The crisis expected to last until next year could lead to electricity shortages, planned blackouts and higher electricity rates.

The merger was agreed upon in February last year, hoping to create the world’s biggest stock and derivatives exchange.

Chinese analysts say an embargo could be damaging because Beijing would be hard-pressed to replace those supplies.

Authorities have closed schools and colleges and set up nearly 3,000 heating and food shelters across Ukraine.

With its own online store, Rovio aims to counter the large number of counterfeit Angry Birds spinoffs in China.

In Moscow Open’s Student Grandmaster Cup round 7, Armenian grandmaster will face Turkey’s Mustafa Yilmaz.

The cost of the Kindle Fire was by far the most-liked aspect of the device, as 59 percent of respondents selected the option.

Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian celebrated Divine Liturgy and delivered his message on the occasion.

The Oscar presentation at the Kodak Theatre on Feb 26 will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

England’s Nigel Short gained the Tradewise tournament gold, having scored a tie-break win over China’s Hou Yifan.

President Saakashvili expressed a willingness to work with Schiff and Berman to direct more resources to Samtskhe-Javakheti.

The home-made satellite, Navid, or Gospel, was designed to collect data on weather conditions and monitor for natural disasters.

“Our cooperation continues in the absence of international sanctions on Syria,” Russian Technologies official said.

Despite cold weather, thousands of Chechens gathered at Grozny airports and in the city’s streets to welcome the gift.

Microsoft also apparently said it hopes its Windows Phone Marketplace will be home to more than 100,000 applications.

“The feeling in the council is that consensus will be achieved shortly,” Kodjo Menan, president of the Security Council this month said.

Loop Insight’s well-connected Jim Dalrymple debunked part of a rumor that began circulating early February 2 morning.

“If Phil predicts six more weeks of winter, I guarantee you someone’s going to have six more weeks of winter,” Mike Johnston said.

Secretary General of NATO, in turn, voiced hope for Afghanistan’s security forces to control the situation in mid 2013.

At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said.

Aviv Kochavi: Iran accumulated 4 tonnes of uranium enriched to a level of 3.5% and nearly 100 kilos at an enrichment level of 20%.

Eugenia Tymoshenko: my mother is only the most striking example of selective application of criminal law.

FIFA President called for action to prevent a repeat of the post-match violence in a letter to the Egyptian Football Association.

India, Iran’s second-biggest oil client after China, buys 12 percent of its oil needs from the Islamic nation.

“From that time, the role of our troops will gradually change from combat to support,” Anders Fogh-Rasmussen said.

Referring to bunker-buster bombs, Moshe Yaalon said that “at the end of the day it’s possible to strike all the installations.”

Alexander Skakov further noted that not only Christian and Jewish, but also Muslim shires are located in Israel.

Vardan Voskanyan noted that Iran has halted financing Hamas and other Palestinian organizations.

Diplomatic sources say Western states appear to support the new text on condition that it gets a yes vote from Russia.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court is to charge PM Gilani with contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against the president.