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15 February 2012 • 10:27 AMT
Syria to vote on new constitution Feb 26

Amendments to Syria’s constitution were a key demand by opposition at the beginning of the uprising against Assad.

15 February 2012 • 10:01 AMT
Bernard Slade’s Romantic Comedy to be staged in Yerevan

Guzh Manukyan, people’s artist of Armenia and Evelina Shahiryan, honoured artist of Armenia will play the leading parts.

15 February 2012 • 10:00 AMT
5 Armenians injured in Volgograd blast

Four minutes later the first fire brigade arrived at the site, to confirm a second degree fire and ask for an urgent reinforcement.

15 February 2012 • 09:55 AMT
Fifth-generation Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle unveiled in Russia

The difference between the new AK-12 and its previous models is that it can be operated with one hand.

15 February 2012 • 09:51 AMT
Armenian Justice Minister recalls Italy’s experience with regard to electoral system

Armenian Justice Minister: Italy changed only 4 governments since switching to mixed electoral system in 1993.

15 February 2012 • 09:45 AMT
Arman Pashikyan shares 1-2 places at Ferdowsi Chess Tournament

Another Armenian representative Levon Babujyan comes 5th with 4 points. He will face Hamid Dehghani in the next round.

15 February 2012 • 09:39 AMT
Number of terrorist attacks in Russia halved in 2011

“Forty-nine people have been convinced to quit terrorist activity,” the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service said.

15 February 2012 • 09:09 AMT
Armenia climbs 41st in FIFA rankings

Armenia climbed 4 positions to be placed 41st with 639 points in the FIFA rankings released on February 15.

15 February 2012 • 09:00 AMT
David Nalbandian to face Benoit Paire in Brasil Open round 1

Benoit Paire has played three ATP world tour tournaments in 2012. However, he has an equal win-loss record of 3-3.

15 February 2012 • 08:53 AMT
ARFD member: reproduction of authorities leads to usurpation

Armen Rustamyan noted that noting that opposition gains much fewer seats in the parliament due to the majority system.

15 February 2012 • 08:48 AMT
HP to open lab to allow customer access to ARM servers

HP at the time said the experimental servers would be made available to select customers in the first half of this year.

15 February 2012 • 08:39 AMT
Tigran Davtyan: Armenia has serious potential to develop SME

The Armenian Minister of Economy, Tigran Davtyan stressed in his welcoming speech the importance of this project.

15 February 2012 • 08:38 AMT
Armenian NA speaker suggests establishing commission to monitor elections

“The commission will comprise representatives of both authorities and opposition,” Samvel Nikoyan has said.

15 February 2012 • 08:36 AMT
Internet-connected devices to outnumber individuals in 2016

60% of mobile users will belong to the ‘Gigabyte Club,’ each generating more than one gigabyte of mobile data traffic per month.

15 February 2012 • 08:32 AMT
Ambassador: Armenia is important partner for U.S.

John Heffern named economy, regional programs and elections as the key areas of activity U.S. mission in Armenia pursues.

15 February 2012 • 08:30 AMT
1.7 percent economic growth recorded in France

France’s GDP grew slightly in the last quarter of 2011, bringing total economic growth for the year to 1.7 percent.

15 February 2012 • 08:05 AMT
Book-album Ani presents 3D models of churches

There are over 600 photographs in the book, and the album presents 3D models of constructions, Samvel Karapetyan said.

15 February 2012 • 07:58 AMT
Angry Birds launched on Facebook

The hit game is Rovio’s first big success after producing 50 previous games, selling 500 million copies at 59p each to iPhone users.

15 February 2012 • 07:48 AMT
OSCE media representative urges European Parliament to revise ACTA

“I think that it would be helpful to conduct a thorough assessment of the effect the agreement might have,” Dunja Mijatović said.

15 February 2012 • 07:47 AMT
Egypt circulates UN General Assembly resolution on Syria

Diplomats said the resolution to be put to a vote in the 193-member assembly is likely to be adopted by a wide margin.

15 February 2012 • 07:37 AMT
Spy bug reportedly found in Turkish Council of State office

Council of State President Hüseyin Karakullukçu condemned the incident, saying it was being “sensitively investigated.”

15 February 2012 • 07:18 AMT
Arthur Abraham to watch Stieglitz vs Kessler clash

Arthur Abraham hopes to get a title shot against the winner between WBO champ Robert Stieglitz and Mikkel Kessler.

15 February 2012 • 07:14 AMT
Syrian oil pipeline hit, causing huge fire

The Local Coordination Committees says the pipeline was hit in the morning in the neighborhood of Baba Amr.

15 February 2012 • 07:08 AMT
Sony apologizes for raising prices of Whitney Houston’s albums on iTunes

The company, which owns much of the late singer’s back catalog, said the albums had been “mistakenly mispriced.”

15 February 2012 • 06:55 AMT
Greek Orthodox Patriarch to address Turkish parliament

Bartholomew was invited to Ankara within the framework of ongoing efforts to draft a new constitution for Turkey.

15 February 2012 • 06:52 AMT
Hrant Melkumyan 0,5 point behind Aeroflot Оpen leader

All chess players representing Armenia tied games in tournament A 8 round of Aeroflot Open Chess Festival 2012.

15 February 2012 • 06:38 AMT
Yerkir newspaper: wolves hunted in Yerevan

Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection has proposed to bring the number of killed wolves to 200 against 100 in 2011.

15 February 2012 • 06:35 AMT
Hackers target Nasdaq, Bats websites

There was no immediate claim on Twitter feeds used by Anonymous for the attacks on the Nasdaq and Bats websites.

15 February 2012 • 06:34 AMT
Francis Bacon’s painting sold for £21.3m in London

The painting had been entered from an unidentified “distinguished New York collection”, according to Christie’s catalogue.

15 February 2012 • 06:27 AMT
NKR MFA: Baku tries to distract attention from Armenian massacre in Sumgait

Khojalu population became hostage of Baku authorities’ dirty tricks who turned this tragedy into speculative political capital.