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08 May 2012 • 07:55 AMT
Artsakh defenders granted presidential awards

For personal bravery, 57 individuals, 8 of them posthumously, were awarded with the Medal “For Liberation of Shoushi”.

08 May 2012 • 07:40 AMT
Armenian President leaves for Nagorno Karabakh

Serzh Sargsyan will take part in festivities on the 20th anniversary of NKR Defense Army and liberation of Shushi.

08 May 2012 • 07:27 AMT
Paper: governmental candidate grabs 90% of votes in constituency 32

Former head of presidential administration Karen Karapetyan secured 90% of votes in 32nd constituency, Hraparak says.

08 May 2012 • 07:10 AMT
RPA forced people to vote in Sisian town, paper reports

Local employers made Sisian residents vote for RPA and its candidate running for the parliament, Yerkir reports.

08 May 2012 • 06:33 AMT
New parliament will first meet on May 31, paper says

According to regulations, first session of new parliament is due on 3rd Thursday after voting results are published, Hraparak says.

07 May 2012 • 18:22 AMT
Apple releases iOS 5.1.1

Users can install iOS 5.1.1 using the over-the-air Software Update from the device Settings, or by downloading from iTunes.

07 May 2012 • 18:17 AMT
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian says he won’t buy Facebook shares

“I’m not planning on it…I understand the business value to what Facebook is doing,” Ohanian said in an interview with CNN.

07 May 2012 • 18:01 AMT
Cannes 2012: Dennis Iliadis’ “Plus One” thriller shooting to launch in June

Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales at Cannes for Plus One, the Dennis Iliadis-directed thriller.

07 May 2012 • 18:01 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 392,13 May 7

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 392,13 on May 7, increasing by 0.27 point compared toMay 4.

07 May 2012 • 17:59 AMT
Election outcomes: RPA’s victory and ANC’s downfall

The parliamentary elections are over in Armenia. The race, assessed as original primaries for presidential elections in 2013, yielded rather unexpected results, with the ruling coalition’s crushing victory recorded as the most significant outcome.

07 May 2012 • 17:50 AMT
Oscar nominee John Hawkes to star in “Too Late” indie drama

The film follows tangled relationship between troubled private investigator and missing woman he’s hired to help find.

07 May 2012 • 17:37 AMT
Turkish PM: Turkey ready to open archives

Ankara is ready to open the Armenian Genocide archives, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a meeting in Slovenia.

07 May 2012 • 17:36 AMT
Iraqi court releases Hezbollah commander

Ali Musa Daqduq, alleged fighter in Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement was accused of plotting killing of U.S. soldiers in Jan 2007.

07 May 2012 • 17:21 AMT
David Beckham named richest UK sportsman

In terms of the world’s richest athletes, Mr Beckham was only 10th, as golfer Tiger Woods led with £538m.

07 May 2012 • 17:06 AMT
“300” star Rodrigo Santoro shares insight into “Battle of Artemisia”

“Battle of Artemisia” follows Persian king-turned-god Xerxes who leads an army against Greek forces.

07 May 2012 • 16:56 AMT
Italian nuke company boss wounded in gunman attack

The incident is reminiscent of militant attacks in the 1970s, with police saying anarchists could be responsible.

07 May 2012 • 16:55 AMT
UN chief says Syria violence “intolerable”

Ban Ki-moon: the priority for the United Nations is to deploy a supervision mission as soon as possible.

07 May 2012 • 16:17 AMT
Ben Stiller’s “The Watch” alien invasion comedy red-band trailer released

The comedy concerns a group of suburban men who form a neighborhood watch group and discover alien plot to destroy the earth.

07 May 2012 • 16:09 AMT
OSCE observer: Armenia faces law enforcement-related problems

Francois-Xavier de Donnea said that law enforcement-related problems may also arise in regard to the Electoral Code.

07 May 2012 • 16:07 AMT
3 ISAF peacekeepers killed in Afghan bomb blast – NATO

Recent report by UN mission said improvised explosive devices were being used more widely in the country.

07 May 2012 • 15:53 AMT
Russia overturns Libya arms supply embargo

Russia joined arms sanctions against Libya, suspending all contracts for the supply of military hardware to the country in 2011.

07 May 2012 • 15:40 AMT
Bluesman Michael “Iron Man” Burks dies at 54

Burks released three albums with Chicago-based Alligator Records and headlined blues festivals worldwide.

07 May 2012 • 15:33 AMT
Al-Qaeda releases video of elderly U.S. hostage

A 70-year-old U.S. citizen kidnapped in Pakistan made an emotional plea to President Obama to meet al-Qaeda’s demands.

07 May 2012 • 15:29 AMT
EU observers report progress during election campaign

EU observers recorded progress during election campaign, with main parties having been granted balanced media coverage.

07 May 2012 • 15:13 AMT
Oscar-nominated Jonah Hill joins DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”

The film is based on Jordan Delfort’s memoir about his meteoric rise and ignominious fall as a Wall Street trader.

07 May 2012 • 14:59 AMT
Dinosaur gases warmed the Earth – British scientists

Climate during Mesozoic Era, which spanned 250 mln years ago to about 65 mln years ago, was believed to be hotter than it’s today.

07 May 2012 • 14:40 AMT
Turkish ex-General Basbug misses coup trial as case merged

The court combined a series of trials into suspected members of an alleged arch-nationalist network called Ergenekon.

07 May 2012 • 14:22 AMT
Colin Farrell lets out inner killer on “Dead Man Down” set

The action movie is also supported by Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, Terrence Howard and Isabelle Huppert.

07 May 2012 • 14:14 AMT
Yemeni al-Qaeda leader killed in drone strike

Officials later said at least 20 soldiers had been killed by al-Qaeda militants in revenge for the attack.

07 May 2012 • 13:45 AMT
S. Korea seizes smuggled human flesh capsules

The capsules were made in northeastern China from babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on stoves.