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10 May 2012 • 06:37 AMT
Ankara ceases to be mediator in Middle East

Statements of official Ankara more and more remind of a mutter resulting from inadequate perception of its own place in the Middle East and in the world. Becoming at one time a NATO member “thanks to” the confrontation USSR-USA, current Turkish leadership has decided that it can dictate terms to the Alliance. So it was at the time of appointment of current Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, so it is today.

10 May 2012 • 06:32 AMT
Prominent hair stylist Vidal Sassoon dies at 84

His family said a memorial service would be planned for a later date. Sassoon is survived by his wife, three children and grandchildren.

09 May 2012 • 08:50 AMT
Shushi: 20 years of peace

20 years ago, on May 9, 1992, the day of victory in the Great Patriotic War Shushi, the Stalingrad of Karabakh war was liberated, becoming a turning point and paving the way for Armenia’s future victories. This small town, an unassailable fortress surrounded by a deep gorge instilled confidence in Armenians in possible liberation of Artsakh from Azerbaijani yoke.

08 May 2012 • 18:41 AMT
Post-election opposition rally: ANC protests poll results, yet accepts seats

Yerevan hosted the first rally of Armenian National Congress opposition bloc after May 6 parliamentary elections.

08 May 2012 • 18:05 AMT
Tymoshenko to end hunger strike, accept treatment

The ex-PM, currently in prison, has now agreed to be treated by a German doctor, Lutz Harms, in a local hospital.

08 May 2012 • 17:43 AMT
Yerevan hosting 1st ANC rally after parliamentary polls

“Armenian National Congress bloc will continue struggle “for a free and happy Armenia,”” Nikol Pashinyan said.

08 May 2012 • 17:30 AMT
ANC leader says ruling authorities “the riffraff they always were”

Levon Ter-Petrossian hailed the voters who cast their ballots for ANC, further pledging to continue struggle against the regime.

08 May 2012 • 17:28 AMT
David Ayer, Arnold Schwarzenegger team for “Open Road” thriller

The film centers on elite DEA task force dealing with drug cartels that executes a tactical raid on a cartel safe house.

08 May 2012 • 17:09 AMT
ANC leader to renounce parliament seat

Armenian National Congress representative Hrant Bagratyan will replace Levon Ter-Petrossian at National Assembly.

08 May 2012 • 16:52 AMT
U.S. secretly releasing Afghan insurgents in exchange for “peace pledges”

20 prisoners were released from Bagram prison in past 2 years after giving assurances they would give up their struggle.

08 May 2012 • 16:41 AMT
ANM leader: opposition struggle continues

“ANC struggle continues, despite opposition supporters’ deep disappointment over parliamentary poll,” Aram Manukyan said.

08 May 2012 • 16:27 AMT
ANM leader: ANC will demand Constitutional Court to scrap election results

Aram Manukyan named “blown-up voters lists, vanishing ink stamps in passports” among electoral violations.

08 May 2012 • 16:25 AMT
Opposition rep. accuses leadership of perpetrating genocide of own people

At Yerevan-hosted ANC rally, Nikol Pashinyan called Armenia a “Kocharian-Sargsyan Auschwitz.”

08 May 2012 • 15:49 AMT
Media rights groups slam Egypt attacks on journalists

Egyptian military assaulted and arrested journalists covering recent violent crackdown on anti-military protesters in Cairo.

08 May 2012 • 15:41 AMT
Recognition of poll results means progress in protocols – politician

Aram Karapetyan explained ARFD and Heritage parties’ poor results by negative attitude to Armenian-Turkish protocols.

08 May 2012 • 15:37 AMT
Justin Kurzel to direct “Our Kind of Traitor” John le Carre adaptation

The script penned by Hoss Amini (Drive) made it onto the Brit list of hot unproduced projects last year.

08 May 2012 • 15:36 AMT
Baku “urges” UN to foil Artsakh elections

International observers always assessed all NKR elections as free, democratic and in line with international standards.

08 May 2012 • 15:31 AMT
Russia returns Iran’s advancement payment for S-300

“The main payment and its interest was returned to Iran by the Russian side,” Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

08 May 2012 • 15:21 AMT
4 guards killed in Libya govt. headquarters attack

Former rebels angry over unpaid stipends opened fire on headquarters of interim govt. after surrounding the building.

08 May 2012 • 15:18 AMT
Israeli crime boss pleads guilty in U.S.

Itzhak Abergil, his brother Meir, and three associates were extradited by Israeli authorities to Los Angeles 16 months ago.

08 May 2012 • 15:04 AMT
Rapper Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix in “All Is By My Side” biopic

The film will reportedly be set in 1966 and 1967 during the period in which Hendrix was discovered in a New York club.

08 May 2012 • 15:01 AMT
3 wounded during murder case hearing at Istanbul court

The two groups confronted each other after a hearing into a trial at the courthouse in Istanbul’s Çağlayan neighborhood.

08 May 2012 • 14:52 AMT
EU officials note progress in Armenian parliamentary elections

“The EU urges all political forces to refrain from unlawful acts and pursue political dialogue,” the statement reads.

08 May 2012 • 14:40 AMT
At least 7 killed in Syria fighting, civil war feared

Despite a shaky truce, the carnage in Syria has not stopped even as the government held a parliamentary poll a day earlier.

08 May 2012 • 14:34 AMT
Japan’s Toshiba full-year net profit down 46.5%

The company booked gains on strong sales of electric devices and social infrastructure products, such as street lights.

08 May 2012 • 14:32 AMT
Discovery posts 28% decline in 1Q profit

OWN, a cable channel half-owned by Discovery, has struggled to attract viewers after its debut last year.

08 May 2012 • 14:13 AMT
“Where the Wild Things Are” best-seller author dies at 83

Maurice Sendak wrote some 17 books and was a prolific illustrator, but was best-known for his 1963 tale of Max, “king of all wild things”.

08 May 2012 • 14:11 AMT
Artsakh hosts concert on Shushi liberation anniversary

Construction is currently under way in Shushi, which inspires hope that the city may regain its initial image in near future.

08 May 2012 • 14:11 AMT
Russian Duma confirms Medvedev as Prime Minister

Putin also praised the former president for modernization efforts as well as for projects to promote young talents.

08 May 2012 • 13:59 AMT
Sacha Baron Cohen’s “The Dictator” red-band trailer released

The comedy tells a heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to this country.