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25 February 2012 • 06:43 AMT
Swedish parliament to consider resolution on Karabakh conflict

The document reflects the necessity to pay attention to the stagnation in negotiations on solution of the conflict.

25 February 2012 • 06:35 AMT
Iranian Defense Minister says Israel’s threats ‘ridiculous’

“Israel is weaker than it has ever been and its army is tired and humiliated,” Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said.

25 February 2012 • 06:33 AMT
Yemen’s new President takes oath to replace Saleh

There are fears that chaos in Yemen could empower the country’s branch of al Qaeda near major oil shipping routes.

25 February 2012 • 06:31 AMT
Lichtenstein’s “Sleeping Girl” to be sold at Sotheby’s

The comic book-inspired painting will be shown in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London and New York before the sale.

25 February 2012 • 06:29 AMT
Red Cross renews attempts to evacuate people from Syria’s Homs

The humanitarian effort came after Arab and Western governments called on Damascus to “immediately cease all violence”.

25 February 2012 • 06:27 AMT
Clinton accuses Russia, China of hampering Arab Awakening

Clinton hopes the international community will help convince Russia and China to change their stance in regard to Syria.

25 February 2012 • 06:22 AMT
U.S. beefs up defenses in Persian Gulf

“When the enemy shows more signs of capability, we ask what we can do to checkmate it,” a U.S. military officer said.

25 February 2012 • 06:10 AMT
Heritage’s Anahit Bakhshyan to run in constituency 12 – paper

Versandik Hakobyan from Prosperous Armenia party currently represents this constituency in the parliament.

25 February 2012 • 05:57 AMT
Nokia number one seller of Microsoft’s mobile operating system

Global smartphone shipments using the Microsoft operating system grew 36%, to reach 2.7 million units in Q4 2011.

25 February 2012 • 05:54 AMT
Deputy mandate get cheaper, paper says

Oligarchs see that a parliamentary mandate does not provide profit; it does not bring public respect either.

25 February 2012 • 05:39 AMT
Apple to open new stores in Europe, Canada, Australia

Job listings on Apple’s website point to openings at a new store in the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall in Vancouver.

25 February 2012 • 05:28 AMT
Greece launches unprecedented bond swap with private creditors

The debt writedown is the greatest ever attempted, overshadowing Argentina’s $82-billion default in 2002.

25 February 2012 • 05:23 AMT
Venezuela’s Chavez flies to Cuba for urgent surgery

Chavez is turning to the same Cuban doctors who extracted a baseball-size cancerous tumor from his pelvic region last summer.

25 February 2012 • 05:11 AMT
WB head: U.S. candidate for bank’s next president would be good

The World Bank launched the nomination process to select a new president to succeed Zoellick when he steps down in June.

24 February 2012 • 17:47 AMT
Russian inventors sue Sony over patent violation

Inventors claim that rear touchpad installed on Sony’s new high-powered handheld console PlayStation Vita violates their patent.

24 February 2012 • 17:40 AMT
X-ray scientists authenticate Caravaggio’s Medusa painting

The painting dated to between 1597 and 1598, is “the most important work from the youthful period” of the artist.

24 February 2012 • 17:19 AMT
Homes in Fukushima area may be permanently banned

Measurements in the area show radioactivity level of 470 millisierverts per year when the average, is less than 1 per year.

24 February 2012 • 17:10 AMT
Iran uranium enrichment tripled – nuclear watchdog

IAEA: Iran has doubled the number of centrifuges for enriching to 20 % at its fortified underground site at Fordo.

24 February 2012 • 16:56 AMT
Chinese firm takes Apple iPad battle to U.S. court

China’s Proview Technology is suing the technology giant in California for “unfair business and fraud”.

24 February 2012 • 16:31 AMT
Mira Sorvino set to star in CBS’ “Trooper” drama

Trooper centers on KJ Flaxton (Sorvino), a common-sense mother-turned-New York state trooper.

24 February 2012 • 16:21 AMT
Angela Merkel rules out Greece’s leaving eurozone

“This path is unpredictable and involves considerable risks,” German Chancellor told an economics conference.

24 February 2012 • 16:07 AMT
Dwayne Johnson may star in Warner Bros’ “Hercules”

The movie will follow Hercules as he prepares his crew, after being hired by the King of Thrace to face battle.

24 February 2012 • 15:55 AMT
Moscow backs Kofi Annan as Syria envoy

UN and Arab League appointed ex-UN chief Kofi Annan as their Joint Special Envoy to deal with the crisis in Syria.

24 February 2012 • 15:47 AMT
Russia to export 10 Superjet 100 planes in 2012

United Aircraft Corporation: the planes will be delivered to Mexico, Indonesia, and Laos in late 2012.

24 February 2012 • 15:29 AMT
Volkswagen earnings soar on strong China demand

The German-based group said its net profit jumped to 15.41 billion euros from 6.84 billion euros in the year earlier.

24 February 2012 • 15:12 AMT
Michael Jackson’s doctor: pressure of debt killed the star

Murray was jailed for criminal negligence after admitting he used to give the pop star sedatives so he could sleep.

24 February 2012 • 15:06 AMT
Colin Firth, Natalie Portman added to Oscar presenters list

Firth and Portman received 2011 Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for “The King’s Speech” and “Black Swan,” resp.

24 February 2012 • 14:37 AMT
Apple disables push email in Germany after Motorola case

A German court ruled earlier that Apple had infringed a Motorola patent used in GPRS wireless communications.

24 February 2012 • 14:27 AMT
Woody Allen adapts “Bullets Over Broadway” for musical

Allen’s 1994 film “Bullets Over Broadway” explored travails of aspiring playwright newly arrived in 1920’s New York.

24 February 2012 • 14:26 AMT
Some pages of Turkish presidential watchdog report on Dink murder censored

The sections level serious and explicit accusations against police and gendarmerie officers and the Istanbul Governor’s Office.