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12 May 2012 • 08:22 AMT
Roadside bomb kills policeman in Pakistan

Police officer Javed Khan says 12 civilians and five police officers were also wounded in the May 12 attack.

12 May 2012 • 08:03 AMT
Prosperous Armenia leader amends party list

Ruben Gevorgyan, Harutyun Kushkyan and others will not join parliament by Gagik Tsarukyan’s decision, Zhoghovurd says.

12 May 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Heritage candidate to maintain her deputy mandate – paper

Zaruhi Postanjyan did not refuse her deputy mandate in the next parliament, Haykakan Zhamanak paper says.

12 May 2012 • 07:44 AMT
ALMA to host Armenian Printed Books exhibit

The exhibit to open May 20 will highlight the creation of the Armenian alphabet and literature, handwritten masterpieces.

12 May 2012 • 07:40 AMT
UK official: Internet is not a law-free zone

“The idea that you have immunity because you’re an anonymous tweeter is a big mistake,” Dominic Grieve said.

12 May 2012 • 07:35 AMT
Rep. Schiff discusses Armenian community issues at ANCA gathering

“Through your grassroots activism, we have made great progress on issues, and we have a lot more work to do,” he said.

12 May 2012 • 07:24 AMT
Facebook co-founder renounces his U.S. citizenship

Facebook plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion through the IPO, the biggest in history for an Internet company.

12 May 2012 • 07:20 AMT
Heritage leader to quit his deputy mandate – paper

Raffi Hovannisian will put down his mandate to favor Anahit Bakhshyan listed 14th to join the parliament, Yerkir says.

12 May 2012 • 07:19 AMT
People’s Party head awaits final voting results, paper says

Stepan Demirchyan will comment on rumors on putting down his deputy mandate in two days, Zhamanak reports.

12 May 2012 • 07:03 AMT
Best known U.S. sports cars creator Carroll Shelby dies at 89

One of the top race car drivers in the United States after World War II, Shelby turned to building cars starting in the 1960s.

12 May 2012 • 06:57 AMT
Google in talks to acquire Meebo, source says

Calif.-based Meebo has been around since 2005, when it was founded by Sternberg, Sandy Jen and Elaine Wherry.

12 May 2012 • 06:41 AMT
Venezuela’s Chavez says cancer treatment successful

Hugo Chavez, who wants to run for re-election in October, addressed the nation after flying back from Havana.

12 May 2012 • 06:29 AMT
Containers with remains of Sukhoi crash victims brought to Jakarta

The Russian Ministry of Emergencies has sent two Ilyushin Il-76TD aircrafts to Indonesia to assist the rescue efforts.

11 May 2012 • 17:49 AMT
Assembly congratulates Armenian govt. for conducting open elections

Armenian Assembly of America urges newly elected parliament to enact measures that will further strengthen rule of law.

11 May 2012 • 17:33 AMT
Moscow to host CIS informal summit May 15

CIS summit will feature discussion of member-countries’ joining the EurAsEC, head of State Duma Committee for CIS said.

11 May 2012 • 17:15 AMT
Azerbaijanis urge Iran to stop “supporting Armenia”

The action involved around 600-800 participants, who demanded the Iranian government to stop “supporting Armenia.”

11 May 2012 • 17:03 AMT
European Commission to adopt annual report May 15

Assessing 12 countries featured in the report, the source explained that “the situation was more mixed, but still encouraging”.

11 May 2012 • 17:00 AMT
Amnesty International UK’s website hacked

Malicious Java code was planted on the site in a bid to push the Gh0st RAT Trojan onto vulnerable Windows machines.

11 May 2012 • 16:45 AMT
Armenian FM gets invitation to visit New Zealand

Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Indonesia discussed conduction of consultations and formation of legal framework.

11 May 2012 • 16:14 AMT
Armenia names squad for Milone Trophy wrestling tournament

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers will further hold practice sessions with teams from Ukraine, Belarus and France in Crimea.

11 May 2012 • 16:10 AMT
China to host seminar for Armenian top officials

1 mln. 450 thous. Chinese yuan will be allocated to Armenia for organization of seminar on “Economic zone management”.

11 May 2012 • 15:50 AMT
Fox renews “Family Guy” for 11th season

The pickup ensures that Seth MacFarlane series will be on the air at least through the 2013-14 season.

11 May 2012 • 15:40 AMT
Facebook-Instagram deal “delayed by probe”

Competition analysts believe the Facebook-Instagram deal will ultimately be approved – but it could take up to 12 months to clear.

11 May 2012 • 15:29 AMT
Thousands protest in Syria after Damascus twin bombings

Troops shot and wounded five protesters in the capital and 20 in the Hama town of Helfaya, where two civilians also died.

11 May 2012 • 15:28 AMT
Expert says election programs unimportant to Armenian parties

Nina Iskandaryan presented the research on election campaigns of political forces running for parliamentary elections.

11 May 2012 • 15:18 AMT
“The Vow” star Rachel McAdams poised to play in “About Time” romcom

Richard Curtis, who wrote and directed Love Actually and penned Bridget Jones’s Diary, wrote the About Time script and is directing.

11 May 2012 • 15:09 AMT
Armenia, Cameroon to exchange ambassadors

With Zambian Foreign Minister Given Lubinda, Edward Nalbandian dwelt on development prospects of bilateral relations.

11 May 2012 • 15:04 AMT
Anarchist group claims responsibility for Italian nuke boss attack

The FAI letter says that the attack “was carried out to punish one of the many sorcerers of the atomic industry”.

11 May 2012 • 14:58 AMT
Russia, Norway launch joint naval drills

Russia and Norway have carried out annual Pomor naval drills since 2010 to practice interoperability in Arctic area.

11 May 2012 • 14:45 AMT
MGM picks up screen rights to Ray Bradbury’s “From The Dust Returned”

The story focuses on a mortal boy named Timothy who is adopted into a family of benevolent ghouls.