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17 January 2012 • 07:55 AMT
Wikipedia to black out English version Jan 18

“If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet,” Wikimedia Foundation said in a statement on its website.

17 January 2012 • 07:41 AMT
Apple co-founder admits Android leapt ahead of iPhone

Although, Woz says he still recommends the iPhone, especially for people who might be intimidated by Android’s complexity.

17 January 2012 • 07:40 AMT
Hrant Melkumyan keeps lead at Armenian Chess Championship

In the 6th round, Karen Grigorian beat Hrayr Simonyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan – Avetik Grigoryan game ended in a draw.

17 January 2012 • 07:30 AMT
Google launches ad campaign to alleviate privacy concerns

Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission widened its antitrust probe of the search engine to include Google+.

17 January 2012 • 07:21 AMT
Death toll in Italian ship wreck raises

A German official said at least 10 German nationals were still missing and two U.S. nationals were also yet to be found.

17 January 2012 • 07:07 AMT
Russia lost $220 mln in government purchase contracts fraud in 2011

“As of November 2011, the courts reviewed more than 200 criminal cases of this kind,” Vasily Piskarev has said.

17 January 2012 • 07:00 AMT
Volkswagen AG, BMW AG recall over 500,000 cars

A spokesman for BMW said there haven’t been any reported accidents related to the possible malfunction.

17 January 2012 • 06:43 AMT
84% of Americans disapprove Congress

Democrats and Republicans fought all last year over the best way to control the country’s debt and annual budget deficit.

17 January 2012 • 06:37 AMT
Aronian suffers first defeat at Tata Steel

Currently, the Armenian GM shares the 2-4th places with Timour Rajabov (Azerbaijan) and Fabiano Caruana (Italy).

17 January 2012 • 06:29 AMT
S&P downgrades EU bailout fund

The decision was the result of downgrades to France’s and Austria’s ratings from AAA since they served as top-level guarantors.

17 January 2012 • 06:25 AMT
UN Sec. Gen. calls Security Council to act seriously on Syria crisis

On January 16, Ban Ki-moon appealed to the Council to act in a “coherent” manner in resolving the Syrian crisis.

17 January 2012 • 06:20 AMT
U.S. radar emission could cause Russian Mars probe malfunctioning – paper

“Experts don’t rule out that the probe could have accidentally come under the impact of emissions,” the source said.

17 January 2012 • 06:10 AMT
NATO radar station operational in Turkey – Foreign Ministry

The station is located in the city of Malatya, about 400 miles southeast of Ankara, and is manned by Turkish and U.S. personnel.

17 January 2012 • 05:35 AMT
UN to assist Arab League observers

A formal request for help has been made by the Arab League and the UN has agreed to start the training in Cairo.

16 January 2012 • 17:46 AMT
Eurovision voting rules changed

It was decided in 2010 that the voting lines should be opened from the very start of the show in order to give viewers the opportunity to vote throughout the show.

16 January 2012 • 17:01 AMT
OSCE slams Kazakhstan’s election as non-democratic

International election monitors say Kazakhstan’s parliamentary election failed to meet basic democratic principles.

16 January 2012 • 16:34 AMT
PACE co-rapporteur hails progress in Armenia’s reform implementation

Discussion of upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia and a number of regional issues was also on meeting agenda.

16 January 2012 • 16:29 AMT
Artsakh President discusses Karabakh issue with OSCE rep.

On January 16, Bako Sahakyan met with personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

16 January 2012 • 16:01 AMT
Several suspects in assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist arrested

Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said the suspects are being interrogated, and the investigation is continuing.

16 January 2012 • 15:47 AMT
2nd Iraqi car bomb attack brings death toll to 11

Following 1st attack, an explosives-laden car detonated inside an industrial zone of the predominantly Shiite town of Hillah.

16 January 2012 • 15:31 AMT
YSU students to mark 20th anniversary of Armenian army

The events aim at encouraging students serving in the army and giving homage to liberator soldiers of the Artsakh war.

16 January 2012 • 15:25 AMT
U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google Plus

FTC will be looking into Google which is said to be exploiting its undisputed lead in the search market, in favour of Google Plus.

16 January 2012 • 15:20 AMT
Bishops’ offices raided over child abuse investigation in Belgium

Over the past 2 years, more than 500 witnesses have come forward with accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy in Belgium.

16 January 2012 • 15:18 AMT
Windows Phone-based Skype to be released soon

Skype app won’t have deep integration into Windows Phone platform, but rather released as application to be downloaded from MarketPlace.

16 January 2012 • 15:12 AMT
Syrians white “the longest letter” to support Assad

The letter titled “Message of Loyalty to the Homeland and its Leader” will tour all the Syrian provinces.

16 January 2012 • 15:09 AMT
Russia to launch military exercises in Armenia?

Maneuvers’ will be aimed at development of modern military techniques with new automated control systems.

16 January 2012 • 14:23 AMT
Greece sends senior officials to Washington for meetings with IMF

Greek PM said talks on both the debt swap and the latest bailout must be completed over the next two to three weeks.

16 January 2012 • 14:17 AMT
Samsung may issue overseas bonds to boost mobile processors production

The company has sent requests for proposals to banks to borrow as much as $1 billion to expand production capacity.

16 January 2012 • 14:13 AMT
Iraq, Iran to jointly develop oil fields

“An Iraqi delegation will visit Iran on February 6 to finalize establishment of the company,” Mehdi Fakour said.

16 January 2012 • 14:07 AMT
Helicopter crash in Afghanistan leaves 3 killed

Police chief of Nad Ali district, said the Russian-made aircraft probably went down because of a technical malfunction.