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06 May 2012 • 08:49 AMT
Clinton in India with hopes to revive ties

India has bristled at a U.S. law that would impose sanctions on banks from countries that buy oil from Iran.

06 May 2012 • 08:44 AMT
Opposition candidate says bribes offered for Prosperous Armenia’s nominee

AMD 10000 is offered for supporting Prosperous Armenia’s candidate Lyova Khachatryan, according to Gohar Veziryan.

06 May 2012 • 08:28 AMT
Israeli PM to officially announce early election

The convention is expected to be heated, as its members will decide in the coming weeks how the Likud will choose its candidates.

06 May 2012 • 08:19 AMT
Opposition observers: ANC, Prosperous Armenia proxies assaulted

ANC proxy Alaverdi Namalyan’s teeth were crashed at 9:24 May 6, opposition bloc ANC reported in its Facebook.

06 May 2012 • 08:11 AMT
Iran seizes 30 tons of drugs in a year

General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi lauded the training programs and said that police efforts made Iranian borders impenetrable.

06 May 2012 • 08:10 AMT
CIS observer mission chief praises Armenia’s electoral committees

173 observers representing CIS mission plan to visit all polling stations, head of CIS observation mission Vladimir Garkun said.

06 May 2012 • 07:57 AMT
Heavy fighting reported in eastern Syria

Rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked tank positions in the eastern sector of the city of Deir al-Zor.

06 May 2012 • 07:51 AMT
Polling stations open in France

The run-off election could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

06 May 2012 • 07:43 AMT
Black Sea may become a ‘dead sea’ over heavy pollution

“The amount of oxygen there has considerably decreased, and seabed fauna is seriously damaged,” Tezcan Yaramancı said.

06 May 2012 • 07:37 AMT
Dashnaktsutyun member hopes voting will see no violation

Vahan Hovhannisyan cast his ballot to see “strong Armenia, no corruption, and return of all those who left the country”.

06 May 2012 • 07:26 AMT
Iran bans foreign goods advertisement

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said “Economic Jihad”, which was the slogan of the previous year, is never-ending.

06 May 2012 • 07:24 AMT
Artsakh delegation observes parliamentary election in Armenia

Observing mission includes NKR MPs, parliamentary spokesman and chairman of Karabakh’s Central Electoral Committee.

06 May 2012 • 07:21 AMT
Parliamentary vote in Armenia sees increasing turnout

Prosperous Armenia’s observer Ara Gevorkyan said the voting process goes smoothly, with no violations so far.

06 May 2012 • 07:05 AMT
Serbia holds general elections

Boris Tadic and Tomislav Nikolic are the frontrunners among the 12 candidates for a five-year presidential mandate.

06 May 2012 • 07:03 AMT
Armenian Foreign Ministry: Azerbaijan uses UN for anti-Armenian propaganda

Azerbaijan’s continuous threats to regional peace and security undermine authority of UN SC, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said.

06 May 2012 • 07:01 AMT
Voting stamp vanishes due to incorrect use

Voters and observers alarmed that the stamp put in passports vanished in 17 minutes, leaving a thin line instead.

06 May 2012 • 07:01 AMT
Overseas voters cast ballots in French presidential election

“We wait for Sunday, I speak only about Sunday. Monday is another day,” said Hollande, who spent the weekend in Tulle.

06 May 2012 • 06:51 AMT
Fierce blaze in S. Korean karaoke bar kills 9

About 100 firefighters battled the blaze and rescued 35 people, some of them from the top of the building, he said.

06 May 2012 • 06:41 AMT
Greeks voting in most critical and uncertain election in decades

New Democracy leader is expected to come in first, benefiting from a bonus 50 seats in the 300-member parliament.

06 May 2012 • 06:15 AMT
218 electoral committee members miss the voting day

Committees’ chairmen appointed other members in line with regulations, Central Electoral Committee head said.

06 May 2012 • 06:00 AMT
Karabakh status to gain urgency if Iran tensions scalate – Russian expert

Main players of the world have too much on their hands at present to focus on Transcaucasia or Iran, Stanislav Tarasov said.

06 May 2012 • 04:02 AMT
National Assembly elections kick off in Armenia

Armenian National Congress (ANC) must overcome 7% threshold as a bloc, unlike the parties, which need 5% threshold level.

05 May 2012 • 16:12 AMT
No foreign citizens reported among Yerevan blast burn victims

Emergency Situations Minister ordered to set up a headquarters and a hot line in the Ministry’s Crisis management center.

05 May 2012 • 16:08 AMT
Some 600 Blackhawks to be “made in Turkey”

Riccardione also said that the U.S. “supported Turkey’s ambitious 2023 target to become one of the world’s largest 10 economies.”

05 May 2012 • 15:53 AMT
8 killed, 3 Russian tourists missing in Nepal flood

Fast-flowing floodwaters from the swollen Seti River smashed into two buildings and a number of shacks in Kharapani village.

05 May 2012 • 15:31 AMT
Chrysler recalling 119,072 cars to change fuses

The antilock brake and electronic stability control systems can fail because of an overheated power supply.

05 May 2012 • 15:15 AMT
Moscow to ban smoking in restaurants, pubs by 2014

It is also expected to increase the fine for drinking alcoholic beverages, including beer, in public places to 1,000 rubles.

05 May 2012 • 15:06 AMT
Constitutional Court rejects parties’ proposal on voter lists release

Constitutional Court conditioned its decision by a view voiced by Venice Commission in the stage of drafting Electoral Code.

05 May 2012 • 15:05 AMT
Trip organizer WorldMate launches new iPad app

Moreover, it will save all of the trip details offline, allowing for full access even when there is no Internet connection.

05 May 2012 • 14:40 AMT
Wrestler Artur Shahinyan reaches Vantaa Cup 1/8 final

Freestyle wrester Ruslan Basiev (120kg) and Greco-Roman wrestler Roman Amoyan (55kg) will also perform in the tournament.