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20 June 2012 • 11:39 AMT
Burcu Gursel to give lecture at NAASR

Gursel has taught at Sabanci University and most recently was a post-doctoral fellow at the Forum Transregionale Studien.

20 June 2012 • 11:36 AMT
Muse Productions to finance Paul Verhoeven’s controversial Jesus Christ movie

Director Paul Verhoeven’s take on the life of Jesus Christ discounts all of miracles that inform the New Testament.

20 June 2012 • 11:28 AMT
Average monthly salary totals AMD 114 875 in May

3,9% and 3,7% growth was recorded in salaries of budgetary and private organizations in May 2012 against 2011 results.

20 June 2012 • 11:17 AMT
Italy’s Monti offers using bailout fund to buy sovereign debt

The idea will be discussed further when he meets with the leaders of Germany, France and Spain in Rome.

20 June 2012 • 11:10 AMT
Gazprom plans to complete gas price talks with E.ON soon

Gazprom’s prices stipulated in long-term gas supply contracts have long been the subject of heated debates with European partners.

20 June 2012 • 11:07 AMT
Armenia posts export increase in May

The negative balance of foreign trade turnover amounted to $1116,1 mln (AMD 436,3 bln) in January-May 2012.

20 June 2012 • 10:52 AMT
Toshiba to build solar plants at Japan disaster-hit Fukushima

The project overtakes an earlier plan by Kyocera Corp, heavy machinery maker IHI Corp and Mizuho Corporate Bank.

20 June 2012 • 10:40 AMT
Karabakh statements do not reflect reality behind the process – expert

Andrey Areshev: OSCE MG co-chairing presidents’ statement was issued on the background of increased U.S. presence in S. Caucasus.

20 June 2012 • 10:29 AMT
Man takes hostages in French bank, fires a shot

French television station BFM says the man claims to be linked to al-Qaida. The police official could not confirm this claim.

20 June 2012 • 10:13 AMT
UEFA donates €180,000 to CAFE for 60 goals scored

UEFA is donating €3,000 to CAFE for each goal scored at EURO 2012: the now concluded group stage has seen 60 goals in 24 games.

20 June 2012 • 10:11 AMT
Kodak sues Apple over ‘patent derailing attempts’

Kodak alleges that Apple regularly infringes on its patents and would stand to gain a great deal by buying Kodak’s patents.

20 June 2012 • 09:58 AMT
Remains of turtles mating 47 million years ago found in Germany

“There is no doubt that this lake killed many unsuspecting animals,” said Joyce of the University of Tuebingen.

20 June 2012 • 09:58 AMT
PM urges legislative changes, transparency in curbing shadow economy

“The success of govt. program depends on the ability to bring major business into equal competitive field,” Tigran Sargyan said.

20 June 2012 • 09:57 AMT
Jhonathan Florez shatters Guinness record with longest duration wingsuit jump

A Colombian-born wingman broke four Guinness World Records in a single death-defying jump from a plane flying at 37,265 ft.

20 June 2012 • 09:47 AMT
Google threatens to sue YouTube MP3 conversion site

YouTube-mp3.com allows users to copy and paste a YouTube URL and have it converted to an MP3 in just three or four minutes.

20 June 2012 • 09:39 AMT
Google Maps to include canals, rivers, bridges

Tony Hales, the chairman of the trust, said: “We are delighted that these exciting partners have come on board as we launch.”

20 June 2012 • 09:31 AMT
Facebook to replace Credits system with local currency

As for subscriptions, all Facebook.com and mobile web apps will be able to set up recurring payments for users.

20 June 2012 • 09:26 AMT
Volodya Frangulyan wins bronze at European Junior Wrestling Championship

Armenian wrestlers Artak Hovhannisyan, David Apoyan, Vahe Tamrazyan, Hamlet Abrahamyan will perform June 20.

20 June 2012 • 09:22 AMT
Russia to get new deep-sea research ship

The Navy was initially scheduled to receive the vessel earlier this month, but bureaucratic hurdles delayed the handover.

20 June 2012 • 09:15 AMT
Up to 27 million people live in slavery, U.S. says

“The end of legal slavery in the U.S. and in other countries has not, unfortunately, meant the end of slavery,” Clinton said.

20 June 2012 • 09:09 AMT
Armenia posts 8% economic activity index in May

Meanwhile, in January-May 2012 inflation rate increased by 2,5% as compared with the same period in 2011.

20 June 2012 • 08:57 AMT
David Nalbandian facing Nicolas Almagro at Boodles Challenge 2012

At last year’s Boodles Challenge tournament, Nalbandian gained the 2nd place, preceded by Spain’s David Ferrer.

20 June 2012 • 08:57 AMT
Kristen Stewart bests Cameron Diaz to top Forbes’ highest-paid actress list

The actress reportedly took in $12.5 mln for each “The Twilight Saga — Breaking Dawn” film, plus her new fairy-tale revamp.

20 June 2012 • 08:31 AMT
Government plans to create 100000 new jobs – PM

Tigran Sargsyan: Armenian government’s program also envisages 80% poverty reduction and doubling of minimal salaries.

20 June 2012 • 08:10 AMT
Dashnaktsutyun, ANC, Heritage announce forming opposition

However, Heritage Armenia party, which earlier refused to join the ruling coalition, refrained from making a statement.

20 June 2012 • 07:58 AMT
Cameron, Kirchner lock horns at G20 summit

“The prime minister refused to accept the documents, turned his back and walked away without a farewell,” Hector Timmerman said.

20 June 2012 • 07:48 AMT
Pakistan detains French man over al-Qaida ties

Naamen Meziche was captured in a raid near the border with Iran, officials said, without specifying when this had happened.

20 June 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Johnny Depp separates from Vanessa Paradis after 14 years

The couple never married, although Depp has been married once before, to Lori Anne Allison between 1983 and 1985.

20 June 2012 • 07:43 AMT
Asians become fastest growing group of U.S. immigrants

Analysts say the trend reflects a slowdown in illegal immigration as employers boost their demand for high-skilled workers.

20 June 2012 • 07:31 AMT
Moody’s upgrades Turkey’s credit rating

Ba2 credit was raised to Ba1, which still defines Turkey as “judged to be speculative and subject to credit risk.”