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13 April 2012 • 05:15 AMT
Fiancé of Gyumri mayor’s daughter killed – paper

27-year-old Karen Yesayan was shot in Mother Armenia memorial complex in Gyumri city on April 12 night.

12 April 2012 • 20:21 AMT
China shuts down websites, deletes posts in crackdown on online “rumors”

It did not refer to this week’s dramatic developments surrounding the high-profile and populist former leader Bo Xilai.

12 April 2012 • 19:56 AMT
Canada’s PM calls for more free trade in Latin America

After the summit, Stephen Harper will stop in Chile, where he is expected to announce the renewal of his “Americas Strategy”.

12 April 2012 • 19:37 AMT
Facebook to let users download more account information

The company didn’t say how long it would take for these new features to be made available to all of its subscribers.

12 April 2012 • 18:25 AMT
Microsoft to start charging for access to Bing Search API

According to the Bing team, this change will give developers “access to fresher results, improved relevancy, and more opportunities.”

12 April 2012 • 18:21 AMT
Twitter issues 20-page guide for small businesses

There are three main sections surrounding the topics Get Started, Engage Your Audience and Amplify Your Impact.

12 April 2012 • 17:21 AMT
Baku reports on 2 injured Azeri soldiers false – NKR defense official

Azeri media reports claim that “2 Azerbaijani army soldiers were injured over Armenian violation of ceasefire.”

12 April 2012 • 17:01 AMT
“Tron: Uprising” animated series teaser hits the web

Elijah Wood lends his voice for Beck, young program who becomes the skillful leader of a revolution inside computer world.

12 April 2012 • 16:56 AMT
Putin: Russia will spend $1 billion to build new cosmodrome

A new space launch pad in the far east that should ease the Russian space program’s reliance on ex-Soviet neighbor Kazakhstan.

12 April 2012 • 16:42 AMT
Swedish women ranked 1st in World Beauty List

Runners up are women from Argentina, followed by Ukrainian and Russian beauties; last in top-five were gorgeous women from Bulgaria.

12 April 2012 • 16:38 AMT
PACE observers expect perfect parliament elections in Armenia

Among those monitoring elections are 16 thous. Armenian observers, local media and reps of diplomatic missions in Yerevan.

12 April 2012 • 16:30 AMT
Egypt’s Islamists to protest against former regime candidates

Protesters will demand that members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s regime be barred from running for public office.

12 April 2012 • 16:23 AMT
500 international observers to monitor parliament elections in Armenia

Emma Nicholson: during their preliminary visit to Yerevan, PACE observer mission met those involved in parliament race.

12 April 2012 • 16:17 AMT
Lizzie Brochere as Jessica Lange’s nemesis in “American Horror Story 2”

Brochere joins Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe who were confirmed to return to 2nd season.

12 April 2012 • 16:06 AMT
ACTA faces new setback

European Parliament rep: what ACTA delivers in terms of intellectual property rights is diminished by threats to civil liberties.

12 April 2012 • 15:59 AMT
Russia Foreign Ministry advises citizens against visiting Georgia

According to a statement on the Foreign Ministry’s website, a number of Russians were held in Georgia for visiting Abkhazia.

12 April 2012 • 15:20 AMT
FM: Baku’s racist rhetoric detrimental to Karabakh settlement talks

Edward Nalbandian met with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and OSCE chairman-in-office personal representative in Warsaw.

12 April 2012 • 15:13 AMT
S. Sudan leader says won’t withdraw troops from border region

The president said military would also re-enter another disputed area, currently occupied by Sudan if UN doesn’t urge Sudan to withdraw.

12 April 2012 • 14:55 AMT
Film Movement picks up rights to “Hitler’s Children” documentary

The documentary, introduces audiences to the children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews of leaders of the Nazi regime leaders.

12 April 2012 • 14:23 AMT
Anchor Bay acquires “Bait 3D” shark horror film

The suspenseful shark attack/horror film stars Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Singaporean stars Adrian Pang and Qi Yuwu.

12 April 2012 • 14:12 AMT
Candidate Suleiman seeks to prevent Egypt from becoming “religious state”

Egypt’s ex-VP Omar Suleiman said the Muslim Brotherhood’s fielding of a presidential candidate “horrified” Egyptians.

12 April 2012 • 14:07 AMT
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s adult book: “The Casual Vacancy”

The “blackly comic” book will be set in an English town called Pagford that is not as idyllic as it seems on the surface.

12 April 2012 • 14:00 AMT
Ukraine vying to secure 2022 Winter Olympics

Ukraine’s west is home to Carpathian Mountains which reach up to 2,000 metres and already has a handful of Alpine skiing resorts.

12 April 2012 • 13:50 AMT
IAEA reports rise in global oil stocks

The oil market has broken a two-year cycle of tightening supply conditions as demand softens and Saudi Arabia increases output.

12 April 2012 • 13:48 AMT
Kuwait MPs OK death penalty for cursing God, Prophet Mohammed

Four Shiite MPs voted against the law, a pro-Shiite Sunni lawmaker abstained, while two MPs refused to vote.

12 April 2012 • 13:41 AMT
Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg football comedy nabs writer-director team

“3 Mississippi” tells of the feud between 2 families over an annual Thanksgiving touch football game that has existed for 50 years.

12 April 2012 • 13:06 AMT
Charlie Sheen’s “Anger Management” comedy teaser released

Anger Management follows an ex-ballplayer with anger issues who went back to school to become a therapist.

12 April 2012 • 12:56 AMT
UEFA chief slams exorbitant hotel prices in Ukraine for Euro 2012

Platini said that hotels shouldn’t be allowed to raise the price from $53 to $657 per night for a room, urged authorities to intervene.

12 April 2012 • 12:52 AMT
Over 2000 homes flooded in Russia

The situation is the worst in Tatarstan, Saratov and Samara regions, as well as in parts of the Central and Volga Federal Districts.

12 April 2012 • 12:47 AMT
Expert: Armenia doesn’t yield to Azerbaijan with arms

Artsrun Hovhannisyan says armament Azerbaijan recently purchased from Israel is not effective in Nagorno Karabakh.