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23 February 2012 • 10:20 AMT
Vatican asks Turkey to allow it to examine1500-year-old Bible

The leather-bound Bible is written on leather sheets and is now under protection as it is regarded as a valuable cultural asset.

23 February 2012 • 10:13 AMT
Armenian students lay flowers at eternal flame

Russian-Armenian University students visited the Victory Park and laid flowers to the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.

23 February 2012 • 10:03 AMT
Turkish cheese to enter Armenian market

Turkish dairy products manufacturer VOTAŞ company plans to target Iraq and Armenia as key export countries.

23 February 2012 • 10:01 AMT
Adele’s “21” album sells record 730,000 copies in 1 week

The album racked up more than 2 mln downloads at iTunes Store, making her the 1st artist to go double platinum on iTunes.

23 February 2012 • 10:01 AMT
Death toll in Baghdad blasts rises to 50

The early-morning attacks were conducted against mainly Shi’ite targets in Baghdad and several other towns and cities.

23 February 2012 • 09:57 AMT
Deutsche Telekom reports euro1.34 billion loss

That more than doubled losses of euro514 million in the same quarter a year ago. Revenues fell 3.7 percent to euro14.9 billion.

23 February 2012 • 09:49 AMT
Expert: any concession in Karabakh issue will lead to war

David Jamalyan stressed the need to consolidate state institutions in Nagorno Karabakh to confirm past achievements.

23 February 2012 • 09:47 AMT
Turkey launches maneuvers near border with Armenia

Third field army commander, General Ahmet Turmus monitors the maneuvers that have brought together about 2,000 people.

23 February 2012 • 09:40 AMT
Armenian specialists share experience on environmental sustainability

The Istanbul workshop brought together 24 architects, urban planners, and engineers from Armenia and Turkey.

23 February 2012 • 08:48 AMT
Samsung raises Galaxy SII sales to 20 mln

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said that sales of its flagship Galaxy SII topped 20 million handsets since its launch in April last year.

23 February 2012 • 08:44 AMT
Abraham’s trainer says clash vs. Wilczewski will be tough

Ulli Wegner: Piotr Wilczewski won the championship belt of Europe while fighting in rough terrain in Finland.

23 February 2012 • 08:41 AMT
European Commission names Armenian Education Ministry’s program best case

Armenian Education and Science Ministry implemented five programs in 2010-2011 within TAIEX project framework.

23 February 2012 • 08:33 AMT
Oil slides to $106 after report on U.S. crude supplies growth

Inventories of gasoline added 314,000 barrels last week while distillates rose 630,000 barrels, the API said.

23 February 2012 • 08:28 AMT
Expert rules out possibility of Azeri maneuvers to grow into war

Artsrun Hovhannisyan stressed the possible linkage between maneuvers and visits of Turkish top officials to Azerbaijan.

23 February 2012 • 08:19 AMT
Powerful car bomb kills at least 12 in Pakistan

The car bomb was loaded with nearly 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of explosives, said city police chief Siraj Ahmed.

23 February 2012 • 08:01 AMT
India’s home ministry urges ban on gay sex

Gay sex “is highly immoral and against the social order,” additional solicitor general P.P. Malhotra told the top court.

23 February 2012 • 08:01 AMT
Yerevan citizen hits a 5-year-old child in a car accident

The police found out that the offender, driver of VAZ 2106 was a 24-year-old citizen of Yerevan. Investigation is underway.

23 February 2012 • 07:46 AMT
Artsakh President condemns terrorist act against Abkhaz leader

Bako Sahakyan condemned the assassination attempt at his Abkhaz counterpart Alexander Ankvab committed on Feb. 22.

23 February 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Artsakh President congratulates on Motherland Defender’s Day

Bako Sahakyan: this holiday acquired new depth and meaning after the proclamation of the independence of NKR.

23 February 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Twitter hires two high-profile Google execs

Both will report to Twitter sales head Adam Bain, who heads a staff of 120 employees in the U.S., UK, Japan and Ireland.

23 February 2012 • 07:37 AMT
March 8-11 declared non-working days in Armenia

On February 23, Armenian government passed a decision, according to which March 9 is declared a non-working day.

23 February 2012 • 07:27 AMT
Obama calls on Google, Facebook to develop common privacy standards

Congress should enact a privacy bill of rights for Web users, the administration said in a report released in Washington.

23 February 2012 • 07:23 AMT
New species of lizard with rainbow skin discovered in Cambodia

“Some similar species are known from only a few individuals. We were very lucky to find this one,” said Neang Thy.

23 February 2012 • 07:19 AMT
Germany’s Commerzbank posts 4Q euro316 million profit

The Frankfurt-based bank reduced its operating costs to euro1.77 billion from euro2.16 billion a year earlier.

23 February 2012 • 07:11 AMT
Cameron urges Britain to combat racism in sport

British PM says that Britain needs to act swiftly to crush any return of racism in football, after several high-profile cases.

23 February 2012 • 07:00 AMT
Japan may provide up to $50 billion to IMF

Japan said it expects to pay for the latest contribution by using a refund from the $100 billion it gave to the IMF in 2009.

23 February 2012 • 06:51 AMT
Blasts kill at least 22 in Baghdad

Police said nine people were killed and 24 wounded in the explosion that shook buildings and windows blocks away.

23 February 2012 • 06:30 AMT
Sergey Mikayelyan comes 8th at U23 World Ski Championships

Sergey Mikayelyan covered 10 km distance race in 26:35.4 minutes in U23 World Ski Championships in Turkey.

23 February 2012 • 06:26 AMT
Strauss-Kahn released after questioning in prostituting probe

Former IMF head was questioned by French police about an alleged pimping operation and misuse of company funds.

23 February 2012 • 06:24 AMT
U.S. Congressmen receive mail threatening biological attack

John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, received a letter containing a powdery substance at one of his offices in Ohio.