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27 January 2012 • 07:00 AMT
Michael Jackson’s hand and footprints immortalized

The hour-long ceremony included spoken tributes and musical performances from Jackson’s friends and family.

27 January 2012 • 06:56 AMT
Turkey to amend law to rid the country of illegal workers

Different estimates in Turkey put the number of Armenian citizens in the country at as low as 10,000 and as high as 100,000.

27 January 2012 • 06:49 AMT
16kg of cocaine seized at UN’s mail intake center

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky says neither the UN nor anyone located at UN headquarters was its intended recipient of the shipment.

27 January 2012 • 06:46 AMT
ANCA: it’s a sad spectacle to see Clinton hiding behind cynical appeals

“The Obama-Biden Administration continues to dig itself deeper and deeper into a hole of complicity,” Aram Hamparian said.

27 January 2012 • 06:37 AMT
Twitter to have extra flexibility to censor messages

Twitter added the ability to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, rather than globally, the company said in a blog post.

27 January 2012 • 06:36 AMT
Armenian figure skater drops out of Championship

Russia’s Artur Gachinski is leading with 84,80 points, followed by Olympic champ Evgeni Plushenko (84,71 points).

27 January 2012 • 06:23 AMT
Samsung posts record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit

Samsung’s telecoms business earned a record 2.64 trillion won ($2.35 billion) profit in October-December.

27 January 2012 • 06:16 AMT
Clinton says genocide recognition opens “dangerous door”

This is the same Hillary Clinton who, four years ago, pledged that she would recognize the Genocide as U.S. President.

26 January 2012 • 22:08 AMT
Asteroid to pass by Earth in near-miss

The asteroid’s path makes it the closest space-rock to pass by the Earth since object 2011 MD in June 2011.

26 January 2012 • 19:57 AMT
Iranian scientist reportedly arrested in U.S.

Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi is listed as the author or coauthor of dozens of scientific papers dealing with microchip technology.

26 January 2012 • 19:20 AMT
Google+ officially welcoming teenagers

Until now Google+ was technically for people 18 and older, although it is well-known that minors routinely enter false ages.

26 January 2012 • 17:15 AMT
Arthur Abraham visits Dubai Dolphinarium

Arthur Abraham: for the first time in my life I swam with dolphins, it was fantastic. Now I love them more.

26 January 2012 • 16:40 AMT
Hundreds rally to protest Poland’s online censorship deal

Poland’s support for the deal has sparked attacks on Polish government websites by a group calling itself “Anonymous”.

26 January 2012 • 16:21 AMT
U.S. satellite launch in Russia scheduled for Feb

Roscosmos: Russia is preparing a Proton-M carrier rocket for the launch of the U.S. Sirius FM-6 telecoms satellite.

26 January 2012 • 15:59 AMT
Chinese language school may be opened in Armenia

On January 26, Armenian Minister of Education and Science met with Chinese Ambassador to Armenia.

26 January 2012 • 15:34 AMT
U.S. presidential hopeful pledges Moon base if elected

Newt Gingrich: by the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the Moon and it will be American.

26 January 2012 • 15:27 AMT
U.S. may expand military presence in Philippines

The Philippines has indicated a willingness to host American ships, surveillance aircraft and joint military exercises.

26 January 2012 • 15:25 AMT
Wayne Rooney- manliest soccer player in England

On Jan 25, Wayne Rooney was voted soccer’s “manliest” player in a poll of men and women — with Ashley Cole the biggest wimp.

26 January 2012 • 15:21 AMT
German court bans Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” publishing

A court in Munich has banned British publisher from printing excerpts in Germany from “Mein Kampf” because it breaches copyright laws.

26 January 2012 • 15:19 AMT
Putin supporters, opposition to rally same day in Moscow

Moscow’s City Hall authorized a 50,000-strong opposition march Dec 4 followed by a rally in downtown Moscow.

26 January 2012 • 15:15 AMT
Ahmadinejad: EU will lose out under new Iran oil sanctions

The EU move and new U.S. measures aimed at making it harder for countries around the world to buy oil from Iran.

26 January 2012 • 15:08 AMT
Several Americans banned from leaving Egypt

Tensions rise over moves by Egyptian authorities to restrict the work of international rights organizations.

26 January 2012 • 15:03 AMT
London 2012 Games cost five times original figure

The London 2012 Games will cost a staggering Ј12 billion and additional costs could see that bill double to Ј24bn.

26 January 2012 • 14:43 AMT
PACE calls on Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide

A Turkish court has recently convicted Yasin Hayal, a major suspect in Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s killing.

26 January 2012 • 14:35 AMT
Russia’s Press Freedom Index drops

Reporters Without Borders: unprecedented demonstrations in December 2011 augur a period of uncertainty for Russia.

26 January 2012 • 14:30 AMT
$450 mln spent on Kuwait parliament election campaign

Around 276 parliamentary hopefuls, including 22 women, are contesting elections set for February 2.

26 January 2012 • 14:25 AMT
Baku to oust France from OSCE MG?

On Jan. 26, representative of OSCE acting chairman on the South Caucasus arrived in Baku on a two-day visit.

26 January 2012 • 14:15 AMT
Russia sends more Special Forces to North Caucasus

Russia currently deploys at least 4 army Special Forces brigades as well as several airborne and mountain brigades in the region.

26 January 2012 • 14:12 AMT
NATO doesn’t plan a return to Libya

“We are not present in Libya and we have no intention to return,” NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

26 January 2012 • 14:09 AMT
Azerbaijan seriously offended at France over Genocide bill

Political council of Azerbaijan’s Civil Solidarity Party demanded the country’s authorities to reconsider ties with France.