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06 April 2012 • 13:56 AMT
Weekly digest of foreign currency deals

From March 26-April 1, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 33.8 bln, while USD loans amounted to 74 mln.

06 April 2012 • 13:54 AMT
Astana hosts meeting of CIS Foreign Ministers’ Council

The meeting also approved the draft documents to be submitted for consideration by the Council of CIS Heads of State.

06 April 2012 • 13:40 AMT
11 arrested over leaking Samsung display technology

An ex-researcher at Samsung Mobile Display is suspected of receiving $168,544 from the competitor in exchange for secret data.

06 April 2012 • 13:39 AMT
U.S. missile shield in Gulf signals attack on Iran – Russian official

Earlier, Hillary Clinton announced the idea of a missile defense shield in the six Persian Gulf Cooperation Council States.

06 April 2012 • 13:16 AMT
Bill Dubuque to re-write Robert Downey Jr.’s “The Judge” draft

The drama centers on a lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his father, a judge, is suspected of murder.

06 April 2012 • 13:07 AMT
LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to Sony Picture website attack

The news arrives after LulzSec leader Sabu ratted out the other members to FBI, leading to arrests and LulzSec’s initial elimination.

06 April 2012 • 12:57 AMT
Expert: Russia strives to benefit from Armenian-Iranian friendly ties

Richard Giragosian says though Iran’s nuclear program poses a threat to the region, war is no solution to the problem.

06 April 2012 • 12:50 AMT
Baku hasn’t realized to have lost Karabakh war – expert

Richard Giragosian says the problem for Armenia is the absence of reliable allies in ensuring peace in Karabakh.

06 April 2012 • 12:39 AMT
PM deems political society impossible in Armenia without SMEs

Armenian government held a meeting of the council on small and medium-size enterprise development.

06 April 2012 • 12:38 AMT
French horror “Livid” gets English language re-make

The film revolves around a young nursing aide who discovers that her comatose patient may have hidden her fortune.

06 April 2012 • 12:33 AMT
Armenia ready to consider Russia’s proposal on missile defense deployment

Richard Giragosian says Russia experiences great difficulties in talks with Azerbaijan on Gabala Radar Station.

06 April 2012 • 12:25 AMT
Russian FM says his country’s stance on Karabakh unchanged

In late January, presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia held trilateral talks on Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution.

06 April 2012 • 12:24 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 391,14 April 6

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 391,14 on April 6, decreasing by 0.03 point compared to April 5.

06 April 2012 • 12:23 AMT
Expert: Armenia mustn’t return to Soviet past

Richard Giragosian says Armenia mustn’t step back to the Soviet past through joining restructured EurAsEC.

06 April 2012 • 12:13 AMT
Nicole Kidman poised to portray Grace Kelly in “Grace of Monaco”

The indie film is being envisioned as a $15 million production and is being compared in tone to The King’s Speech.

06 April 2012 • 12:05 AMT
Russian FM’s visit aimed to warn of policy tightening- expert

Sergey Shakaryants noted that shift of Lavrov’s visit from working to official aimed to prove importance of ties with Armenia.

06 April 2012 • 11:54 AMT
Imprint Entertainment picks up rights for “Foxy, My Life in Three Acts” bio

‘Foxy’ is the account of the life of Pam Grier, iconic African American female sex symbol and action star from the 70′s.

06 April 2012 • 11:53 AMT
Expert says elections will present new opportunities for Armenia

Elections in Armenia will present both new challenges and opportunities, head of Regional Studies Center said.

06 April 2012 • 11:52 AMT
HTC reports looming revenue slump

Total revenues for the 1st quarter of this year were US$2.3bn, the company says, which is almost a 35-percent decrease year-on-year.

06 April 2012 • 11:42 AMT
Oliver Stone’s “Savages” drug drama trailer released

The film stars Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta and Uma Thurman.

06 April 2012 • 11:39 AMT
Yamanaka beats Darchinyan to retain title

Darchinyan was aggressive early on, but lost control in the middle rounds and could never quite catch the defending champ.

06 April 2012 • 11:35 AMT
Expert: Russia prioritizes stability in Armenia to democracy problems

Richard Giragosian says that public activity and surge of popular discontent was unexpected even for Putin himself.

06 April 2012 • 11:31 AMT
Google patches 12 Chrome vulnerabilities

The patched version of Chrome 18 can be downloaded for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux from Google’s website.

06 April 2012 • 11:19 AMT
Orange customers may travel to country they get calls from

Every week the Orange customer having received the 50,000th international call will get two airplane tickets.

06 April 2012 • 10:59 AMT
Georgia terminates Open Skies Treaty with Russia

The treaty establishes a regime of unarmed aerial observation flights over the territories of its 34 signatories.

06 April 2012 • 10:54 AMT
“Russian radar station in Armenia” appears mere geographic slip

“We did not disseminate such information, and we are not going to comment on rumors,” colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said.

06 April 2012 • 10:50 AMT
Tunisians get 7-year sentence for prophet Mohammad Facebook cartoons

The sentence which hasn’t been reported until recently fueled allegations country’s new Islamist leaders are gagging free speech.

06 April 2012 • 10:43 AMT
Google Nexus tablet pushed back to July release over price trimming

Earlier reports indicated Google was aiming for something in the region of $149 to $199 so as to be particularly competitive.

06 April 2012 • 10:40 AMT
Violinist Jack Glatzer performs Armenian composer’s work in Taos

Glatzer now lives in Portugal, and reckons he has played in 50 countries during his 40 years traveling the world.

06 April 2012 • 10:12 AMT
Russia says Bout’s U.S. sentence for arms trade “biased”

Foreign Ministry: attempt was made to force Bout to admit his guilt by creating unbearable conditions for detention.