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03 February 2012 • 12:39 AMT
UN court rules against Italy in Nazi compensation case

UN court ruled that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war crimes.

03 February 2012 • 12:38 AMT
Poland’s Euro 2012 venue calls off match over safety concerns

The venue is not ready for the Polish SuperCup match on February 11, which officials said was an event of “heightened risk.”

03 February 2012 • 12:37 AMT
Turkey bans France from using its airspace and territorial waters

French ambassador to Turkey: France attaches great importance to its ties with Turkey. We need to be calm.

03 February 2012 • 12:17 AMT
Iran’s Ayatollah threatens retaliation for oil sanctions

Ali Khamenei: in response to threats of oil embargo and war, we have our own threats to impose at the right time.

03 February 2012 • 12:01 AMT
Expert forecasts new terrorist acts in Syria

Suren Manukyan noted that authorities will be able to suppress interior unrest without external support of the opposition.

03 February 2012 • 11:44 AMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity surges

It was her highest share of the electorate since December 2009, three months after she was elected to a second term.

03 February 2012 • 11:37 AMT
Tehran mulls plan to ban Samsung sales over anti-Iran teaser

The clip implies that Israel is powerful enough to easily destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities or assassinate the country’s scientists.

03 February 2012 • 11:23 AMT
Google loses appeal in Taiwan, to pay fine

The Taipei City government, which imposed the fine in June 2011, said the economics ministry had ruled in its favor.

03 February 2012 • 11:15 AMT
Venice Film Festival competition line up reduced

Venice film festival official selection will become “lighter” with fewer films, still all world premieres in the main competition.

03 February 2012 • 11:13 AMT
Skype 5.8 available for download

Group Screen Sharing is available with Skype Premium, which also includes Group video calling and live chat customer support.

03 February 2012 • 10:42 AMT
Germany’s ex-Defense Minister gets a cake in the face

The video since posted on the Internet shows a slightly shocked Guttenberg wiping the desert away and then licking his fingers.

03 February 2012 • 10:35 AMT
Heritage leader suggests Armenian President discuss electoral shift

Raffi Hovannisian further hailed the political forces’ initiative to set forth the issue of full shift to proportional electoral system.

03 February 2012 • 10:27 AMT
British companies interested in investing in Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister: though Armenia has no oil deposits, it has other more important resources such as human capital.

03 February 2012 • 10:23 AMT
Cézanne painting sold for record $250 million

The nation, located on its own small jetty off the Arabian Peninsula, is a new destination on the art-world grand tour.

03 February 2012 • 10:07 AMT
Egyptian activists call for mass protests after football violence

Demonstrators were to stage marches from mosques across Cairo after noon prayers towards the parliament.

03 February 2012 • 10:06 AMT
Heritage to decide on union with Free Democrats by Mar 2

Raffi Hovannisian: March 2 Heritage party session will focus on electoral campaign and parliamentary candidates list.

03 February 2012 • 09:49 AMT
Israel may attack Iran within several months – reports

Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said that Iran had over 4 tons of enriched materials and nearly 100 kg of 20-percent enriched uranium

03 February 2012 • 09:39 AMT
Adam Lambert confirms he will be Queen’s new frontman

Lambert has now announced he will be touring with May and Taylor throughout 2012 – including dates at Knebworth.

03 February 2012 • 09:30 AMT
World’s officials gather for Munich Security Conference

The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will address the conference on February 4.

03 February 2012 • 09:22 AMT
Anonymous hacks Greek Ministry of Justice website

The site is currently “Under Construction” following the attack but was amended to display a message from the online collective.

03 February 2012 • 08:38 AMT
Yerevan to host Chinese band concert

The concert is organized by Confucius Institute at YSLU, jointly with embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia.

03 February 2012 • 08:23 AMT
MP: President Sargsyan should top RPA parliamentary candidates list

RPA member Hovhannes Sahakyan refused to name No 2 and 3 in the list candidate calling it a part of “electoral intrigue.”

03 February 2012 • 08:15 AMT
RPA member says new coalition memorandum possible

Hovhannes Sahakyan: new memorandum depends on a type of candidates list coalition parties will submit for parliament race.

03 February 2012 • 08:08 AMT
Sarkozy slams his FM for opposing genocide bill

French President has criticized Foreign Minister Alain Juppe for his position, making the latter keep silent on the matter.

03 February 2012 • 08:06 AMT
Toyota aims to sell 9.58 million units worldwide in 2012

“We aim to sell more in emerging countries, mainly China, India, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia,” Amiko Tomita said.

03 February 2012 • 08:02 AMT
Over 100 missing may be trapped inside PNG sunken ferry

So far, 246 people have been plucked to safety in a joint rescue operation conducted by PNG and neighboring Australia.

03 February 2012 • 08:01 AMT
Google boosts Android Market security

The service performs a set of analyses on new applications, applications already in Android Market, and developer accounts.

03 February 2012 • 07:46 AMT
Court rejects Megaupload founder bail appeal

Kim Dotcom was returned to custody until February 22 ahead of a hearing on an extradition application by the United States.

03 February 2012 • 07:41 AMT
Kobe Bryant named NBA All-Star starter for 14th time

Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum are among those named as 2012 NBA All-Star Game starters.

03 February 2012 • 07:31 AMT
Panasonic forecasts record net loss

Japanese electronics company Panasonic says it forecasts a record net loss of $10.2 billion for the fiscal year through March.