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23 January 2012 • 12:07 AMT
Armenian Finance Ministry: Jan 23-29 prices for precious metals

On January 23-29, gold purchase price totaled AMD 18945.25 (+157.84), release price: 20592.66 (+171.56).

23 January 2012 • 12:04 AMT
USD market average rate totals AMD 387,96 Jan 23

The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 387,96 on Jan. 23 increasing by 0.37 point compared to Jan. 20.

23 January 2012 • 12:01 AMT
IMF Chief: budget cuts will add to eurozone’s recessionary pressures

“Eurozone needs stronger economic growth and bigger financial firewalls to resolve its debt crisis,” Christine Lagarde said.

23 January 2012 • 11:55 AMT
Italy’s truck drivers strike over increased gas prices

Truck drivers brought their protest to the mainland after bringing goods transport to a near halt in Sicily last week.

23 January 2012 • 11:50 AMT
Slavik Hayrapetyan to represent Armenia at European Figure Skating Championships

The Championships kick off in Sheffield, UK, on January 23, with participation of over 200 figure skaters.

23 January 2012 • 11:46 AMT
Expert: presidential statement implies Karabakh status quo maintenance

“The forthcoming meetings will aim to alleviate contact line tensions,” deputy director of Caucasus Institute said.

23 January 2012 • 11:39 AMT
Chief memo scandal witness refuses to testify in Pakistan

Mansoor Ijaz was to travel to Pakistan to appear before commission, but bickered with government over safety guarantees.

23 January 2012 • 11:36 AMT
Italy to sell €50bln assets to reduce public debt

The sale would allow the state to reduce its public debt of around €1.9 trillion or 120 percent of Italy’s GDP.

23 January 2012 • 11:27 AMT
Poll shows unexpected slump in French business confidence

French companies’ business confidence in manufacturing sector fell unexpectedly in Jan to 91 from an unrevised 94 in December.

23 January 2012 • 11:27 AMT
Sargsyan, Aliyev ready to speed up agreement on Karabakh issue

The leaders discussed the investigation mechanisms of contact line incidents, considering OSCE observers’ latest report.

23 January 2012 • 11:20 AMT
Major quake may hit Tokyo within 4 years

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake last year and the resulting tsunami left more than 19,000 people dead or missing.

23 January 2012 • 11:19 AMT
Russian expert says “external force” involved in Dink murder

The Hrant Dink murder case is “a dark page”, according to Russian political scientist Stanislav Tarasov.

23 January 2012 • 11:07 AMT
Jean-Claude Mignon elected new PACE President

Taking over from Turkey’s Mevlüt Çavusoglu, Jean-Claude Mignon is the 1st French person to hold this office in 23 years.

23 January 2012 • 11:07 AMT
British Airways restarts flights to Libya’s Tripoli

British Airways suspended Tripoli flights in Feb 2011 as troops controlled by ex-leader Gaddafi clashed with protesters.

23 January 2012 • 11:03 AMT
Erdoğan threatens France over Genocide bill adoption

Turkish Prime Minister noted the Genocide motion as a part of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign.

23 January 2012 • 11:00 AMT
Iran, Russia to sign two security agreements

Iranian Interior Minister said the two countries will also extend collaboration to combat drug trafficking.

23 January 2012 • 10:52 AMT
CyanogenMod Android app store to open soon

An independent store will be a much-needed source of income for CyanogenMod, now active on over 1 mln Android phones.

23 January 2012 • 10:51 AMT
RPA youth wing awards best students of Armenia’s military educational institutions

“RPA youth wing kicks off the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the army,” Karen Avagyan said.

23 January 2012 • 10:51 AMT
Baku concerned over France’s OSCE co-chairmanship

Much depends on today’s debate and voting on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, according Azerbaijani MP.

23 January 2012 • 10:47 AMT
Turkish court rejects appeal to release Dink killer

Samast was earlier sentenced to 22 years and 10 months in prison for killing Dink and carrying an unlicensed gun.

23 January 2012 • 10:41 AMT
U.S. companies won’t step up hiring in early 2012 – poll

Although the U.S. jobless rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, fewer businesses said they would hire more workers.

23 January 2012 • 10:38 AMT
Kurdish organization to call for autonomy in new constitution

Ahmet Türk’s verbal pitch to parliament was sent in writing last week and includes radical demands from the DTK.

23 January 2012 • 10:22 AMT
Armenian Defense Minister deems progress in army apparent

Seyran Ohanyan: due to proposals by NGOs and individuals, situation in the army is improved on a daily basis.

23 January 2012 • 10:10 AMT
Russia, Syria sign $550-million military contract

Under the deal struck in late December, the jets are to be supplied to Syria once Damascus makes a prepayment.

23 January 2012 • 09:59 AMT
Energy Minister says Turkey keeps developing Nabucco project

Dwelling on Turkey-Georgia energy cooperation, Taner Yıldız noted several projects to be developed by the two countries.

23 January 2012 • 09:57 AMT
European finance ministers meet for talks on Greek debt relief deal

Francois Baroin and Wolfgang Schaeuble, were holding talks in Paris before a meeting with their eurozone counterparts.

23 January 2012 • 09:46 AMT
Israel to notify 12 hrs prior to launching attack on Iran

Israel told Martin Dempsey it would give only twelve hours’ warning, for fear that Obama would try to prevent an attack.

23 January 2012 • 09:46 AMT
FileSonic disables its sharing functionality

FileSonic is among the top 10 file-sharing sites on the Internet, with a quarter billion page views a month.

23 January 2012 • 09:35 AMT
Sargsyan-Medvedev-Aliyev meeting kicks off in Sochi

On Jan. 23, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan left for Sochi at his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev’s invitation.

23 January 2012 • 09:18 AMT
Karen Shakhnazarov not going to become Russian Minister of Culture

Avdeyev didn’t name the possible candidates and only noted that there are “many good, worthy and energetic people”.