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19 February 2012 • 12:39 AMT
Officials: Egypt’s presidential election scheduled for June

Presidential hopefuls will have 3 weeks starting Mar 10 to register their candidacy, with 45-day campaigning to follow.

19 February 2012 • 12:37 AMT
Israel’s largest bank website attacked, Iranian hackers suspected

While no one has taken credit for the most recent attack on Israel’s largest bank, fingers have been pointed at Iranian hackers.

19 February 2012 • 12:24 AMT
Nice weather expected in Armenia in days to come

No precipitation is forecast for February 20-22, with temperature to drop 8-10 degrees Celsius over February 20-21.

19 February 2012 • 11:58 AMT
2 judicial officials shot dead in Syria

Media report: Prosecutor General Nidal Ghazal and judge Mohammed Zyada were killed by “armed terrorist group”.

19 February 2012 • 11:41 AMT
Egypt pulls ambassador to Syria

Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo to protest bloodshed in Syria.

19 February 2012 • 11:18 AMT
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani awarded Golden Bear at Berlin film festival

Denmark’s Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, who played mad King Christian VII in a costume drama “A Royal Affair”, took best actor.

19 February 2012 • 11:16 AMT
Family, friends say final farewell to Whitney Houston

Death of the star, one of the world’s best-selling artists in the 80s and 90s, prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief.

19 February 2012 • 11:09 AMT
Car bomb kills 12, wounds 18 in Baghdad

The attack was at a checkpoint near a police training academy in northeastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

19 February 2012 • 10:57 AMT
Feb 19 marks 8th anniversary of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan’s murder

Ramil Safarov’s sentence is a sentence to the whole political leadership of Azerbaijan – Armenian public figure.

19 February 2012 • 10:51 AMT
Arabs frustrated over Russia’s position on Syria

“We used to look at Russia as a supporter of the Arabs; now, we see that Russia is supporting their killing,” Mohamed Tharwat said.

19 February 2012 • 10:45 AMT
Taiwanese publication allegedly shows iPad 3 photos

The new photos are added to the pile of rumors and speculation that has slowly grown over the past month.

19 February 2012 • 10:36 AMT
Latvians reject granting Russian a status of second state language

With votes counted at the 770 out 1,035 voting polls, 138,336 people voted in favor of the Russian language and 470,548 against.

19 February 2012 • 10:31 AMT
Klitschko beats Chisora, retains WBC heavyweight title

Because of Chisora’s aggressive nature, Vitali abandoned the jab and used hard right hands to keep Chisora back.

18 February 2012 • 19:15 AMT
Bobby Brown leaves Whitney Houston funeral minutes before its start

He arrived as the service began, walked to the coffin, touched it and walked to the back of the New Jersey church.

18 February 2012 • 18:48 AMT
Greece agrees to launch debt swap for private creditors March 8

The swap is to accompany a $130 billion rescue package that Athens hopes to agree with its euro zone partners.

18 February 2012 • 18:43 AMT
Clinton flies to Mexico for G20 session ‘to push for freer but fairer trade’

The setting is deliberately informal, with host Mexico hoping to foster cooperation rather than make concrete achievements.

18 February 2012 • 16:46 AMT
One of Argentina’s wealthiest women dies

“Mrs. Fortabat was a clear leader in the growth and development of Argentine industry,” her family said in a statement.

18 February 2012 • 16:41 AMT
Apple reaches settlement on iPhone 4 antennagate lawsuit

As part of the arrangement, e-mails will also be sent alerting original buyers to the settlement before April 30, 2012.

18 February 2012 • 16:24 AMT
Italy’s central bank chief confirms recession forecasts

Ignazio Visco replaced Mario Draghi as central bank governor after the latter became European Central Bank president.

18 February 2012 • 15:25 AMT
Israeli Defense Minister again calls for tougher Iran sanctions

“The world should ratchet up the sanctions before the Iranians fully enter this immunity zone,” Ehud Barak said.

18 February 2012 • 15:15 AMT
Sarkozy opens election headquarters

The office has an inconspicuos facade and is smaller than Hollande’s, which is in one of the capital’s chicest neighborhoods.

18 February 2012 • 14:59 AMT
Iranian news agency reporter arrested in Azerbaijan

The security forces raided the house of the FNA correspondent and arrested him without any specific charge.

18 February 2012 • 14:39 AMT
Unused Facebook office discovered in Amsterdam

The Netherlands is a popular location for ‘letterbox companies’, with over 20,000 existing in the country.

18 February 2012 • 13:51 AMT
Rio’s famed Carnival kicks off in Brazil

Under a shower of confetti and pulsating samba beats, legendary King Momo officially launched Rio’s legendary Carnival.

18 February 2012 • 13:36 AMT
St. Petersburg hosts pro-Putin rally

About 60,000 Russian Prime Minister Putin’s supporters gathered by the Oktyabrskiy concert hall in St. Petersburg.

18 February 2012 • 12:58 AMT
U.S. approves oil-spill plan for Arctic

U.S. officials have approved an oil-spill plan for Royal Dutch Shell PLC as the company looks to begin drilling in the Arctic.

18 February 2012 • 12:50 AMT
Hillary Clinton: U.S. stands for Armenia -Turkey reconciliation

U.S. Secretary of State says America backs OSCE Minsk Group activity aimed at achieving Karabakh conflict settlement.

18 February 2012 • 12:40 AMT
Yerkrapah Board chairman calls Armenian President brother-in-arms

Manvel Grigoryan ruled out possibility of another convention aimed at announcing Yerkrapah’s support for any political forces.

18 February 2012 • 12:31 AMT
Yerkrapah member: We’ll take retaliatory action in case of Azeri attack

Yerkrapah Board chairman says the Union stands ready to protect homeland in case Azerbaijan launches an offensive.

18 February 2012 • 12:25 AMT
U.S. crews extinguish fire at Washington state refinery

The fire broke out about 160 km north of Seattle, 2:30 p.m. local time and was extinguished an hour and a half later.