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14 June 2012 • 15:52 AMT
Muhammad Ali featured in Louis Vuitton Core Values ad campaign

Angelina Jolie, Bono, Mikhail Gorbachev have also appeared in Louis Vuitton’s Core Values campaign in past years.

14 June 2012 • 15:52 AMT
Egypt’s top court rules lower house of parliament be dissolved

Farouk Soltan: ruling is binding on all institutions of state; it will be up to the executive to call for the new election.

14 June 2012 • 15:22 AMT
Tribeca Film nabs rights to War Witch child soldier drama

“War Witch” tells the story of Komona, a young girl who was kidnapped by African rebels and forced to fight against govt.

14 June 2012 • 15:14 AMT
Russia to simulate crashed Sukhoi Superjet flight

The plane was on a short demonstration flight for potential buyers when it slammed into Mount Salak near Jakarta on May 9.

14 June 2012 • 15:00 AMT
Libya overturns law criminalizing Gaddafi glorification

Under the original law praising or glorifying Muammar Gaddafi or his regime was punishable with a prison sentence.

14 June 2012 • 14:57 AMT
German police raid radical Islamists’ homes

Salafist organisation Millatu Ibrahim, had been calling on Muslims to fight against Germany’s “constitutional order”.

14 June 2012 • 14:44 AMT
Russia ready to respond to U.S. missile shield in Europe – Putin

Russian President: regardless of rhetoric western politicians use to describe shield deployment plans, it remains part of arms race.

14 June 2012 • 14:32 AMT
Supreme Court dismisses WikiLeaks boss Assange extradition appeal bid

Seven judges of Britain’s top court unanimously dismissed the move by Julian Assange as being “without merit”.

14 June 2012 • 14:25 AMT
Court rules ex-PM Shafiq can stay in Egypt presidential race

The ruling would allow Ahmed Shafiq to contest the presidential run-off against Islamist Mohammed Morsi.

14 June 2012 • 13:56 AMT
U.S. envoy, SCPEC chair discuss market competition with Armenian business community

“Competition Issues, Analysis and Solutions” conference aimed to share knowledge in combating anti-competitive practices.

14 June 2012 • 13:49 AMT
Artsakh army spokesman rules out Azeri infiltration into NKR air space

Senor Hasratyan: Azeri armed forces can’t infiltrate Karabakh’s air space, as it is in NKR defense army’s constant focus.

14 June 2012 • 13:45 AMT
‘Men in Black 3″ passes $500 mln mark at worldwide box office

Barry Sonnenfeld directed and Steven Spielberg executive produced all three films, which have taken in $1.52 billion globally.

14 June 2012 • 13:26 AMT
Businessman predicts USD1/AMD 520 rate in 2014

Gagik Makaryan said AMD depreciation may have positive consequences for citizens getting transfers from abroad.

14 June 2012 • 13:26 AMT
UK govt. announcing proposals for banking reform

The government will legislate to isolate retail banking from problems which may arise from riskier investment banking activity.

14 June 2012 • 13:20 AMT
1st look of Jake Abel as Ian O’Shea in Stephenie Meyer’s “The Host”

The science fiction/romance novel introduces an alien race, called Souls, which takes over the Earth and its inhabitants.

14 June 2012 • 13:10 AMT
Iran arrests killers of its nuclear scientists

Iranian ecurity forces arrested the assassins of nuclear scientists Majid Shahriari and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.

14 June 2012 • 13:06 AMT
Sesame Street writer Judy Freudberg dies at 63

During a 40-year career on the landmark PBS series, Freudberg collected 17 Emmy Awards for her work on Sesame Street.

14 June 2012 • 12:52 AMT
Turkish provincial residents seized by panic over tsunami rumors

The panic was caused by several news stories that reported the high probability that a tsunami would follow the quakes.

14 June 2012 • 12:45 AMT
Wayfare to make feature-length version of “The Gate” short thriller

Spencer Friend-directed “The Gate” is a cool mutant tale that was named one of Viewfinder’s 10 best short films of 2011.

14 June 2012 • 12:41 AMT
Garry Kasparov may run for FIDE president in 2014

Garry Kasparov has confirmed that he is firmly committed to push FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov out of office.

14 June 2012 • 12:39 AMT
German chemical giant BASF expect double sales in China

“BASF is very much looking forward to increasing its share here,” Martin Brudermueller told reporters at a briefing.

14 June 2012 • 12:38 AMT
VivaCell-MTS updates roaming prices in MTS-Russia network

Till August 31, VivaCell-MTS subscribers roaming in MTS-Russia network can send SMS to all destinations for AMD 9.

14 June 2012 • 12:25 AMT
Twitter announces media content expansion

The feature will likely keep people on Twitter’s website for longer, said Brian Blau, an analyst at Gartner.

14 June 2012 • 12:21 AMT
Twilight: First look of Bella and Edwar’s child revealed

The pivotal role of a half-vampire, half-mortal child named Renesmee is played by 11-year old Mackenzie Foy.

14 June 2012 • 12:21 AMT
Businessman: problems in Armenia’s real estate market unchanged

Hakob Baghdasaryan conditioned price maintenance by unchanged construction volumes and growth of consumer prices.

14 June 2012 • 12:17 AMT
RPA executive body meeting shifted to June 15

As RPA members noted earlier, ministerial seats in Armenia’s new government were to be discussed at party’s meeting.

14 June 2012 • 12:06 AMT
Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” teaser shows tiger vs. human fight

An adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel, “Life of Pi” will make its way out onto the U.S. theaters on December 21.

14 June 2012 • 11:47 AMT
Charlize Theron to star in “Marigold Hotel” helmer’s “Murder Mystery”

“Murder Mystery” comedy follows an American couple on honeymoon who are implicated in a murder they witnessed.

14 June 2012 • 11:44 AMT
Yerevan to host European Individual Chess Championship 2014

European Chess Union (ECU) resolved to hold the European Individual Chess Championship 2014 in Yerevan.

14 June 2012 • 11:43 AMT
Volkswagen sales 7.8% driven by demand from China, U.S.

Deliveries of passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles and commercial vans across VW’s automotive group rose 8.4 percent.