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12 March 2012 • 07:21 AMT
Armenian team ranks 5th in Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship

Arsen Julfalakyan grabbed a bronze medal on the last day of the Championships, beating Ukraine’s Dmitro Pyushkov 3:1.

12 March 2012 • 07:11 AMT
French President speaks in defense of “wounded memory of Armenians”

“France will support gender equality, religious freedom, the right of Eastern Christians to live in peace,” Nicolas Sarkozy said.

12 March 2012 • 07:11 AMT
Whitney Houston’s daughter to follow mother into show business

The late star’s sister-in-law meanwhile said it had been possible to forecast that drugs would claim the singer’s life.

12 March 2012 • 07:02 AMT
Oil prices below $107 over China trade slowdown

“There are strong indications that global GDP growth is stronger than commonly imagined,” J.P. Morgan said in a report.

12 March 2012 • 06:57 AMT
Venezuela’s Chavez to return home in the “upcoming days”

Venezuelan officials have been tight-lipped about Chavez’s health, refusing to identify the type or stage of cancer he faces.

12 March 2012 • 06:39 AMT
Two militants killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

The Israeli military says it carried out eight air attacks against rocket-launching sites and a weapons storage facility.

12 March 2012 • 06:24 AMT
Annan to visit Turkey amid ongoing Syria crisis

In his talks with Syrian President, Annan made several proposals towards ending the country’s yearlong political crisis.

12 March 2012 • 06:17 AMT
Turkish minister: Sarkozy seeks support from anti-islamist voters

Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bagis commented on the French bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.

12 March 2012 • 06:11 AMT
Ahmadinejad says western proposals will rot

“The hegemonic powers frequently spout rude and bullying diatribes against the Iranian nation,” the Iranian leader said.

12 March 2012 • 05:44 AMT
Sarkozy says he will withdraw France from Schengen area

“We can’t leave the management of migration flows to technocrats and tribunals,” the French President said.

12 March 2012 • 05:23 AMT
Taliban vows retaliation for Afghans killed by U.S. soldier

American soldier was reported to have shot to death 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan and burned their bodies.

11 March 2012 • 14:58 AMT
Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet among top 50 UK female power players

Also making the list are Helena Bonham Carter, Carey Mulligan, Maggie Smith and Tilda Swinton.

11 March 2012 • 14:57 AMT
China hits largest trade deficit since 1989

The country’s imports rose 39.6% from a year earlier, after a 15.3 % slump in January, while exports increased 18.4 %.

11 March 2012 • 14:13 AMT
Samuel L. Jackson’s “Meeting Evil” trailer released

The thriller follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger takes him on a murder-fueled ride.

11 March 2012 • 14:09 AMT
Disney to develop “Paladin” space-set sci-fi adventure

Max Borenstein, the scribe behind Legendary Pictures’ in-development fantasy The Seventh Son, is set to write the adventure.

11 March 2012 • 14:06 AMT
Rosemarie DeWitt joins Matt Damon in “Promised Land”

The film, directed by Gus Van Sant, is a Capraesque tale in which Damon and John Krasinski play rival corporate executives.

11 March 2012 • 14:02 AMT
Turkey’s opposition protests against NATO radar system

Last year, the official Ankara decided to host the early warning radar in a military facility base near Malatya.

11 March 2012 • 13:50 AMT
Germany can force search engines to pay for using news excerpts

Now that the committee has laid down clear plans, it remains to be seen if or how they will be implemented.

11 March 2012 • 13:26 AMT
Tom Cruise to join Beyonce in “A Star Is Born”?

The film follows a musician who helps launch the star of an ingenue and who watches him slide while her star soars.

11 March 2012 • 13:08 AMT
Walmart reportedly buys Facebook birthday reminder app

Social Calendar allows users to get birthday and holiday reminders by email and SMS as well as to post personalized photo cards.

11 March 2012 • 12:54 AMT
Asteroid 2012 DA14 likely to pass by Earth in 2013

NASA anticipates that on Febr 15, 2013, the asteroid will soar past the Earth a mere 24,000 kms from the planet’s surface.

11 March 2012 • 12:43 AMT
Comic-book icon Moebius dies at 73

Jean Giraud worked with director Ridley Scott on the visual effects for “Alien” and the computer-effects-driven movie “Tron.”

11 March 2012 • 12:41 AMT
Google plans to pay Apple $1b to become default search engine

“Google generated ~$1.3bn in gross search revenue through default search placement on Apple devices,” Schachter wrote.

11 March 2012 • 12:34 AMT
Ukraine seeks to buy European gas

To shed dependence on Russian gas suppliers, Ukraine will ink a deal with Germany’s RWE to deliver spot gas, bought in Europe.

11 March 2012 • 12:26 AMT
Japan remembers 2011 earthquake, tsunami

The tsunami knocked out vital cooling systems at Fukushima nuclear plant, causing meltdowns and spewing radiation into the air.

11 March 2012 • 12:17 AMT
Gaza death toll in Israeli air raid reaches 17

The violence erupted when an Israeli strike killed Popular Resistance Committees leader sparking a cross-border exchange.

11 March 2012 • 11:52 AMT
Tajikistan overturns Facebook ban amid protests

Tajik authorities had ordered to block access to Facebook and other independent media sites critical of presidential regime.

11 March 2012 • 11:44 AMT
Buckingham Palace to be closed to public at London Olympics

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be entertaining visiting dignitaries and officials at their London residence.

11 March 2012 • 11:38 AMT
UN envoy Annan, Syria president to hold 2nd meeting

During the 1st round of talks, President Assad rejected any immediate negotiations with the opposition.

11 March 2012 • 11:37 AMT
U.S. soldier detained over shooting Afghan civilians

Anger gripped Afghanistan after U.S. soldiers burned a large number of copies of the Koran at a NATO base last month.