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29 March 2012 • 07:13 AMT
Hai Dat representatives meet Georgian ambassador to EU

Gaspar Karapetian and Peto Demirchian briefed Salome Samatashvili on the problems faced by Armenians in Javakhk.

29 March 2012 • 06:54 AMT
Australian PM defends decision to ban China’s Huawei

The company expressed disappointment with Australia’s decision. It has operated in Australia since 2004.

29 March 2012 • 06:41 AMT
EU contributes to EBRD’s Business Advisory Services in Armenia

The EBRD’s BAS, launched in 1995, conducts activities to disseminate international best practices in all its countries of operations.

29 March 2012 • 06:35 AMT
Turkish FM downplayed rivalry between Turkey, Iran

Ahmet Davutoğlu arrived in Tehran for discussions on Syria, Iran’s nuclear program and closer economic ties.

29 March 2012 • 06:23 AMT
Vladimir Akopian climbs to 3rd place at European Chess Championship

Vladimir Akopian beat Russia’s Denis Khismatullin in European Championship round 8, ranking 3rd with 6.5 points.

29 March 2012 • 06:10 AMT
E-voting opportunity for 238 Armenian citizens

Armenian diplomatic missions’ employees and staff family members can vote in parliamentary elections April 27-May 1.

29 March 2012 • 06:00 AMT
LCO volunteers to unearth ancient sites in Armenia

Last summer, LCO completed the restoration and consecrated the 17th Century Astvatzatzin Church in Yeghvard.

29 March 2012 • 05:54 AMT
Japan executes 3 prisoners, first since 2010

In July 2010, two prisoners were hanged under former justice minister, who had previously opposed capital punishment.

29 March 2012 • 05:53 AMT
BRICS nations to pressure West to redress global economic imbalances

The BRICS group has so far not come out in support of any of the three candidates hoping to replace Robert Zoellick.

28 March 2012 • 19:38 AMT
Italy seizes $1.5bln of assets controlled by Gaddafi family

The seizure by tax police officers followed a request by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

28 March 2012 • 19:11 AMT
Justin Bieber’s Twitter account hacked, some fans blocked

Although it was removed almost immediately, many fans discussed the hashtag in tweets and made the phrase trend on the site.

28 March 2012 • 18:54 AMT
Apple TV unlikely in 2012, research group says

The fact that Hon Hai is investing rather than just procuring panels from Sharp underscores a deeper level of integration.

28 March 2012 • 18:06 AMT
200 French troops said goodbye to Afghanistan

In January, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a faster-track exit for France, breaking from previous plans.

28 March 2012 • 17:55 AMT
Peugeot negotiates joint production with Toyota

Peugeot has had a partnership with Toyota in the Czech Republic since 2002. Fiat is to leave Sevelnord in 2017.

28 March 2012 • 17:40 AMT
Photoshop CS6 beta sees half a million downloads

So far user feedback has been mainly praise, where testers left over 2,000 Comments, 12,000+ Facebook Likes and 110,000+ tweets.

28 March 2012 • 17:32 AMT
Bryza: Armenia, Azerbaijan not ready for Karabakh settlement

Former US ambassador to Azerbaijan says leaders of both countries have a framework agreement on their tables.

28 March 2012 • 16:26 AMT
Kamala picks up rights to “Lone Wolf and Cub” with Justin Lin to direct

Kamala Films has tapped David and Janet Peoples (Blade Runner, Twelve Monkeys) to write the script.

28 March 2012 • 16:16 AMT
Artsakh President, OSCE rep. discuss contact line situation

Bako Sahakyan met with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

28 March 2012 • 16:11 AMT
ANC leader, EU envoys discuss parliamentary race in Armenia

Levon Ter-Petrossian briefed ambassadors on his vision on ensuring legitimacy at parliamentary elections and future plans of ANC.

28 March 2012 • 15:56 AMT
Stanley Tucci may star opposite Emma Watson in “Your Voice In My Head”

The story follows a suicidal writer who is only pulled back from the edge of self-destruction by her therapist, who is terminally ill.

28 March 2012 • 15:46 AMT
Oscar-winning Cate Blanchett takes first steps on Paris stage

The actress is playing a lonesome woman in the lead role of the surreal 1970s play “Big and Small”.

28 March 2012 • 15:31 AMT
Israel willing to sell gas to Arab neighbors – minister

Gas production is set to soar in Israel following the discovery of some of the world’s largest offshore reserves.

28 March 2012 • 15:19 AMT
Khachatur Kokobelyan appointed Heritage campaign headquarters head

Heritage opposition party leader Raffi Hovannisian announced today, March 28 the opening of campaign headquarters.

28 March 2012 • 15:13 AMT
“On Beauty” Booker-nominated novel to be adapted for film

The book is an academic comedy of manners, focusing on story of 2 families with different but increasingly intertwined lives.

28 March 2012 • 15:12 AMT
UEFA to back WWF Earth Hour on Mar 31

The lights in UEFA’s headquarters will be switched off for one hour from 20.30CET on Saturday.

28 March 2012 • 14:51 AMT
Russia invites NATO’s Rasmussen to missile defense conference

The conference will focus on wide range of issues concerning the deployment of missile defense systems around the world.

28 March 2012 • 14:43 AMT
East Libyans threaten to block oil supplies to press govt

Civic leaders from east of Libya launched a push to create a federal Libya, posing a challenge to country’s fragile cohesion.

28 March 2012 • 14:35 AMT
Zooey Deschanel, Domhnall Gleeson to star in “About Time” dramedy

In the film, a young man who comes from a family of time-travelers uses his newfound abilities to change situations for the better.

28 March 2012 • 14:33 AMT
UN chief calls on Assad to implement Syria peace plan

Earlier, Syrian President agreed to Annan’s plan which stipulates for pulling troops and heavy weapons from cities before peace talks.

28 March 2012 • 14:14 AMT
War concern mounts amid Sudan-S. Sudan border clashes

Sudanese warplanes hit South Sudan’s oil-rich border region in a third day of violence between the rival states.