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22 June 2012 • 13:06 AMT
Cosmonauts to install additional anti-meteorite panels on ISS

“We will have to move a cargo platform so as to use it more conveniently in the future,” Yury Malanchenko said.

22 June 2012 • 12:45 AMT
Yemeni security forces detain al-Qaeda chief following major’s killing

Yemeni security forces have tightened security across the country after a suicide bomber killed Major General Salem Qatan.

22 June 2012 • 12:31 AMT
Syria’s Olympic chief blocked from London Games

It is understood the application has been refused because of General Joumaa’s links to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

22 June 2012 • 12:13 AMT
Anti-regime demonstrations sweep Sudanese capital

Riot police fired tear gas and civilians armed with machetes and swords attacked protesters during five days of protests.

22 June 2012 • 12:12 AMT
Two rockets from Gaza hit Israel, no casualties

A military spokeswoman said that the rockets, which struck southern Israel, did not cause casualties or damage.

22 June 2012 • 12:00 AMT
Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace’s “Dead Man Down” thriller release date set

In the movie, Farrell plays a professional killer and right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City.

22 June 2012 • 11:57 AMT
Twitter executive explains outage cause

“This wasn’t due to a hack or our new office or Euro 2012 or GIF avatars, as some have speculated today,” Mazen Rawashdeh said.

22 June 2012 • 11:51 AMT
U.S., South Korea joint drills to send warning to North

The war games south of the heavily armed Korean border come amid rising animosity between the rival Koreas.

22 June 2012 • 11:50 AMT
Turkish Historical Society says it located lost Ottoman-era Armenian gold

A group of Armenian-Canadians were paid compensation by a British bank from the seized fund, which now equals 1.3 million pounds.

22 June 2012 • 11:14 AMT
Egypt’s political forces call for more protests

Hundreds of people spent the night in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, with more protests planned for the afternoon.

22 June 2012 • 11:11 AMT
Pakistan announces early elections, new PM candidate nominated

Supreme Court disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani as PM for failing to initiate a corruption probe of the president’s affairs.

22 June 2012 • 10:52 AMT
Bryan Buckley to helm Reese Witherspoon’s “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”

The film is based on John Gray’s guide to relationships that is the best selling non-fiction hardcover book of all-time.

22 June 2012 • 10:51 AMT
Lawyers say Breivik was motivated by extreme rightwing ideology

“That little, safe Norway would be hit by such a terror attack is almost impossible to understand,” Geir Lippestad said.

22 June 2012 • 10:41 AMT
Armenian President, Bulgarian envoy discuss strengthening of ties

Newly-appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to Armenia Georgi Karastamatov presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan

22 June 2012 • 10:33 AMT
Health Ministry decides against transfer of severely beaten doctor abroad – paper

Derenik Dumanyan: doctors have established round the clock observation; we hope to be able to save the major’s life.

22 June 2012 • 10:32 AMT
Paper: Gymri Mayor intensifies activities

According to Yerkir daily’s sources, MP Martun Grigoryan, backed by RPA, will get Gyumri Mayor’s post.

22 June 2012 • 10:28 AMT
Erdoğan pledges protection for Turkey’s Jews

“Under my leadership, the Jewish community in Turkey is safe. They are under my protection,” Turkish PM said.

22 June 2012 • 10:20 AMT
New trailer features “Lord of the Rings” star Karl Urban as “Dredd”

Pete Travis’ “Dredd” takes place in a dystopian futuristic society in which cops occupy judge, jury and executioner roles.

22 June 2012 • 09:41 AMT
REC Caucasus Armenia hosts roundtable on agro-biodiversity

Various figures, data and information provided during the project implementation have also been represented and clarified.

22 June 2012 • 09:33 AMT
Japan’s annual Kyoto Prize winners announced

India’s Gayatri Spivak, a literary critic and professor at Columbia University, won the prize for arts and philosophy.

22 June 2012 • 09:20 AMT
Barbra Streisand to helm “Skinny and Cat”, her 1st movie project in 16 years

Streisand’s project will revolve around a love story between late author Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke White.

22 June 2012 • 09:18 AMT
Turks see terrorism as country’s major problem

Unemployment ranked in third place at 8.7 percent, while 6.1 percent say Turkey’s biggest problem is education.

22 June 2012 • 09:05 AMT
Ohanyan to attend CIS Defense Ministers’ Council session

The event will focus on joint use of Russia’s military orbital group and space vehicles in the interests of CIS armies.

22 June 2012 • 09:05 AMT
IMF chief hopes ‘wisdom will prevail’

“We are clearly seeing additional tension and acute stress applying to both banks and sovereigns in the euro area,” Lagarde said.

22 June 2012 • 08:35 AMT
Liam Neeson’s “Taken 2” trailer hits the web

The 20th Century Fox and EuropaCorp film is being released October 5 with Olivier Megaton (Columbiana) directing.

22 June 2012 • 08:32 AMT
At least 8 killed, over 50 wounded in Baghdad blasts

The attack was the latest in a wave of bombings this month that have targeted mainly Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims and religious sites.

22 June 2012 • 08:27 AMT
Showman Mark Saghatelyan, producer Grigor Nazaryan severely injured in car accident

After the accident, both men have been taken to Mkhitar Heratsi hospital and are currently in resuscitation department.

22 June 2012 • 08:26 AMT
Flipboard for Android hits the Play Store

The socially-enabled news reader app pulls in content from RSS, Facebook and Twitter, and will soon add Google+ to the list.

22 June 2012 • 08:13 AMT
Yandex buys 25% stake in seismic data processing company

Seismotech was founded in 2010 and is staffed by personnel who have more than 15 years of experience in scientific research.

22 June 2012 • 08:05 AMT
Sony Pictures Animation releases “Hotel Transylvania” theatrical trailer

Genndy Tartakovsky, known for animated TV shows Dexter’s Laboratory and others, makes his feature directing debut.