The value of trade between the two countries reached USD 270 million in 2010, and currently stands at over USD 300 million.

Sen. Reed welcomed Archbishop Choloyan in a moving Senate floor statement, which commemorated the Armenian Genocide.

The announcement comes just weeks after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, which went down on April 15, 1912.

Shokri Ghanem, 69, had been chairman of Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) before defecting last year.

Benchmark oil for June delivery was down 13 cents to $104.80 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Ultraconservative Mr Abu Ismail was banned from standing for president because his late mother had U.S. citizenship.

The film tells the story of a slave in the antebellum South who agrees to help a bounty hunter track down a violent pair of fugitives.

The “Twilight Saga” actress is set to topline the indie movie, which is written by “30 Minutes or Less” scribe Michael Diliberti.

Four health workers, including two doctors, kidnapped by militants were freed after a shootout between police and their kidnappers.

Henry Selick best known for Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is now attached to direct.

The film follows an uptight Manhattan lawyer (Catherine Keener) who drives her kids to visit their grandmother (Jane Fonda).

The move is a part of Japan’s efforts to secure supplies of the key minerals now controlled by China.

Sudanese President Bashir’s decree covered some areas of South Kordofan, White Nile and Sinnar provinces.

The passengers were mostly vacationers going to Tokyo Disneyland as Japan headed into this week’s “Golden Week” holidays.

The monitors continue observation of the activities of Armenia’s territorial and divisional electoral committees.

There will be a “major national exercise” from May 2-10 to test Armed Forces’ capabilities for providing security during Olympics.

President announced the pardons, to mark the anniversary of Nelson Mandela winning the nation’s first all-race elections in 1994.

Apatow’s latest directorial outing finds a familiar cast of characters cracking wise about their midlife crises.

The 188 states parties to Chemical Weapons Convention initially planned to destroy all chemical weapons in the world by 2012.

The soldiers were freed in a ceremony attended by top leaders of the terror network in Yemen, including military leader Qasim al-Rimi.

10 rebel fighters were among 32 people killed Apr 28 in Syria as bloodshed persisted more than 2 weeks into promised truce.

Protests erupted in Egypt against Saudi Arabia’s arrest of Egyptian lawyer, marking diplomatic rupture between long-time allies.

Mehdi Ghazanfari says under the agreement, tariff rates are scheduled to be calculated and reduced within a five-year period.

The Constitution Party marks a return to public life for ElBaradei, who declared in January that he would not run for president.

Karen Andreasyan said he can’t provide a specific answer as to whether voter lists publication would be correct or not.

Robert Stieglitz will defend his world super-middleweight belt against WBO number 15 ranked contender Nader Hamdan.

Computer rooms with internet access were opened at Yerevan N 14 special school for children with visual impairments.

On initiative of Armenian students at NY universities, commemoration meetings and film screenings on Genocide were held.

Narek Galstyan said there is no tactical or military sense in attacking a car of servicemen in Armenia’s Tavush province.

Davit Harutyunyan said that only the parliament is authorized to make a decision on voter lists publication.