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25 July 2012 • 12:01 AMT
Samsung disables Google search function in Galaxy S3 intl. version

Apple claims the innovation infringes its patent to a single search interface which it uses in its Siri app.

25 July 2012 • 11:53 AMT
“The Hobbit” filmmakers, Warner Bros. looking to make 3rd movie

The 3rd film would presumably follow in 2014, same way films in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy unspooled over 3 consecutive years.

25 July 2012 • 11:43 AMT
ANM youth wing urges intn’l organizations to assist in sentenced activists’ release

The member of ANM executive body Arman Galoyan said that the issue will be brought to the attention of international community.

25 July 2012 • 11:42 AMT
Mexican-Armenian Business Council to be established

The 2012 Armenian-Mexican Business Reception included an expo, displaying foods and beverages imported from Armenia.

25 July 2012 • 11:24 AMT
Border officials call off strike on Olympics eve

The union announced one week ago that thousands of Home Office staff would stage a 24-hour strike on July 26.

25 July 2012 • 11:14 AMT
UK double-dip recession extends into third quarter

Officials at the ONS said it was hard to assess the full impact of June’s additional public holiday on GDP in the second quarter.

25 July 2012 • 11:03 AMT
Red-band trailer for Ben Stiller’s “The Watch” comedy released

In the film, suburban dads who form a neighborhood watch group find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

25 July 2012 • 11:00 AMT
Hrant Melkumyan wins Biel’s Fischer Chess Tournament bronze

Grandmaster Michael Roiz (Israel) scored gold at Switzerland-hosted tournament having gained 6,5 points.

25 July 2012 • 10:55 AMT
Foxconn eyes Indonesian market

The company, however, is still evaluating what kind of opportunities Indonesia can provide the company, Hsing said.

25 July 2012 • 10:33 AMT
Bruce Willis’ “Looper” to open Toronto Film Fest

Toronto will showcase a number of films screened at Cannes Film Fest, “Reality,” “Rust and Bone,” “The Hunt.”

25 July 2012 • 10:22 AMT
PM urges strengthening of Armenia-Argentina economic ties

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the newly appointed Argentinean Ambassador to Armenia Diego Ernesto Alvarez Rivera.

25 July 2012 • 10:18 AMT
Former senior ANC member denies plans to emigrate to U.S. – paper

“My leaving Armenia would be granting the rumor-mongers’ wish. I know well who’s behind those rumors,” Shahnazaryan said.

25 July 2012 • 09:50 AMT
Belarusian President banned from London Olympics

Lukashenko sent off his Olympic team to London in the middle of this month, ordering them to bring home at least 25 medals.

25 July 2012 • 09:44 AMT
UN Sec-Gen to carry Olympic torch

Ban Ki-moon will also attend the Olympic games opening ceremony and take part in events to promote an Olympic truce.

25 July 2012 • 09:43 AMT
“1915” performance on Genocide to premiere in Brazil

The play’s sound accompaniment includes performances by Komitas String Quartet, as well as Inga and Anush Arshakyan’s songs

25 July 2012 • 09:35 AMT
Syria’s envoy to Cyprus defects to Qatar – source

In Cyprus, government officials said they had no information on whether Lamia al-Hariri had defected.

25 July 2012 • 09:23 AMT
Armenia’s Ulisses FC drops out of UEFA Champions League

Moldova’s FC Sheriff moved into the UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round courtesy of 1-0 home victory against Ulisses FC.

25 July 2012 • 09:09 AMT
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group posts AMD 90.3 bn credit portfolio in Q1

Areximbank-Gazprombank Group profit prior to taxation amounted to AMD 647.2 mln, up 22,5% from year earlier period.

25 July 2012 • 08:51 AMT
Prosperous Armenia deputy ministers to resign posts soon – paper

The party’s deputy ministers aren’t rushing to hand in resignations, in hopes of retaining their seats regardless of political change, the daily said.

25 July 2012 • 08:38 AMT
Armenian GMs tie Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 7 games

China’s Ju Wenjun is leading the tournament with 5 points, followed by Hou Yifan and Ruan Lufei with 4,5 points each.

25 July 2012 • 08:33 AMT
Aram Safaryan factually left Prosperous Armenia party, paper says

The ex-parliamentary official neither confirmed nor denied the report in a conversation with Zhoghovurd reporter.

25 July 2012 • 08:32 AMT
Turkish PM meets exiled Hamas leader

Erdogan has met exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to break the daily fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

25 July 2012 • 08:18 AMT
Chefs reveal eating preferences of world leaders

The “club des chefs des chefs”, which now counts some 20 members, was formed 35 years ago by Gilles Bragard.

25 July 2012 • 07:59 AMT
Raging Aleppo fighting enters fifth day

Syria’s commercial hub is about 40 miles from neighboring Turkey, which announced it was closing its 566-mile border.

25 July 2012 • 07:49 AMT
EBRD cuts growth forecast for Russian economy

This month the International Monetary Fund also cut its forecast for Russia’s 2013 GDP growth outlook from 4 to 3.9 percent.

25 July 2012 • 07:43 AMT
Hitachi to announce £4bln high-speed rail car order from UK

Hitachi will build a rail car factory in Britain that will employ as many as 500 people as early as 2015, the Nikkei said.

25 July 2012 • 07:33 AMT
LA City Council votes to ban marijuana shops

Under the ban, medical patients and their caregivers will be able to grow and share the drug in small groups of three people or less.

25 July 2012 • 07:28 AMT
Turkish wealthy store $158bln in offshore bank accounts

That amount is more than the combined annual gross domestic product (GDP) of the world’s two largest economies.

25 July 2012 • 07:08 AMT
Peugeot Citroen reports €819mln loss in first half-year

President Francois Hollande’s administration has said the plan is unacceptable and that it will force it to save some of those jobs.

25 July 2012 • 06:56 AMT
Assange hires Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon as legal adviser

Garzon is part of an international panel that was set up to oversee the ongoing judicial overhaul in the OPEC-member country.