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10 July 2012 • 18:39 AMT
Italy may want to tap eurozone aid to ease debt

Monti’s comments show the 2-1/2 year-old euro zone crisis risks engulfing Italy, the bloc’s third-largest economy.

10 July 2012 • 17:58 AMT
20 U.S. museums added to Google Maps

The museums now join Google’s collection of over 10,000 indoor maps it has added to its database since the launch in November.

10 July 2012 • 17:56 AMT
Schwarzenegger’s son joins “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner in “Grown Ups 2”

Grown Ups 2 adds Lautner and Schwarzenegger to a cast that includes Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Kevin James, and Chris Rock.

10 July 2012 • 17:51 AMT
Apple awarded patent for iTravel application

The iTravel app should work on Macs, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, allowing users to make trip reservations and share them.

10 July 2012 • 17:43 AMT
Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee join Hugh Jackman in “X-Men: Wolverine” sequel

Lee is the lead villain in MGM’s Red Dawn remake opposite Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson and Sony’s Total Recall remake.

10 July 2012 • 17:38 AMT
List showing upcoming Nokia smartphones leaked

The Chinese language site WPDang posted up the list, which shows three names of upcoming Nokia smartphones.

10 July 2012 • 17:28 AMT
CBA retains refinancing rate at 8%

The move was made in view of neutralizing influence of global and local economies on internal prices, and AMD devaluation tendencies.

10 July 2012 • 17:13 AMT
U.S. Cellular to start selling Samsung Galaxy S III July 11

The 16GB version will carry a $199.99 price tag, and will be immediately available, with the 32GB version to follow.

10 July 2012 • 17:09 AMT
RIM investing $100mln to grow BlackBerry developer community

To rebuild and grow its community, RIM will run several developer programs to attract developers to the Blackberry platform.

10 July 2012 • 17:04 AMT
Concorde picks up German rights to Naomi Watts’ “Diana” Lady Di biopic

The film focuses on Princess Diana’s relationship with heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan, played by British actor Naveen Andrews.

10 July 2012 • 17:03 AMT
Dropbox Pro users to get their storage doubled

Currently, the largest Pro subscription is 100GB plus the baseline 2GB, with options of 1TB or more available for “teams” only.

10 July 2012 • 16:50 AMT
Sony nabs Agatha Christie’s “Crooked House” film adaptation

The Neil LaBute-directed adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery novel is being made by Ealing Metro International.

10 July 2012 • 16:41 AMT
Assad proposes “ending Syria’s conflict on step-by-step basis”

Syria’s leader had proposed “building an approach from the ground up in some of the districts where we have extreme violence.”

10 July 2012 • 16:33 AMT
3 killed in Baghdad bomb attack

The latest violence comes amid a spike in attacks, with Iraq suffering a wave of unrest in June that left at least 282 people dead.

10 July 2012 • 16:09 AMT
“Prometheus” star Michael Fassbender to play in “Assassin’s Creed”

The highly sought-after actor will play Desmond Miles, a bartender descended from families of prominent assassins.

10 July 2012 • 16:03 AMT
“Ice Age 4” TV spot parodies “The Dark Knight Rises”

Titled “The Dark Nut”, the promotional video sees the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat as a Batman-like superhero.

10 July 2012 • 15:49 AMT
Romania’s court gives Basescu fighting chance amid impeachment threat

Parliament last week approved a measure by Ponta’s USL to suspend Basescu, saying he had overstepped his powers.

10 July 2012 • 15:26 AMT
Russian navy to start training missions in Atlantic, Mediterranean

The force will be joined in northern Atlantic by group of Baltic Fleet ships, including the Yaroslav Mudry frigate and the Lena tanker.

10 July 2012 • 15:15 AMT
Diaspora Summer School training courses launched in Armenia

Yerevan State University professors and students as well as Diaspora Summer School participants attended the opening ceremony.

10 July 2012 • 15:12 AMT
India pays $1.1 mln to buy Ghandi archives, prevent auction

The archive, which belonged to Gandhi’s close friend Hermann Kallenbach was to have gone under the hammer at Sotheby’s on July 10.

10 July 2012 • 14:46 AMT
Bence Fliegauf’s “Just the Wind” wins top prize at Paris Cinema Festival

The drama based on true story of series of racist attacks in Hungary screened at this year’s Berlinale, where it won Amnesty Prize.

10 July 2012 • 14:34 AMT
Norway restarts oil, gas fields after govt. order to end strike

The strike had choked off some 13% of Norway’s oil production and 4% of its gas output and pushed oil prices above $100 per barrel.

10 July 2012 • 14:25 AMT
Medieval Welsh law book sold for $839,532

It is believed the 14th Century pocket book, called The Laws of Hywel Dda, was taken to America by Welsh settlers in the 1700s.

10 July 2012 • 13:56 AMT
Egypt’s parliament reconvenes despite top court ruling

Lawmakers approved parliament speaker’s proposal to seek legal advice from high appeals court on how to implement supreme court’s ruling.

10 July 2012 • 13:40 AMT
Anthony Hopkins joins Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah”

The film stars Russell Crowe as the Biblical ark builder, as well as Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly, Douglas Booth.

10 July 2012 • 13:23 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 417,71 July 10

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 417,71 on July 10, decreasing by 0.93 point compared to July 9.

10 July 2012 • 13:15 AMT
ARFD to nominate presidential candidate, may join forces with opposition

“ARFD would regard joining forces to nominate a single candidate as a serious victory for the opposition,” Armen Rustamyan said.

10 July 2012 • 12:47 AMT
Marriage age in Armenia to rise to 19

The National Assembly will discuss the introduction of the change into Armenia’s Family Code on July 12.

10 July 2012 • 12:42 AMT
French hostage taker arrested, police say

Around 100 people were evacuated from the neighborhood during the hostage taking, a police source said, asking not to be named.

10 July 2012 • 12:35 AMT
Two bus crashes in Morocco kill 27, including German, Dutch tourists

A bus speeding on roads along the Mediterranean crashed outside the city of Nador, killing 10 people and wounding 33.