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16 April 2012 • 09:59 AMT
Sudan denies its warplanes bombed oilfield seized from South

“They are bombing the central processing facility and the tanks to rubble,” South Sudan’s Information Minister said.

16 April 2012 • 09:47 AMT
Georgian Railway plans IPO on London Stock Exchange

Georgia is planning to sell up to 25 percent of shares in the state railway monopoly on London Stock Exchange in May.

16 April 2012 • 09:43 AMT
Armenia, Israel expand cooperation in agriculture

Israeli Minister of Agriculture Orit Noked invited her Armenian counterpart Sergo Karapetyan to visit Israel in May.

16 April 2012 • 09:39 AMT
Vic Darchinyan’s team protests clash result vs. Yamanaka

Protest has been lodged with respect to the recent decision loss to WBC super bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka.

16 April 2012 • 09:15 AMT
Netherlands to host protest against Turkish President’s visit

Turkish President will visit the Netherlands on the occasion of 400th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations.

16 April 2012 • 09:05 AMT
Muslim woman to go to jail in Britain for letting her newborn die

Fatima Ali feared she would bring shame upon her devout Muslim family for having the child out of wedlock.

16 April 2012 • 08:51 AMT
Armenian composer’s symphony to be performed at international festival

Aver Terteryan’s 5th symphony will be performed at World Symphonic Orchestra Festival in Moscow in June.

16 April 2012 • 08:47 AMT
Lyrid meteor shower opens to observers

The Lyrids generally last from April 16 to 26, with the peak generally occurring during the night of April 21/22.

16 April 2012 • 08:44 AMT
Sweden’s government cuts economic outlook for 2012

Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said the government is focusing on countering the effects of the debt crisis.

16 April 2012 • 08:39 AMT
Rosneft approves discount for oil supplies to China

In early 2011, Rosneft and Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft started supplying crude oil to China via the ESPO.

16 April 2012 • 08:31 AMT
Upper Lars checkpoint closed over landslide in Kazbegi

Georgian Military Road – Upper Lars checkpoint links Russia with South Caucasian countries, particularly with Armenia.

16 April 2012 • 08:28 AMT
Marcos Pizzelli: nobody expected my strike

Kuban’s forward Marcos Pizzelli scored a goal against Lokomotiv in Russian Championship match, securing a draw.

16 April 2012 • 08:23 AMT
Anonymous claims another attack on CIA website

Issues with the website were not confirmed by the CIA, and it remains unclear exactly what was responsible for the problem.

16 April 2012 • 08:20 AMT
Google labels Facebook, Apple as threats to Internet freedom

“Search engines require an open web, and too many rules not only close it down, but they “stifle innovation,” Brin said.

16 April 2012 • 08:12 AMT
Weightlifter Hayk Hakobyan takes European Championships silver in snatch

Armenia’s Hayk Hakobyan (+105 kg) lifted 195 kg in snatch and 220 kg in c&j and finished 6th in two events in Turkey.

16 April 2012 • 07:53 AMT
UK abortion provider’s website hacker sent to jail

27-year-old James Jeffrey has been described as a computer whiz kid and is apparently very much opposed to abortion.

16 April 2012 • 07:34 AMT
David Nalbandian still 49th in ATP ranking

Nalbandian is going to take part in Serbia Open on April 30-May 6 in Belgrade, which will bring together 28 players.

16 April 2012 • 07:32 AMT
ANC says its candidates assaulted in Yerevan

Babken Galoyan, Gayane Arustamyan and Zoya Tadevosyan were attacked; ANC blames tycoon Samvel Alexanyan for assault.

16 April 2012 • 07:26 AMT
Samsung sends out invites for London event

The invite was sent to Tweakers.net, a well-known Dutch technology website, notifying them of the date and the location.

16 April 2012 • 07:09 AMT
9 more suspects detained in Turkish coup probe

The nine suspects were sent to the Sincan Prison while the court imposed a travel ban on the three who were released.

16 April 2012 • 07:00 AMT
Taliban assailants killed in Kabul

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to the attacks was a “clear sign of progress”.

16 April 2012 • 06:49 AMT
Survivors, officials to attend Genocide commemoration event in Hollywood

Prominent members of the Armenian community have been invited to participate and to speak at the closing ceremony.

16 April 2012 • 06:35 AMT
Madame Tussauds museum branch opens in Sydney

Madame Tussauds first opened its doors more than 200 years ago in London and has since expanded across the globe.

16 April 2012 • 06:24 AMT
Oil nears $102 after talks over Iran’s nuclear program

Iranian crude output has fallen in recent months as the U.S. and Europe begin to impose economic sanctions.

16 April 2012 • 06:10 AMT
New website on Armenian Genocide launched

Genocide1915.org is created and maintained by Armenica.org in cooperation with the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden.

16 April 2012 • 05:31 AMT
Islam – new phobia of the West

The West, i.e. Europe and the U.S. are afraid of Islam. This fear is, in every possible way, being pushed inwards, but after September 11, 2001, it took quite hypertrophied forms. It should be noted that generally Western countries, especially the United States, are a prisoner of various kinds of phobias, and instead of looking into the origins of fear they create an enemy image for themselves.

16 April 2012 • 05:22 AMT
Russia not determined to leave South Caucasus

The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Armenia and Azerbaijan on the formal occasion of the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the two republics of Transcaucasia was actually called to remind those who forgot: Russia is not going to voluntarily leave the South Caucasus.

15 April 2012 • 16:24 AMT
Ruben Gazarian to conduct Zurich Chamber Orchestra in Istanbul

Sergio Tiempo, a pianist of Argentinean and Venezuelan origin, will come to Istanbul for a concert with an international team.

15 April 2012 • 16:06 AMT
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra performs Aram Khachaturian’s work

The program opened with the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Aram Khachaturian’s 1956 ballet “Spartacus.”

15 April 2012 • 15:50 AMT
Chaos at the Casino to feature over dozen Armenian fighters

An open workout at the GFC on April 14 featured several of the fighters associated with the Hye Fighters community.