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25 June 2012 • 09:41 AMT
Nokia Camera Extras available in Windows Phone Marketplace

Lumia smartphone owners in the U.S. and China can download it free of charge; other users will get in later in July.

25 June 2012 • 09:25 AMT
N. Korea brands U.S.-South war drills flag use “an insult”

Earlier, North Korean flag disappeared behind flames and smoke as South Korean jets and U.S. helicopters fired rockets.

25 June 2012 • 09:21 AMT
Senior Syrian officers reportedly defect from Assad forces

A Syrian general, two colonels two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected and arrived in Turkey.

25 June 2012 • 09:14 AMT
“All is Well,” “Drought” win LA Film Fest top awards

The two top juried awards are the Narrative Award and Documentary Award, each carrying an unrestricted $15,000 cash prize.

25 June 2012 • 09:10 AMT
S. Korea’s oil imports from Iran decrease sharply

Earlier this month, two South Korean shipping companies said they had suspended importing Iranian crude.

25 June 2012 • 09:03 AMT
Palm Springs ShortFest qualifies 4 films for Oscar

“Behind the Mirrors” Peruvian/U.S. co-production about the owner of a brothel, received the Best of Festival Award.

25 June 2012 • 08:55 AMT
Facebook launches Find Friends Nearby new mobile feature

Find Friends Nearby allows users to locate their friends at events or locations without having to search them by name.

25 June 2012 • 08:53 AMT
RPA member: it’s hard to be neither coalition nor opposition

Artak Zakaryan: back in global financial crisis years, Armenian government was busy overcoming the crisis repercussions.

25 June 2012 • 08:46 AMT
Syrian forces reportedly fire upon another Turkish plane

The information was shared with the ambassadors and defense attachés of the Arab League, European Union and NATO countries.

25 June 2012 • 08:46 AMT
David Harutyunyan wins Karen Asryan Memorial gold

The tournament, with a prize fund of $18,5 thous. brought together 57 chess players, including 13 grandmasters.

25 June 2012 • 08:30 AMT
OSCE resolution calls for stronger Afghanistan border security projects

The resolution calls for the OSCE participating States to increase their contributions toward activities related to border security.

25 June 2012 • 08:24 AMT
Vanes Martirosyan says will fight Saul Alvarez “anytime, anywhere”

Martirosyan faces Ryan Davis July 7 in Carson, CA on the undercard of Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula HBO televised fight.

25 June 2012 • 08:18 AMT
David Nalbandian climbs 37th in ATP rankings

The Argentina-based tennis player will face off against Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of Wimbledon June 25.

25 June 2012 • 08:17 AMT
MP: new govt. program ready for possible crisis

“The program stipulates for new mechanisms to be invoked in case of an economic crisis,” Artak Zakaryan said.

25 June 2012 • 08:15 AMT
David Nalbandian faces no further ATP punishment over linesman incident

The tennis player was defaulted from Aegon Championships after he injured a linesman when kicking an advertising board.

25 June 2012 • 08:15 AMT
Azerbaijan again tries to transform economic event into political battlefield?

Baku has repeatedly tried to use the Black Sea Economic Cooperation as a platform to push its political complaints.

25 June 2012 • 08:00 AMT
Google’s interactive TV service available outside U.S.

The device, which will cost around £200 in UK when it is released in July, will compete with Apple’s own TV box.

25 June 2012 • 07:57 AMT
Austrian President arriving in Yerevan for official visit

The leaders of both countries, Serzh Sargysan and Heinz Fischer will attend Armenia-Austria business forum.

25 June 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Iran, Syria discussions to dominate Putin’s Middle East tour

“The President’s trip stresses the region’s significance in the system of our foreign policy priorities,” Ushakov said.

25 June 2012 • 07:34 AMT
Historical Armenian school in Istanbul to be transformed into hotel

Harutyun Şanlı said the building served as a school until 1983 but had to be closed down because there were no students left.

25 June 2012 • 07:15 AMT
Nissan to spend $800 million on new China factory

The factory will have a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles by 2014. It will be Nissan’s fourth manufacturing center in China.

25 June 2012 • 07:02 AMT
UN chief hails Egypt presidential election conclusion

Mohamed Morsy defeated Ahmed Shafiq by more than almost 900,000 votes, with 51.7% of the vote, compared to 48% for Shafiq.

25 June 2012 • 06:56 AMT
Galapagos 100-year-old giant tortoise Lonesome George dies

“The park ranger in charge of looking after the tortoises found Lonesome George, his body was motionless,” Edwin Naula said.

25 June 2012 • 06:46 AMT
Samsung expects Galaxy S III sales to top 10 mln during July

Samsung launched its Galaxy S III, the strongest rival for Apple’s iPhone, on May 29 in Europe, and is now expanding global roll-outs.

25 June 2012 • 06:39 AMT
Saudi Arabia to let women compete in Olympics for the first time

In practice this is likely to mean modest, loose-fitting garments and “a sports hijab”, a scarf covering the hair but not the face.

25 June 2012 • 06:21 AMT
WikiLeaks founder wants guarantees he won’t be sent to U.S.

“Ultimately it may be a matter of what guarantees the UK, the U.S. and Sweden are willing to provide,” Assange said.

25 June 2012 • 06:17 AMT
German Minister says Greece hasn’t done enough to fulfill promises

“It’s not going to help to take money to it. The decisive thing is to credibly fight the causes of the crisis,” Schaeuble says.

25 June 2012 • 06:04 AMT
Oil above $80 after storm lashes Gulf of Mexico

Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 48 cents at $80.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

25 June 2012 • 05:53 AMT
Toyota, BMW reportedly expand tie-up with on hybrid car technology

The two firms’ top executives will announce in Germany this week that they are boosting a previously announced agreement.

24 June 2012 • 14:44 AMT
Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi elected president of Egypt

The inauguration of Mursi, nonetheless, does not imply that the military institution will loosen its grip on power.