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21 June 2012 • 14:43 AMT
“Rise of Planet of Apes” writers to tackle “Jurassic Park IV”

Spielberg directed 1993’s “Jurassic Park” and 1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” based on Michael Crichton’s bestselling book.

21 June 2012 • 14:31 AMT
Russian ship carrying helicopters to Syria returns home

Helicopters became center of diplomatic row, with Hillary Clinton claiming Russia was supplying weapons to massacre Syrian rebels.

21 June 2012 • 14:13 AMT
Turkey “agrees to restore ties with France after Genocide bill row”

Turkey’s PM Erdogan ordered the sanctions be lifted after a meeting with France’s new President Hollande at a summit in Brazil.

21 June 2012 • 13:56 AMT
Armenian parliament adopts govt. program with 75 votes “for”, 45 “against”

Opposition and Prosperous Armenia party voted to oppose the program, while ruling coalition and Orinats Yerkir party voted for it

21 June 2012 • 13:26 AMT
Cannes-screened “The Paperboy” gets a release date

The film, which got a standing ovation at Cannes stars Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and John Cusack

21 June 2012 • 13:12 AMT
8.4% increase reported in SCR freight volume in Jan-May 2012

In May 2012 the volume of SCR freight traffic increased by 29.9% compared with last year’s same period.

21 June 2012 • 13:03 AMT
Yerevan-Tbilisi-Yerevan trains serviced 7.9 thous. passengers in Jan-May

South Caucasus Railway (SCR) upgrades the rolling stock, the list of services expands, train speed increases.

21 June 2012 • 12:54 AMT
Explosives found near Swedish nuke plant

The govt. forensic agency said the “explosive materials”, which had no igniting device, were found during a routine check.

21 June 2012 • 12:45 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 417,22 June 21

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 417,22 on June 21, increasing by 0.95 point compared to June 20

21 June 2012 • 12:36 AMT
WB Regional Director says 7% economic growth possible in Armenia

Henry Keraly has been appointed the new Regional Director for the South Caucasus effective July 1, 2012.

21 June 2012 • 12:28 AMT
Air France to cut 5,000 jobs to reduce costs

Air France says it is hoping to avoid compulsory redundancies through natural turnover and voluntary redundancies.

21 June 2012 • 12:27 AMT
Iranian Central Bank website attacked

The website went offline briefly, but return to normal functioning a short time later, according to The Jerusalem Post.

21 June 2012 • 12:22 AMT
“Holy Motors” helmer to get Pardo d’Onore “cinema master” award

Previous Pardo d’Onore recipients include Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard, Abbas Kiarostami, Aleksandr Sokurov.

21 June 2012 • 12:09 AMT
Wozniak visits MegaUpload’s Dotcom in New Zealand

The United States is trying to extradite Kim Dotcom and a hearing to decide the matter is scheduled for August.

21 June 2012 • 12:04 AMT
Romania’s ex-PM shoots himself, faces surgery

Adrian Nastase shot himself hours after a top court ruled that he must serve a two-year prison sentence on corruption charges.

21 June 2012 • 11:56 AMT
Glendale Chapter donates $5000 for AYF Artsakh campaign

“In our opinion, this is the most pressing emergency today,” said Shoghak Kazandjian, a member of the Glendale Executive.

21 June 2012 • 11:56 AMT
Pakistani PM nominee faces arrest

Court issued arrest warrant for Shahabuddin over the case of violated quota limits for ephedrine export while he was health minister.

21 June 2012 • 11:55 AMT
BSTDB head hails Armenia’s withstanding economic crisis

Andrey Kondakov: we positively assess Armenia’s economic situation and stand ready to increase funding in the country.

21 June 2012 • 11:52 AMT
Elina Danielian suffers 1st defeat at FIDE Women Grand Prix

Elina Danielian suffered her first defeat by Alexandra Kosteniuk in the 9th round of FIDE Women Grand Prix.

21 June 2012 • 11:50 AMT
NKR: Azerbaijan rejects civilized ways of Karabakh settlement

“Baku hasn’t abandoned yet the initially assumed method of conflict resolution by use of force,” Foreign Ministry said.

21 June 2012 • 11:44 AMT
Syrian fighter plane pilot defects to Jordan

The incident comes amid shelling in the city of Homs where Red Cross teams are poised to evacuate civilians.

21 June 2012 • 11:39 AMT
Homenetmen Athletic Games due July 4-8 in Washington

Athletes from the 10 Eastern Region chapters along with invited guests from Montreal and Toronto will gather in Washington.

21 June 2012 • 11:31 AMT
Keira Knightley featured in “Anna Karenina” trailer

The cast boasts Jude Law, “Kickass” star Aaron Johnson and “Boardwalk Empire”s’ Kelly Macdonald among others.

21 June 2012 • 11:18 AMT
U.S. congressional candidate blames Armenian Genocide on gun control

“From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated,” Samuel Wurzelbacher said.

21 June 2012 • 10:53 AMT
Uruguay mulls selling marijuana

Under the plan, only government would be allowed to sell marijuana and only to adults who register on a government database.

21 June 2012 • 10:48 AMT
BBC’s iPlayer gets added functionality

The broadcaster said that live requests made up 22 percent of iPlayer’s requests on the PC in April 2012.

21 June 2012 • 10:43 AMT
ANC mistakes parliament platform for Liberty Square

Armenian National Congress (ANC) continued harsh criticism of the government’s program and activity of the past few years.

21 June 2012 • 10:40 AMT
Ferrari charity auction raises €1.8 million

The owner will also have the special vehicle delivered by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa at the next Italian Gran Prix at Monza.

21 June 2012 • 10:27 AMT
Australian scientists find biggest-ever diprotodon graveyard

Diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever to roam the earth, weighing up to 2.8 tons, lived between 2 million and 50,000 years ago.

21 June 2012 • 09:58 AMT
HSBC: China’s manufacturing activity deteriorated in June

A reading below 50 indicates a weakening in business conditions at factories, while one above 50 shows an improvement.