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12 March 2012 • 11:38 AMT
Egypt’s parliament to vote on ending U.S. aid

The move was sparked by departure of 6 American defendants over accusation of using illegal foreign funds.

12 March 2012 • 11:23 AMT
Players withdraw from BNP Paribas Open due to virus

The BNP Paribas Open combined ATP/WTA event at Indian Wells has been hard hit by a stomach virus epidemic.

12 March 2012 • 11:19 AMT
Praxair buys Russian gas producer

The Russian subsidiary of the company has invested nearly $250 million in the country’s facilities since 2008.

12 March 2012 • 11:08 AMT
Armed group hits diesel pipeline in Syria

Opposition activists accuse government forces of sabotaging the pipelines to cut off oil products from anti-Assad cities.

12 March 2012 • 10:55 AMT
Volkswagen posts big drop in profits

The company said it expects its full-year deliveries to customers and its revenues to increase during the current year.

12 March 2012 • 10:16 AMT
Azerbaijani Defense Minister to visit Iran

During his stay, Abiyev and his entourage will hold meetings with Iran’s defense minister and other top Iranian officials.

12 March 2012 • 09:55 AMT
EBD: investment climate improves in Armenia

Eurasian Development Bank positively assesses tendencies related to improvement of the investment climate in Armenia.

12 March 2012 • 09:55 AMT
UK government bans Christians from wearing cross at work

The Christian women want the European Court to rule that this breached their human right to manifest their religion.

12 March 2012 • 09:51 AMT
Tigran Gharamian finishes 4th at Cappelle-la-Grande Chess Open

Armenian players will participate in European Individual Chess Championship following Cappelle-la-Grande Open.

12 March 2012 • 09:47 AMT
British court expected to rule on euthanasia bid

Because he is unable to end his own life, the 57-year-old man is seeking permission for a doctor to kill him.

12 March 2012 • 09:33 AMT
British hooligans to be banned from EURO-2012

Almost 2.5 thousand hooligans from England won’t be allowed to leave the UK during Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland.

12 March 2012 • 09:30 AMT
World’s richest man to launch Ora.TV

Carlos Slim Helu, who is estimated to be worth $69 billion, has announced plans to launch Ora.TV sometime later in 2012.

12 March 2012 • 09:28 AMT
Russia’s Defense Ministry to buy S-300 V4 air defense systems

The deal was signed by Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Almaz-Antei director Vladislav Menshchikov.

12 March 2012 • 09:18 AMT
Australia hosts exhibition on Armenian culture, history

Over the next three months, an estimated 25,000 visitors to the museum will be able to view the exhibition, Elena Harrison said.

12 March 2012 • 09:12 AMT
Nokia to close down mobile money services

“The mobile financial services business is not core to Nokia so we plan to exit the business,” said a spokesman for the company.

12 March 2012 • 09:10 AMT
Mercedes faster than Red Bull, German magazine says

Sauber ranked second in the Auto Motor und Sport analysis of long runs, Red Bull, McLaren and Lotus came next.

12 March 2012 • 08:55 AMT
TED launches education channel on YouTube

“Views of educational content on YouTube doubled in the last year,” said YouTube Education head Angela Lin.

12 March 2012 • 08:52 AMT
EBD set to double its credit portfolio in Armenia in 2012

Eurasian Development Bank has extensive plans with regard to Armenia, Bank’s deputy chairman Dmitry Zhurba said.

12 March 2012 • 08:44 AMT
Expert says Russia will further press Armenia on Karabakh issue

If elections in Armenia are no better that Russian ones, the coalition will face internal confrontation, Richard Giragosian said.

12 March 2012 • 08:39 AMT
Iran will respond toughly to Azerbaijan’s hostile moves – expert

Iran will try to strengthen its political and technological cooperation with Russia, Contemporary Iran editor Igor Pankratenko said.

12 March 2012 • 08:27 AMT
David Nalbandian makes it to BNP Paribas Open 3rd round

Nalbandian is through to the third round along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who got a retirement from Michael Llodra.

12 March 2012 • 08:26 AMT
Quake hits Southern Iran, no casualty reports yet

The epicenter of the quake was located in an area 54.8 degrees in longitude and 27.1 degrees in latitude.

12 March 2012 • 08:18 AMT
Merkel pays unexpected visit to Afghanistan

Germany is the third largest contributor of troops to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, with over 5,000 soldiers.

12 March 2012 • 08:09 AMT
Expert: Russia will try to urge Armenia into Eurasian Union

Process of Karabakh conflict resolution will see minor development, with no tangible changes, Richard Giragosian says.

12 March 2012 • 07:55 AMT
EDB to provide Areximbank-Gazprombank Group with $10 million for SME loans

Eurasian Development Bank expands its cooperation with Armenia, EDB deputy chairman Dmitry Zhurba said.

12 March 2012 • 07:45 AMT
Microsoft develops 3D display technology with Kinect

There were few technical details, but the demo video shows that the display cannot quite achieve complete transparency.

12 March 2012 • 07:36 AMT
Egypt’s parliament votes on no-confidence motion against govt

The move will likely pile pressure on the ruling generals to appoint a new cabinet led by the Muslim Brotherhood.

12 March 2012 • 07:33 AMT
Kursova, Galojan win Women’s Chess Championship round 9

Armenia’s Elina Danielian ranks 11th with 6 points after the 9th round of Women’s Chess Championship 2012.

12 March 2012 • 07:31 AMT
Rumor: CNN to buy Mashable for $200 million

The deal price is a big one, considering that Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore from his home in Aberdeen in July 2005.

12 March 2012 • 07:23 AMT
Official: Azerbaijan’s oil cannot be more valuable than Armenians’ blood

Armenian parliamentary delegation met with Lithuania’s Deputy Foreign Minister Evaldas Ignatavičius in Vilnius.