the chemical arms issue as an excuse for military intervention.

22 August 2012 • 18:16 AMT
Closing arguments delivered in Apple v. Samsung patent trial

Apple lawyers accused South Korea-based Samsung of copying Apple designs after realizing it could not compete.

22 August 2012 • 17:57 AMT
UN chief to discuss Iran’s nuke program, Syria at NAM summit

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters that Ban will be in Tehran August 29-31 for a meeting of 120 non-aligned nations.

22 August 2012 • 17:46 AMT
IAEA head plays down chances of breakthrough in Iran talks

Yukiya Amano said the IAEA still wanted access, but that apparent efforts to sanitize Parchin could impede the agency’s inquiry.

22 August 2012 • 17:31 AMT
Taiwan places soldiers, evacuates residents to brace typhoon

The route of its movement might also be affected by Bolaven, another typhoon around 1,400 kilometers east of Taiwan.

22 August 2012 • 17:24 AMT
S&P says Spain bailout wouldn’t harm credit rating

Spain is reeling from the collapse of a property boom that forced it to request up to €100 billion in financial aid for its banks.

22 August 2012 • 16:55 AMT
Pingdom publishes demographics of social media sites

There’s no huge surprise in the average age of social media users: more than half are between 25 and 44 years old.

22 August 2012 • 16:42 AMT
LG releases world’s biggest ultra-definition TV

LG’s 84in model has initially been released in South Korea ahead of its launch elsewhere in the world in September.

22 August 2012 • 15:57 AMT
Turkish convoy hit by remote-controlled explosives in southeast

The convoy was travelling in the Semdinli region of Hakkari province bordering Iraq when it was hit, security sources said.

22 August 2012 • 15:52 AMT
Artsakh Defense Minister, OSCE rep. discuss situation at contact line

Lieut Gen Movses Hakobyan met with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

22 August 2012 • 15:41 AMT
U.S. probes Royal Bank of Scotland for violations of Iran sanctions

A spokesman for the Federal Reserve said it could not “comment on supervisory matters pertaining to individual institutions”.

22 August 2012 • 15:34 AMT
Forbes names Merkel, Clinton world’s most powerful women

Others in the top tier include U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama at seven, and Indian President Sonia Gandhi at six.

22 August 2012 • 15:21 AMT
U.S. temporarily lifts Iran sanctions for quake relief efforts

Until now U.S. sanctions allowed food and medicines to be sent to Iran for humanitarian reasons, but not money.