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11 January 2012 • 08:51 AMT
Olympic gymnastics test event: Arthur Davtyan breaks through to final

The athlete also took the 20th and 28th places in vaulting horse exercises and on the rings respectively.

11 January 2012 • 08:46 AMT
Armenia’s inflation rate close to that in EU states

4.7 % inflation rate was recorded in Armenia in December 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.

11 January 2012 • 08:38 AMT
Iranian ship carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemical products hijacked

The Pentagon said American forces rescued six Iranian mariners who said their ship was taking in water off the coast off Iraq.

11 January 2012 • 08:19 AMT
Congressman Schiff to speak at ANCA-Hollywood Chapter

Armenian-American political activists, members of neighborhood councils, business leaders are invited to attend.

11 January 2012 • 08:18 AMT
RPA member outlines disadvantages of proportional election system

Rafik Petrosyan: the current situation in Armenia excludes possibility of a 100% proportional voting system.

11 January 2012 • 08:10 AMT
Mosque defaced, cars torched in West Bank

The vandals painted “price tag” and “Gal Arye Yosef” overnight on a wall of the mosque in the village of Dir Istiyya.

11 January 2012 • 08:08 AMT
Samsung unveils super zoom cameras with WiFi integrated

The WB850F is capable of shooting 1080p HD resolution video with the other two cameras shooting 720p resolution.

11 January 2012 • 07:56 AMT
Flutist Tigran Arakelyan to perform free concert in Glendale

He will be playing with a fellow Armenian, pianist Maria Petrosyan who is a graduate of University of Irvine and UCLA.

11 January 2012 • 07:53 AMT
Armenian judokas train for World Masters – Almaty

Vice president of the Armenian Judo Federation is taking part in a seminar organized by European Judo Union.

11 January 2012 • 07:53 AMT
Danish court rules against banning PKK-related TV

Turkey’s ambassador to Denmark welcomed the verdict but said it was now up to the country’s broadcasting board to ban it.

11 January 2012 • 07:45 AMT
U.S. Kurdish, Hellenic, Armenian communities call for inquiry into Turkish airstrike

“We ask that you request that the Administration submit an immediate public report to Congress,” the communities said.

11 January 2012 • 07:30 AMT
U.S. Rep. Schiff, NASA astronaut to visit Armenian school in Glendale

“There is something magical that happens when students get to interact with astronauts,” said Adam Schiff.

11 January 2012 • 07:20 AMT
ABCNews removes Karabakh feature from travel guide

The piece was re-titled “6 Great Offbeat Places to Go in 2012” and the section on Karabakh was extracted from the original.

11 January 2012 • 07:20 AMT
Al Jazeera to air Suzanne Khardalian’s “Grandma’s Tattoos”

“The film will have a huge exposure, and will reach countries that would have been difficult to reach,” Khardalian says.

11 January 2012 • 07:10 AMT
Bomb kills university professor in Iran

It was not immediately clear if Ahmadi was involved in Iran’s nuclear program, or in what department he was teaching.

11 January 2012 • 06:35 AMT
U.S. Treasury Secretary visits China amid escalating tensions over Iran

Chinese vice foreign minister said China’s trade relations with Iran had nothing to do with Tehran’s nuclear program.

11 January 2012 • 06:16 AMT
Armenian, Belarusian security councils to sign cooperation program

Armenian National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan has left for Belarus on a formal visit.

11 January 2012 • 05:43 AMT
Russia ready to foster talks on Iran’s nuclear issue

On January 10, Russia urged all parties involved in the nuclear standoff with Tehran to avoid hasty moves.

11 January 2012 • 05:41 AMT
Turkish ambassador plans to freeze debate of Genocide bill

Tahsin Burcuoğlu returned to Paris to establish contacts before debate of the Genocide bill at the French Senate.

11 January 2012 • 05:27 AMT
Iran bans using “dollar” word in SMS

In a hint of political sensitivity over the issue, Iranians said they were unable to send text messages contain the word “dollar”.

11 January 2012 • 05:25 AMT
U.S. expects Russia to submit new Syria resolution

Bashar al-Assad said he won’t step down and blamed “foreign conspiracy” for the bloody unrest in the country.

11 January 2012 • 05:19 AMT
Clinton urges Tehran to return to serious talks

U.S. Secretary of State rejected Iran’s assertion that it needed to enrich uranium to produce fuel for a medical research reactor.

10 January 2012 • 17:44 AMT
Legendary intelligence agent Gevork Vartanian dies at 87

Vartanian was one of the men to thwart Adolf Hitler’s operation to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at 1943 Tehran conference.

10 January 2012 • 17:26 AMT
Hague Court gives Syria till Jan 23 to hand over Gaddafi’s son

Seif al-Islam, 39, who was arrested on Nov 19, is now in the custody of the military council of Zintan, southwest of Tripoli.

10 January 2012 • 17:11 AMT
IAEA team to visit Iran amid escalating tension

UN nuclear inspectors are expected to visit Iran to discuss their growing concerns about possible military aspects to its nuclear program.

10 January 2012 • 16:59 AMT
Greeks outraged over pedophilia named ‘disability’

Greek government resolved to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.

10 January 2012 • 16:22 AMT
Israel prepares Iran nuclear test repercussion scenarios

Israeli Institute for National Security Studies: Iran nuclear test will radically shift the whole power balance of the Middle East.

10 January 2012 • 15:21 AMT
European Court declares Karabakh war-related suits admissible

ECHR declared applications of an Armenian national v. Azerbaijan and several ethnic Kurds v. Armenia admissible.

10 January 2012 • 14:28 AMT
EU report slams Turkey’s justice system

Among other problems, the report cites lack of impartiality of judges and prosecutors and unreasonable periods of detention.

10 January 2012 • 14:17 AMT
Shakhtar drawn into MatchWorld Dubai Cup 2012 group B

At the tournament, FC Shakhtar Donetsk will face Russia’s FC Rostov, Tunisian Étoile du Sahel and Uzbekistan Olympic Team.