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16 June 2012 • 14:12 AMT
Prosperous Armenia head pledges to protect his party members’ rights

Prosperous Armenia leader further voiced willingness to invite a group of foreign lawyers and jurists if necessary.

16 June 2012 • 13:33 AMT
Armenian President appoints new government members

President Sargsyan signed another decree to appoint Armen Gevorgyan as Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia.

16 June 2012 • 13:03 AMT
Armenia’s traffic police use rise in fines for personal benefits – public figure

Eduard Hovhannisyan: Armenia’s traffic police use recent rise in fines for violations to replenish the extra-budgetary fund.

16 June 2012 • 12:25 AMT
Henry Kerali appointed as WB new regional official head

Henry Kerali has been appointed as the new head of the World Bank (WB) regional office in the South Caucasus.

16 June 2012 • 12:06 AMT
Merkel hopes Greek new govt. will keep promises

Merkel said at a regional convention of her conservative party that Europeans have to stop making promises they then break.

16 June 2012 • 12:01 AMT
1000 cases of Azeri ceasefire violation reported June 10-16

1000 instances of ceasefire violation by Azeri armed forces were registered at the contact line between NKR and Azerbaijan.

16 June 2012 • 11:46 AMT
Armenian FM to meet with his Azeri counterpart in Paris

Meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers will be held through mediation of OSCE Minsk Group.

16 June 2012 • 11:28 AMT
Officials: 17 al-Qaida militants killed in Yemen latest fighting

The officials say the fighting raged in southern Shabwa province, one of the few remaining al-Qaida strongholds.

16 June 2012 • 11:14 AMT
NZ court orders FBI to copy over 150TB of Megaupload data

Even former New York federal judge Abraham David Sofaer called the DOJ’s handling of this data “outrageous.”

16 June 2012 • 10:53 AMT
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince dies in Geneva

Nayef, interior minister since 1975, was the heir to Saudi King Abdullah and was appointed crown prince in October.

16 June 2012 • 10:43 AMT
Syrian activists: at least 12 killed in regime shelling

The head of the UN observers, Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, said Friday that a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission.

16 June 2012 • 10:34 AMT
Wozniak says Siri worsened since Apple bought it

The Apple co-founder ended the interview by saying that voice-recognition systems like Siri will “get better and better.”

16 June 2012 • 10:19 AMT
BBC Worldwide launching mentoring scheme for digital startups

The BBC Labs official launch event is on June 22 at Google’s Campus, a co-working space in east London.

16 June 2012 • 10:12 AMT
Sima Trio wins 2012 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition

Sima Trio’s group mission is to bring music to life, engage and educate communities, and create cross-cultural awareness.

16 June 2012 • 09:51 AMT
Rep. Schiff hails U.S. administration’s decision on young immigrants

Obama has called for a broad overhaul of immigration policy and embraces the concept of Dream Act legislation.

16 June 2012 • 09:41 AMT
Richard Morningstar likely to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held confirmation hearing for U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar.

16 June 2012 • 09:40 AMT
Indian PM urges European leaders to take action to tackle crisis

“It is our hope that European leaders will take resolute action to resolve the financial problems facing them,” Singh said.

16 June 2012 • 09:24 AMT
Vitamin D- calcium combination may extend life, study says

However, only the combination of the two appears to be effective; vitamin D by itself had no benefit, the researchers noted.

16 June 2012 • 09:14 AMT
Astronauts to stage Olympic Games in space

A crew of astronauts due to launch to the space station this summer is planning an orbital sporting event for the occasion.

16 June 2012 • 09:00 AMT
5 Armenian men charged with ID theft in U.S.

At one point, detectives saw the men exchanging what appeared to be credit cards with long-haul truck drivers, police said.

16 June 2012 • 08:49 AMT
32 pilgrims killed in India bus crash

Nearly 135,000 people or 366 a day died on India’s roads in 2010, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

16 June 2012 • 08:45 AMT
Kate Winslet honored by Queen for contribution to the arts

The actress has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in the queen’s Birthday Honors List.

16 June 2012 • 08:23 AMT
U.S. says Russian military ship heads for Syria carrying weapons

Under maritime rules, Russia should declare what the ship is carrying when it enters the Mediterranean, U.S. officials said.

16 June 2012 • 08:17 AMT
Kinect adverts to debut on Xbox in fall

Viewers of the Kinect-enabled adverts will be able to choose what part of the advert they want to see using the motion or voice control.

16 June 2012 • 08:06 AMT
YouTube launches new social video feature in Google+ Hangouts

To enable the feature, users join up in a Hangout session and load the YouTube application found at the top of the screen.

16 June 2012 • 07:54 AMT
Bomb kills at least 11 in Pakistani market

Khan said the blast appeared to be aimed at members of the pro-government Zakha Khel tribe, who oppose a local warlord.

16 June 2012 • 07:49 AMT
Rep. Jean Schmidt got $105K from Turkish Coalition of America in 2011

Last summer, the House ethics committee found that Schmidt had accepted an improper gift from the Turkish Coalition.

16 June 2012 • 07:35 AMT
Sam Kbushyan to run for LA City Councilmember

Sam Kbushyan is the Executive Director of the IC Foundation, and is a dedicated expert in community organizing.

16 June 2012 • 07:28 AMT
The Telegraph: Syria intervention not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’

The U.S. has also agreed to be part of a group of countries that coordinates assistance to the rebels, the sources said.

16 June 2012 • 07:15 AMT
Prince Charles awarded highest military rank

Buckingham Palace said the Prince of Wales’s appointments were not related to the Queen’s Birthday Honors.