The Hollywood star received the honor from Haitiian President Michel Martelly at a special ceremony at the National Palace.

In the 5th round Grigoryan will face off against Maxim Matlakov, who also has the same number of points.

Miroslav Popovich: there is documentary evidence, confirming enormity against the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire.

On Dec 27, Heritage and ARFD opposition parties issued a joint statement urging for a full shift to proportional electoral system.

It was not possible to independently confirm the information because the areas are effectively off-limits to reporters.

Movsesian comes 8th with 6 points, falling only 0,5 point behind the leader, Hou Yifan; while Sargissian is 44th with 5 points.

“The sanctions have been biting much, much more literally in recent weeks than they have until this time,” CIA Director said.

Revenue from gas sales in the first nine months of 2011 amounted to 1.987 trillion rubles, a 33 percent increase year-on-year.

“We will have to slow down a little as far as fiscal adjustment is concerned and move faster,” Poul Thomsen said.

“We believe a consensus of the Security Council members on Syria is not only necessary but possible,” Vitaly Churkin said.

The Coastal Safety Directorate said Coast Guard boats, tug boats and a helicopter searched for the crew throughout the night.

Valerie Boyer says she is not surprised by the decision of some senators to appeal the bill at the constitutional council.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy voiced discontent with French Senators’ decision to appeal to the Constitutional Council.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the resolution could lead to “another Libya”, which would be disastrous.

UNSCEAR: health impact of Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations.

The U.S. posted $1.3 trillion deficits in each of the past two years after a record $1.4 trillion deficit in fiscal 2009.

Hussein Nader, an activist in a district near the refinery where the explosion occurred, said it was caused by tank bombardment.

Executive: Nokia Siemens will scale back product lines to concentrate on mobile broadband networks and services.

Among many others, the fest is expecting Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Pattinson.

Safavi blasted U.S. for instructing Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to direct regional developments against Iran’s policies.

Breivik was granted access to newspapers and other media, and allowed to read letters sent to him while he was in isolation.

Al-Shabaab claims that “70% of the ICRC-provided food stored for distribution was deemed unfit for human consumption.”

Italy ends search for those still missing from the shipwreck, due to safety concerns for scuba divers inspecting half-sunk vessel.

The kidnappers are demanding the release of five relatives jailed after the 2004 bomb attack at the Red Sea resort of Taba.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with EU Special Rep for South Caucasus and crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort.

Juppe is sceptical the Western-backed resolution, drafted on the basis of an Arab League peace plan will succeed.

U.S. District Judge sentenced Sargis Tadevosyan, 42, to six years in prison on counts of aggravated identity theft.

Russia banned grain exports in Aug 2010 after an extreme heatwave scorched more than one-third of the country’s grain crop.

Prosecutors said Razvan Manole Cernaianu posted confidential data he retrieved from Pentagon and NASA servers on his blog.

Despite the country’s economic growth, Turkish authorities predict a decline in economic indicators in 2012.