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17 March 2012 • 06:52 AMT
ANC nominates female candidate in 1st constituency – paper

ANC representative Zoya Tadevosyan will run for the parliament by majority system in Yerevan’s Avan district.

17 March 2012 • 06:49 AMT
U.S. soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghans brought to Kansas

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has accused the Pentagon of failing to fully cooperate with the investigation.

17 March 2012 • 06:49 AMT
Turkey prepares media reform package

“The number of applications to the ECHR is expected to reach 3,500 by the end of this year,” Turkish Justice Minister said.

17 March 2012 • 06:43 AMT
UEFA President honored pitch in Serbia

The pitch was christened “Pitch No10 – Michel Platini” during an inauguration ceremony attended by Mr Platini.

17 March 2012 • 06:41 AMT
WikiLeaks founder to run for Australian Senate

“We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained,” WikiLeaks said.

17 March 2012 • 06:39 AMT
Orinats Yerkir member reportedly seeks her friend’s nomination

Heghine Bisharyan wants Orinats Yerkir party to nominate her fellow teacher as second female candidate.

17 March 2012 • 06:34 AMT
Chavez back to Venezuela after surgery

Doctors determined it was probably a malignant recurrence that hasn’t spread to other parts of his body, Chavez said March 4.

17 March 2012 • 06:30 AMT
Paper: Prosperous Armenia leader nominated in 28th constituency

Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan nominated his candidacy by majority system in the town of Abovyan.

17 March 2012 • 06:27 AMT
European rapid women’s chess championship over

With 6.5 points Armenia’s Lilit Galojan finished 15th at European rapid women’s chess championship in Turkey.

17 March 2012 • 06:23 AMT
Archbishop Hagopian travels to Lebanon

The Prelate and Mr. Krikor Der Ghazarian, Chairperson of Prelacy Executive Council, met with His Holiness Aram I.

17 March 2012 • 06:12 AMT
Nadal ousts Nalbandian from BNP Paribas Open

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka defeated Angelique Kerber of Germany to reach the final of her sixth consecutive tournament.

17 March 2012 • 06:00 AMT
Authorities aim to prevent opposition candidate’s nomination, paper says

Armenian Police Passport and Visa Department recognized as invalid Sukiasyan’s documents he submitted recently.

16 March 2012 • 19:41 AMT
Facebook proposes changes to Statement of Rights and Responsibilities

The most important changes are the prohibition of extracting source code from its downloadable software.

16 March 2012 • 19:27 AMT
Obama, Karzai reaffirm U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014

Obama, meanwhile, expressed anticipation over welcoming Karzai to a NATO summit in Chicago in May.

16 March 2012 • 18:07 AMT
N. Korea rocket launch plan “provocative”, U.S. says

North Korea announced plans to next month launch a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit, in defiance of a UN ban.

16 March 2012 • 17:55 AMT
Majority of Germans support early Afghanistan withdrawal

Riots and the deaths in Afghanistan followed news that US forces had burnt copies of the Koran during the disposal of rubbish.

16 March 2012 • 17:36 AMT
Lone rocket hits Israel amid Gaza truce

A chain of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket salvoes started when Israel killed head of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees.

16 March 2012 • 17:15 AMT
UK to remove “husband”, “wife” from official documents

This will mean that official forms need to be rewritten they no longer assume a married couple is made up of a man and a woman.

16 March 2012 • 17:01 AMT
Afghan leader lashes out at US as shooting suspect flown abroad

The official Kabul demanded that the suspect face a public trial in Afghanistan over the killings of 16 civilians.

16 March 2012 • 16:56 AMT
Azerbaijan between Iran, Turkey and U.S.

No sooner had the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that an attack on Iran is not yet in sight and official Washington still prefers the diplomatic path with Iran and insists on it, than Baku immediately responded by sending its Defense Minister Safar Abiyev to establish good relations between Baku and Tehran.

16 March 2012 • 16:52 AMT
Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels to be published as e-books

The Bond catalogue is one of the most prized in publishing, with global sales totaling more than 100 million copies.

16 March 2012 • 15:58 AMT
George Clooney arrested during protest at Sudanese embassy

For years the Hollywood heavyweight has highlighted human rights abuses by Sudanese govt and traveled to the region extensively.

16 March 2012 • 15:53 AMT
Norway police apologizes for slow response to Breivik massacre

Mass killer Breivik set off a bomb in central Oslo, killing 8, before he went to the island of Utoya where he killed another 69.

16 March 2012 • 15:50 AMT
French FM warns against arming Syria opposition

Alain Juppe: France is against foreign powers arming Syria opposition groups as such a move could lead to civil war.

16 March 2012 • 15:44 AMT
Armenian PM: education system must be based on national values

Tigran Sargsyan underscored the need to include national song and dance classes in Armenia’s school curriculum.

16 March 2012 • 15:38 AMT
Guns N’ Roses to perform in Moscow May 11, 12

The Sweet Child O’ Mine rockers will mark the 50th birthday of frontman Axl Rose and 25 years since the release of first album.

16 March 2012 • 15:12 AMT
Russia’s Gazprom may buy Greek gas monopoly stakes

Greek government planned to sell 55 % of DEPA gas monopoly and 31 % of its transport branch DESFA in the 4th quarter of 2011

16 March 2012 • 15:08 AMT
PM: UK won’t support Israeli attack on Iran

David Cameron advocated a combination of sanctions and incentives to convince Tehran not to pursue nuclear weapons.

16 March 2012 • 14:59 AMT
UN envoy Annan sends team to discuss Syria monitors

Kofi Annan is sending a team to Damascus early next week to discuss a proposal to deploy international monitors there.

16 March 2012 • 14:53 AMT
Parliament committee OKs bill on Armenian pogroms in Sumgait

The initiative “On recognition of 1988-1994 massacres as a continuation 1915-1923 Genocide” was further submitted to parliament.