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14 April 2012 • 11:28 AMT
Expert: several external forces aim to divide Iraq

Levon Shirinyan said groups studying the Kurdish issue and extending assistance to Kurdistan currently operate in Israel.

14 April 2012 • 11:20 AMT
Expert: there is no single Kurdish nation

Garnik Asatryan said that the Turkish and Iraqi Kurds differ from one another due to difference in languages.

14 April 2012 • 10:59 AMT
World marks 100th anniversary of Titanic sinking

A shipboard band, which has been entertaining guests in the evenings during the cruise, will play “Nearer My God To Thee.”

14 April 2012 • 10:52 AMT
Disney Channel picks up new comedy series Dog With a Blog

From Emmy-winning producer Michael B. Kaplan (Roseanne, Frasier), the series goes into production in June in Los Angeles.

14 April 2012 • 10:47 AMT
EU says Iran nuke talks reigned by “positive atmosphere”

“The atmosphere dominating the negotiations is positive,” Michael Mann, the spokesman for EU foreign policy chief said.

14 April 2012 • 10:45 AMT
ANC still seeks cooperation with Prosperous Armenia

“Levon Ter-Petrossian is ready to sign any document to help prevent election forgery,” Vahagn Khachatryan says.

14 April 2012 • 10:32 AMT
Gunmen shoot dead seven Shiite Muslims in Pakistan

The drive-by shootings took place in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province bordering with Iran and Afghanistan.

14 April 2012 • 10:05 AMT
Christie’s to unveil rare Jewish prayer book

The illuminating manuscript was purchased in Frankfurt before 1908 and was subsequently owned by Edmond Bicart-Sée.

14 April 2012 • 09:51 AMT
World powers, Iran launch new round of talks

Global fuel prices have risen this year amid deepening tensions over the nuclear program, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes.

14 April 2012 • 09:51 AMT
Mike Tyson takes cabaret stage in new one-man show

“Welcome to my living room,” said the 45-year-old, opening the first night in an intimate 740-seater theater.

14 April 2012 • 09:28 AMT
Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake set to star in Runner, Runner

Repped by WME and Rick Yorn, Timberlake most recently starred in Bad Teacher, Friends With Benefits and In Time.

14 April 2012 • 09:26 AMT
Azeri training flights recorded along contact line over last week

Besides 300 ceasefire violation instances, the Azeri aviation conducted several training flights along the contact line.

14 April 2012 • 09:07 AMT
China takes milestone step in turning yuan into global currency

The People’s Bank of China said it would allow the yuan to rise or fall 1 percent from a mid-point every day.

14 April 2012 • 09:01 AMT
Expert: Turkey won’t allow a Kurdish state in its territory

“If Kurds manage to establish a state in Iraq, this will cause a chain reaction in Turkey, Syria and Iran,” Garnik Asatryan said.

14 April 2012 • 08:59 AMT
S. Korean warships in search of N. Korean rocket debris

U.S. Navy minesweepers and other ships were also believed to be in the area and were expected to join the search.

14 April 2012 • 08:53 AMT
Two left in World Bank presidency race

“It is clear that this is not based on the merits of the candidates but is a political exercise,” Jose Antonio Ocampo said.

14 April 2012 • 08:42 AMT
DPA proposes democratic socialism model

30 per cent of Armenians make their choice independently, and we hope to garner 10% of votes, Aram Gyurjyan said.

14 April 2012 • 08:41 AMT
Democratic Party member says their campaign had good start

Aram Gyurjyan: our Facebook page is not a propaganda platform, but rather a forum for debates and discussion.

14 April 2012 • 08:30 AMT
ANCA-Hollywood to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event

Following Hachikian’s presentation, a group of young, talented students will perform the works of Komitas, Shiraz, and Paruyr Sevak.

14 April 2012 • 08:05 AMT
Turkey mulls energy swap plan with Iraq

“With the power station we build near the northern border of Iraq, we will supply them with electricity,” Taner Yıldız said.

14 April 2012 • 08:02 AMT
American Nazi Party registers its first lobbyist in Washington

Lobbying is a common practice in U.S. politics and lobby groups are required to disclose their interests in detail.

14 April 2012 • 07:58 AMT
U.S. Secret Service agents sent home over sex scandal

News of the scandal broke just as four home-made explosive devices went off, two in Cartagena and two in Bogota.

14 April 2012 • 07:40 AMT
Nokia releases update for Lumia 900 to fix data connectivity problems

Mac users can download the patch via the same method by using the Windows Phone 7 Connector software.

14 April 2012 • 07:36 AMT
Istanbul 2020 bid leaders unveil Olympic legacy vision

Head of Turkish NOC said Istanbul’s bid to host Turkey’s first ever Olympic and Paralympic Games is national priority.

14 April 2012 • 07:31 AMT
Judge orders further negotiations between U.S. government, Megaupload

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and a number of the company’s executives are facing extradition to the U.S. for trial.

14 April 2012 • 07:30 AMT
Paper says RPA campaign in Sisian, Goris provinces not smooth

At a meeting with RPA nominee Hayk Grigoryan, Sisian’s medical center director praised another candidate, Tatul Hakobyan.

14 April 2012 • 07:29 AMT
Paper claims Prosperous Armenia’s alleged links to Gyumri homicide

Gyumri’s mayor Vardan Ghukasyan denied jealousy version as to killing of his daughter’s fiancé referring to political motives.

14 April 2012 • 07:22 AMT
Finnish academic charged of aiding Russian spies

Timo Kivimäki admitted to providing consultancy services to four Russian diplomats between 2005 and 2010.

14 April 2012 • 07:21 AMT
Activists say Syrian troops shell neighborhoods in Homs

Since the truce brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan came into effect, far fewer deaths have been reported.

14 April 2012 • 06:57 AMT
Google honors French photographer Robert Doisneau with doodle

Robert Doisneau was one of France’s best known photographers, most famous for his photograph The Kiss.