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08 February 2012 • 08:55 AMT
German court rules against expanded “Ghetto pensions”

“Ghetto survivors endured the most horrific conditions possible while laboring just to stay alive,” said Julius Berman.

08 February 2012 • 08:49 AMT
Turkey’s National Intelligence head summoned as suspect in KCK case

Fidan’s predecessor, former MİT Undersecretary Emre Taner, and his assistant, Afet Güneş, were also requested to testify.

08 February 2012 • 08:40 AMT
Nokia to cut 4,000 smartphone production jobs

Nokia also moved its Asia Pacific headquarters from Singapore to China in order to reduce costs and improve its efficiency.

08 February 2012 • 08:32 AMT
Citibank establishes Russian-language branch

The new bilingual branch will provide convenient banking services to the 360,000 residents of Brighton Beach.

08 February 2012 • 08:28 AMT
EU sets forth new proposals on Karabakh settlement?

EU Special Representative Philippe Lefort met with Azerbaijan’s President, Foreign, Justice and National Security Ministers.

08 February 2012 • 08:15 AMT
Activists: at least 47 killed in Homs bombardment

Over 5,400 were killed in Syria from March crackdown on pro-democracy activists, to January, when UN stopped body count.

08 February 2012 • 08:13 AMT
3 works from Elizabeth Taylor Collection fetch $21,8mln at Christie’s

All three works were prominently featured in the global tour of highlights from the Collection of Elizabeth Taylor.

08 February 2012 • 08:04 AMT
FIFA to donate $250,000 to families of Egypt football riots victims

More than 70 people lost their lives after violence erupted at the end of a match between Al Masry and Al Ahly in Port Said.

08 February 2012 • 07:59 AMT
Open Government Partnership program kicks off in Armenia

On Feb.7, Armenian Foreign Ministry hosted the first sitting of Open Government Partnership working group’s program.

08 February 2012 • 07:52 AMT
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to build pavilion for London Olympics

The project involves digging some 5 feet into the park’s soil to collect rainwater, which would be incorporated into the design.

08 February 2012 • 07:39 AMT
UK faces “lone wolf” terrorist threat

“The Games are both a help and a hindrance to UK counter-terrorism,” said Rusi senior fellow Tobias Feakin.

08 February 2012 • 07:38 AMT
Syrian President walking down “a dead-end street”, Erdoğan says

“We will launch a new initiative with countries that stand by the Syrian people instead of the regime,” Turkish PM said.

08 February 2012 • 07:17 AMT
European Parliament head urges Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide

The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz met with Turkey’s chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis.

08 February 2012 • 07:16 AMT
Samsung plans to sell over 25 million “smart TVs” in 2012

Samsung’s latest smart TV recognizes human voices in 30 languages to turn itself on or off, switch channels or adjust volume.

08 February 2012 • 07:05 AMT
Maldives installs new president after ousting Nasheed

UN chief hopes that handover of power “will lead to the peaceful resolution of the political crisis that has polarized the country.”

08 February 2012 • 06:57 AMT
Last known surviving veteran of World War I dies at 110

Green died Feb 4, at the Briar House Care Home in King’s Lynn, eastern England, two weeks before her 111th birthday.

08 February 2012 • 06:47 AMT
Russia to spend about $12bln on Glonass satellite navigation system

The expenditures include 146.9 billion rubles ($5bln) to support the system and 138.3 billion rubles ($4.6bln) to develop it.

08 February 2012 • 06:44 AMT
Azeri FM says Karabakh conflict great problem for Azerbaijan

Elmar Mammadyarov: resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a priority of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan.

08 February 2012 • 06:41 AMT
Israel’s labor federation launches nationwide strike

Union leaders are protesting the widespread use of contract workers who earn less than workers who are directly employed.

08 February 2012 • 06:38 AMT
Vladimir Akopian beats Marin Bosiocic at Aeroflot Оpen

Meanwhile Hrant Melkumyan and Karen Grigoryan lost to Jorge Cori (Peru) and Zhou Jianchao (China) respectively.

08 February 2012 • 06:34 AMT
U.S. fears Syria’s Assad peace initiatives to be invalid

The Department of State spokeswoman refused to comment on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s recent visit to Syria.

08 February 2012 • 06:18 AMT
Sarkozy urges Turkey to respect its partners

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he shows great respect for Turkey, which should, in return, respect its partners.

08 February 2012 • 05:56 AMT
Saleh to return to Yemen before presidential vote

On Nov 23, Saleh signed a Gulf initiative, handing over power to vice-president Hadi to organise an early election within 90 days.

07 February 2012 • 19:29 AMT
Italian court upholds house arrest for Costa Concordia captain

The court in Florence rejected two requests: one from prosecutors to jail Schettino and another from Schettino to be freed.

07 February 2012 • 19:14 AMT
Samsung develops Siri-like remote voice control

The device allows users to speak commands in many cases rather than typing on a keyboard or pressing buttons.

07 February 2012 • 18:59 AMT
Israel to build detention center for illegal immigrants

The new facility to be built in the south of the country would start receiving detainees within the first half of 2012.

07 February 2012 • 18:55 AMT
Greek political leaders meeting postponed

“The reason is that the political leaders will not have the time to assess the measures in the bailout,” an official said.

07 February 2012 • 18:31 AMT
Google releases Chrome Beta for Android-powered devices

“Like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity,” Google’s SVP of Chrome and Apps said.

07 February 2012 • 17:56 AMT
Germany wants to follow France’s suit over Genocide bill

German citizens stress the need for their country to consider its past and urge Turkey to address the issue of Armenian Genocide.

07 February 2012 • 17:53 AMT
Kurds resolute to blow up Middle East by declaring independence

On March 21, Nowruz day, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani is going to announce about the establishment of independent Kurdistan. The time, in fact, is chosen quite inappropriately, considering the situation in the Middle East. If Barzani is indeed ready to declare independence, he should at least be prepared for various kinds of threat, or simply for invasion by Turkey. It is one thing to join efforts with Iraq to destroy the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and another – aggression against an independent state, if such is ever established.