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26 January 2012 • 11:06 AMT
Armenian, Latvian FMs discuss strengthening of cooperation

Dwelling on regional issues, Edward Nalbandian reaffirmed Armenia’s adherence to peaceful settlement of Iran nuclear issue.

26 January 2012 • 11:04 AMT
Samsung Galaxy S3 UK release date planned – report

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has been repeatedly leaked and rumored with latest reports outing a potential release date as this April.

26 January 2012 • 10:59 AMT
European Individual Women’s Championship to host Armenian GMs

Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galojan, Maria Kursova, and Anna Hairapetian will represent Armenia at the event.

26 January 2012 • 10:56 AMT
Ukrainian expert: Genocide bill passage will affect Turkey-EU ties

The Genocide bill is believed to take effect in France within two weeks, after it will be signed by President.

26 January 2012 • 10:42 AMT
Artsakh President attends Karintak battle anniversary event

Bako Sahakyan: the battle proved that patriotism, faith and dedication are able to defeat the overwhelming enemy odds.

26 January 2012 • 10:42 AMT
Bodies of three German passengers of Italian ship identified

Salvage experts worked, so they could begin pumping tons of fuel off the ship to avert an environmental catastrophe.

26 January 2012 • 10:38 AMT
Ostromir Gospel included in UNESCO cultural heritage list

The singular role of the Ostromir Gospel was introducing Christianity to previously isolated and pagan East Slavonic tribe.

26 January 2012 • 10:30 AMT
Deputy FM, OSCE special rep. discuss Karabakh issue

The officials focused on Karabakh conflict, stressing the importance of promoting trust between the conflicting parties.

26 January 2012 • 10:22 AMT
Google’s Android share of tablet market rises sharply

Android accounted for 39% of the market in the final three months of last year, up from 29% a year earlier, Strategy Analytics said.

26 January 2012 • 10:19 AMT
French Senators lack votes to protest Genocide bill

French Senators have only 48 hours left to protest the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial at Constitutional Court.

26 January 2012 • 10:17 AMT
David Nalbandian trains for Davis Cup at Villa Allende

Argentina, with Juan Monako, Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank as part of squad, will face Germany at Davis Cup.

26 January 2012 • 10:02 AMT
Official: Armenia to have professional army once war clouds lifted

Hrayr Karapetyan: with no menace of war we shall have a 100% professional army, as envisaged by the national security strategy.

26 January 2012 • 09:51 AMT
IMF advises Russia to fight consumer price inflation

“Our analysis suggests that a medium-term target range for inflation of three-five percent would be appropriate,” Brekk said.

26 January 2012 • 09:46 AMT
Nearly 100 arrested over fake Olympic tickets scam

London police arrested 97 people in scams involving tickets, fake Olympic websites and nonexistent hotel rooms.

26 January 2012 • 09:44 AMT
Apple may release iPhone 5 in summer – source

iPhone models have typically been released in June, though the iPhone 4S broke tradition with an October 2011 release.

26 January 2012 • 09:42 AMT
British actor dies yet in December, news comes today

Nicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his role as the wizard Merlin in “Excalibur”, died of cancer.

26 January 2012 • 09:37 AMT
HP plans release the code behind webOS

It laid out a timeline for releasing components of the software, starting with Enyo 2.0 and its source code immediately.

26 January 2012 • 09:09 AMT
Baku threats prove it a weak player – Armenian expert

Richard Giragosian: Sochi meeting being the last one mediated by Dmitry Medvedev, the situation is expected to change.

26 January 2012 • 09:01 AMT
Bombing in central Iraq kills 10

Both policemen, two children under one years of age and four women were among the dead, officials have said.

26 January 2012 • 08:43 AMT
Scandalous breast implant firm founder arrested in France

Poly Implant Prothese closed down in March 2010 after regulators discovered it was using a non-medical grade silicon.

26 January 2012 • 08:42 AMT
Movsesian, Sargissian score wins at Gibraltar Chess Festival

Sergei Movsesian and Gabriel Sargissian scored victories over Mohammed Al-Sayed and Joseph Gallagher respectively.

26 January 2012 • 08:40 AMT
NASA says no to Phobos-Grunt Mars probe experiment

“Roscosmos filed an official request to the U.S. side to participate in the investigation, but they refused,” Anatoly Shylov said.

26 January 2012 • 08:27 AMT
Gunmen attack Pakistani checkpost, kill 6

“The attackers came before dawn and opened fire on the soldiers after encircling the checkpost,” an official said.

26 January 2012 • 08:26 AMT
Expert forecasts Turkey’s return to “football diplomacy”

Richard Giragosian: French Senate’s passing bill penalizing Genocide denial proved the recognition process can’t be halted.

26 January 2012 • 08:23 AMT
Motorola sues Apple, with probable Google approval

Google has not directly sued or been sued by Apple in this matter – the two companies are fighting their legal war by proxy.

26 January 2012 • 07:58 AMT
“Déjà vu” at Sochi presidential meeting

Taking the connivance of OSCE MG mediators as silent approval, Baku continues preparing the Azeri society for a war.

26 January 2012 • 07:40 AMT
IAEA experts start Japan nuke plant inspection

“That would give us opportunity to see how nuclear utilities are responding to these instructions,” James Lyons said.

26 January 2012 • 07:34 AMT
Disaster alerts now available via Google Maps

The new Public Alerts page aims to keep users informed of emergency alerts for floods, tornadoes, winter storms, etc.

26 January 2012 • 07:33 AMT
Karintak marks 20th anniversary of legendary battle

Karintak is the largest rural settlement located 2 km far from Shushi, near the gorge on the left of Karkar river.

26 January 2012 • 07:19 AMT
Phobos-Grunt failed due to plasma formation

The abnormal solar activity continued for ten days which could have affected the functioning of the Phobos-Grunt probe.