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17 April 2012 • 14:32 AMT
Moscow to host Arto Tunçboyacıyan’s concert May 19

Moscow International House of Music will host a unique folk concert of Grammy 2006 winner Arto Tunçboyacıyan.

17 April 2012 • 13:59 AMT
Ashtarak hosts exhibition on Armenia’s money circulation

Ashtarak city mayor noted that coins are bearers of the economic life, which comprises separate historical periods.

17 April 2012 • 13:52 AMT
Syria foreign currency reserves halve amid sanctions

Prior to EU sanctions Damascus sold 90% of its oil to Europe and with that market closed Syrian production has now fallen 30%.

17 April 2012 • 13:45 AMT
Russia’s Glonass-K satellite 2nd testing due in 2013

Glonass is Russia’s answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian uses.

17 April 2012 • 13:39 AMT
CBA warns against participating in MMM 2011 financial pyramid

MMM financial pyramid’s ideology is based on return of investments with high interest rates in case of attraction of new ones.

17 April 2012 • 13:13 AMT
AFP photographer wins agency’s 1st Pulitzer Prize

Massoud Hossaini was awarded for his “heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber’s attack in Kabul.”

17 April 2012 • 13:10 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 392,47 April 17

The market average rate of USD on April 17 totaled AMD 392,47 decreasing by 0.08 point compared to April 16.

17 April 2012 • 13:09 AMT
Shushi to premiere new anthem May 8

Towns and villages are being restored; life regains vitality. People have faith in future, author of anthem music said.

17 April 2012 • 13:08 AMT
Kremlin TV to air Julian Assange’s talk show

The WikiLeaks founder says he knows he’ll be criticized for choosing RT, a broadcaster derided by some as Russian propaganda mouthpiece.

17 April 2012 • 13:07 AMT
Apple Siri commercials feature Samuel L Jackson, Zooey Deschanel

Both commercials show the actors using Siri to manage their daily lives, creating appointments, searching for restaurants, etc.

17 April 2012 • 13:05 AMT
Sneak-peak of Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike” released

Channing Tatum stars as the titular character, Mike Matingano, who takes a young dancer called the Kid under his wing.

17 April 2012 • 13:04 AMT
Russian FM warns “third parties” against involvement in Syria conflict

Sergei Lavrov: U.S.-backed “Friends of Syria” group antagonized the Syrian opposition against peaceful talks with the government.

17 April 2012 • 12:59 AMT
World Hemophilia Day is marked on April 17

Armenia’s healthcare ministry says 236 patients are currently treated in the national hemophilia center, including 57 children.

17 April 2012 • 12:41 AMT
Heritage member: ANC-Prosperous Armenia rapprochement is taking shape

The system of electoral bribes emerged with Levon Ter-Petrosian and ANC members, MP Armen Martirosyan said.

17 April 2012 • 12:36 AMT
Japan’s Toshiba to buy IBM’s retail unit for $850 mln

The purchase will help Toshiba expand its point-of-sale systems business, from scanners and self-service kiosks to inventory software.

17 April 2012 • 12:35 AMT
Beirut to host rally commemorating Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide Centenary Committee of Lebanon will stage a protest march on occasion of 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide.

17 April 2012 • 12:31 AMT
Voter lists to be finalized on May 4

Citizens have the right to address the visa department for inaccuracies in electoral lists until May 1, Hovhannes Kocharyan said.

17 April 2012 • 12:27 AMT
Syria opposition hopes Russia to up pressure on Assad

Russia’s Lavrov has recently criticized Syrian leader Assad for dragging his feet on reforms and using excessive force.

17 April 2012 • 12:24 AMT
Prosperous Armenia circulates “magic buses” in Abovyan town – paper

Hraparak says Tsarukyan’s team pays the utilities bills and distributes telephones and flour to Abovyan residents.

17 April 2012 • 12:22 AMT
Emily Blunt in talks to join Tom Cruise in “All You Need Is Kill”

The script sees Cruise as a raw recruit who gets killed in action but, in Groundhog Day fashion, is reborn each day to fight, and die.

17 April 2012 • 12:02 AMT
Sarkozy denies intention to sell nuke reactor to Gaddafi

Ex-chief of French nuclear group Areva claims Sarkozy had sought to sell a nuclear reactor to Libyan leader until mid-2010.

17 April 2012 • 12:00 AMT
Malaysia may buy Russian missiles

Russia is ready to sell Malaysia a license to build Molniya-class guided missile boats and Mirazh-class patrol boats.

17 April 2012 • 11:55 AMT
Prosperous Armenia’s MP rebuffs inactivity claims

Tigran Stepanyan told Zhoghovurd that he never spoke in the parliament and never asked to be given the floor.

17 April 2012 • 11:45 AMT
RPA equips vehicles with its logo – paper

According to Hraparak, RPA now employs vehicles in Yerevan streets bearing the party’s logo and the slogan.

17 April 2012 • 11:42 AMT
Concert in NY to mark 20th anniversary of Armenia’s joining UN

The evening will highlight the two legendary artists from Armenia: Ruben Matevosyan and Raisa Mkrtchyan.

17 April 2012 • 11:15 AMT
Bin Laden’s family to be deported from Pakistan early Apr 18

Three widows and their children were detained by the Pakistani authorities after the Saudi was killed in a U.S. operation.

17 April 2012 • 11:13 AMT
Space shuttle Discovery to become museum piece after final takeoff

Discover will go on display at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, taking the place of the shuttle prototype Enterprise.

17 April 2012 • 11:08 AMT
Armenia’s former police chief backs Prosperous Armenia’s candidate

Alik Sargsyan visited Tsovagyugh village in Gegharkunik province to support Eduard Sahakyan running in constituency 23.

17 April 2012 • 10:53 AMT
Paper says Dashnaktsutyun member appeared drunk at election rally

Dashnaktsutyun’s member, being drunk, took the microphone and swore at party’s election campaign in Yeghegnadzor.

17 April 2012 • 10:40 AMT
Attack against Iran remains option despite nuke talks – Israeli Minister

Ehud Barak says Iran can soon enter a “zone of immunity” against Israeli attack as it puts its nuclear installations deep underground.