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Headlines for June 18, 2013
GADDAFI SON TO BE TRIED IN AUGUST
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi, will be tried in August, the prosecutor's office has announced, according to BBC News.
It said the case against him and ...EXPLOSION ROCKS AREA NEAR AFGHAN PARLIAMENT IN KABUL
An explosion on Tuesday, June 18 morning, rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police said, according to Reuters.
The explosion occurred ...U.S. RELEASES LIST OF PRISONERS SLATED FOR INDEFINITE DETENTION
A list released by the U.S. government Monday, June 17, identifies several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been designated as too dangerous to release but who can't be prosecuted, The Associated ...GAZPROM SEEKS 100% STAKE IN ARMRUSGASPROM
Gazprom is going to acquire 100% stake in ArmRusgasprom.
As the company said in a press release, the issue was discussed by Gazprom chief Alexey Miller and Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources ...ASSAD SAYS EUROPE WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR ARMING REBELS
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned that Europe will "pay the price" for arming rebels trying to topple him and rejected accusations that he's deployed chemical weapons against them as baseless.
...OIL PRICES STEADY AHEAD OF U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE POLICY MEETING
The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, June 18, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting, according to The Associated ...PUTIN, OBAMA ADMIT DISAGREEMENT ON SYRIA BUT PLEDGE COOPERATION
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama admitted Monday, June 17 they disagreed on how to respond to the civil war in Syria but said they are both committed to ending the violence ...ADOBE RELEASES MAJOR UPDATES TO FLAGSHIP PRODUCTS
Adobe has released major updates to its flagship products - the only difference now is that instead of a new Creative Suite, the updates are being released under its new Creative Cloud umbrella, The Next ...U.S., CUBA TO HOLD TALKS ON MAIL SERVICES RESUMPTION
Direct mail between the United States and Cuba was suspended 50 years ago. Now the two countries have agreed to hold talks on reestablishing that service, but U.S. officials caution the discussions "are ...ABRAHAM THREATENS TO RETIRE OVER MONEY DISAGREEMENT
Former champion Arthur Abraham (36-4, 28KOs) is threatening not to fight on August 24 against Willbeforce Shihepo in Scherwin, Germany.
According to BoxingScene.com, Abraham is unhappy with the purse ...FACEBOOK CEO MEETS SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in Asia's fourth-largest economy, The Associated ...HACKERS BRING DOWN BRAZILIAN WORLD CUP WEBSITE
Hackers have taken control of the Brazilian World Cup website to bring worldwide attention to the widespread police brutality in the country that is not being reported in the press, according to descrier.co.uk.
...RUSSIA REPORTEDLY STARTS MILITARY HARDWARE DELIVERIES TO AZERBAIJAN
Russia has reportedly started deliveries of military hardware, including tanks and armored vehicles to Azerbaijan.
The deal is estimated at $700mln-$1bln, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing sources ...AFGHAN FORCES FORMALLY TAKE OVER SECURITY FROM NATO
Afghan forces have formally taken over security for the whole of the country from NATO-led troops, completing a process begun in 2011, BBC News reported.
President Hamid Karzai announced the move at ...TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN DROPS TO 21ST PLACE AT GOLDEN SANDS TOURNAMENT
Tying his 8th round game against Dragiša Blagojević of Montenegro, Armenian grandmaster Tigran L. Petrosian dropped to the 21st place with 5.5 points at Grand Europe Chess Open Tournament in Golden ..."THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES" TRAILER UNVEILED
A new trailer for the upcoming young adult novel adaptation, "City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments," teases the inclusion of just about everything that goes bump in the night, TheWrap said.
..."TRANSCENDENCE" SCRIBE TO PEN "PROMETHEUS" SEQUEL
Just days after the one-year anniversary of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," 20th Century Fox and Scott Free are turning to relative newcomer Jack Paglen ("Transcendence") to write ...SKYPE ROLLS OUT FREE VIDEO MESSAGING FEATURE
Skype has introduced free video messaging, allowing users to send recorded clips to one another, Digital Spy said.
The service is available for Windows, Mac, iOS, BlackBerry and Android devices, with ...FACEBOOK PLANS TO LAUNCH INSTAGRAM VIDEO SERVICE IN JULY, REPORT SAYS
Facebook is planning to launch a video service in the vein of Twitter's Vine, according to a report.
As Digital Spy reveals, TechCrunch cites an inside source claiming that the social network is ...ECB ‘READY TO ACT' IF NEEDED: DRAGHI
The European Central Bank is "ready to act" if need be to aid the eurozone economy and recent signs of market stabilization mean that its interest rates are becoming a more effective tool again, ...ARMENIAN PUBLIC COUNCIL ADVISES TO REHABILITATE ARMAVIA
The Armenian Public Council offers a plan to rehabilitate Armavia national carrier which went bankrupt lately.
During a news conference on June 18, council member Levon Ghazaryan said that Armavia possesses ...YEREVAN HOSTS WORKSHOP ON DISASTER RESPONSE
Representatives from United Nations agencies, government and civil society organizations from Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan are taking part in a two-day workshop on rapid needs assessments in disaster ...MARADONA WINS CHINA COMPENSATION FOR USING HIS NAME IN ONLINE GAME
Diego Maradona has won compensation from two Chinese firms for using his name in an online game, Hot-Blooded Soccer, without his consent, according to BBC News.
The game had featured a cartoon of Maradona ...YAHOO SAYS IT HAD 13,000 REQUESTS FOR DATA IN LAST SIX MONTHS
Yahoo said U.S. law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for data in the last six months, the latest in a series of disclosures by technology companies since intelligence leaks ...GDCA TO ANNOUNCE TENDER FOR 3 ARMENIAN AIR COMPANIES IN LATE JUNE
A tender for 3 local air companies will be announced in late June, a spokesperson of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia (GDCA) Nelly Cherchinyan told PanARMENIAN.Net.
At a June 6 sitting, ...4 ARMENIAN SAMBO WRESTLERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER UNIVERSIADE
President of the Armenian Sambo Federation Levon Hayrapetyan said that 4 sambo wrestlers from Armenia will participate in the Summer Universiade to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan from July 6 to 17.
"Tigran ...SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 7 AT SHI'ITE MOSQUE IN BAGHDAD
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, June 18, killing at least seven worshippers, police said. More than 20 people were wounded in the attack in ...SYRIAN WARPLANES HIT REBEL POSITIONS NEAR AIR BASE IN NORTH
Syrian warplanes hit rebel positions near a contested military air base in the north on Tuesday, June 18, activists said, while President Bashar Assad's forces nearby pressed ahead with an offensive ...ARARAT PROVINCE FARMERS TO SELL APRICOTS AT AMD 500 PER KILO
Armenia's apricot-purchasing companies met farmers during a special sitting in Ararat province. An agreement was reached, with the price for processing companies set at AMD 500 per kilo, Deputy Agriculture ...HUNGARIAN PROSECUTORS CHARGE 98-YEAR-OLD MAN OF NAZI CRIMES
Hungarian prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man, Laszlo Csatary, with participation in Nazi war crimes, BBC News reported.
He is under arrest in Hungary, accused of assisting in the murder of 15,700 ...AFGHANISTAN TO SEND TEAM TO QATAR FOR PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN
Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, June 18, as the U.S.-led NATO coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war with ...BOEING STARTS WORK ON 787 DREAMLINER STRETCHED-OUT VERSION
Boeing Corp. is starting work on a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet, in the hope of reigniting interest in the aircraft after battery-related problems, The Associated Press reported.
...IRAN DENIES PLANS TO SEND REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TO SYRIA
Iran has no plans to send troops to aid Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces in the ongoing civil war there, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, June 18, rejecting media reports ...DOZENS DETAINED AS POLICE RAID ADDRESSES ACROSS TURKEY
Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday, June 18, and detained dozens of people after nearly three weeks of anti-government protests, Reuters reported citing some local media.
State media TRT ...CULT HELMER DAVID LYNCH DISPLAYS GUITAR SKILLS ON SECOND ALBUM
What started as a musical experiment is flourishing into a full-on recording career for David Lynch, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The legendary director of such films as Blue Velvet and Lost Highway ...KARLOVY VARY FEST TO HONOR TRAVOLTA WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, central Europe's leading movie showcase, upped its star power Tuesday when it announced that John Travolta will attend the festival for a gala screening of Mark ...AHMADINEJAD MEETS HIS NEWLY ELECTED SUCCESSOR
Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has met his newly elected successor Hassan Rouhani.
According to The Associated Press, a report by the official IRNA news agency said Ahmadinejad congratulated ...BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS READY TO HELP KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko "hates mediating roles" but can assume one to promote resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
As Lukashenko told Izvestia.ua, he offered the role to Ukraine ...LEBANON'S EX-PM CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO ‘STOP STATE COLLAPSE'
Lebanon's main Sunni Muslim political party pleaded with the presidency on Tuesday, June 18 to prevent "state collapse", blaming the Shi'ite Hezbollah group for dragging the country ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 412.51 JUNE 18
Deals amounting to $3,4 million at an average rate of AMD 411,28/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on June 18.The closing price totaled AMD 411,25.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD ...ARMENIAN SPEAKER HOPES FOR STRONGER STRATEGIC RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met Tuesday, June 18 with Russian ambassador Ivan Volynkin, who pledged to promote development of bilateral relations during his term in office.
Congratulating ...DISNEY'S HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON STORY ADAPTATION "FROZEN" TRAILER
Disney has debuted a teaser trailer for its upcoming kids-friendly pic "Frozen (2013)". Short but hilarious, the video previews a unique sight of a reindeer who battles with a snowman for a ..."WORLD WAR Z" NEW CLIP FEATURES BRAD PITT
"World War Z" builds anticipation before its wide release with a new clip, featuring Brad Pitt in his portrayal of Gerry Lane. Trapped in a difficult situation where zombies invade the town ..."MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM" UNVEILS NEW POSTER
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom has unveiled a new poster. The promo artwork for the biopic declares star Idris Elba a "trouble maker", Digital Spy said.
Based on the autobiography of the same ..."THE TRAINSPOTTING" WRITER IRVINE WELSH WANTS TO TACKLE DOCTOR STRANGE
Irvine Welsh wants to tackle Doctor Strange.
The Trainspotting writer has said that Marvel Comics' Sorcerer Supreme is the comic book character he would most like to write, Digital Spy said.
"I've ...STAMP HONORING BRANDY PRODUCTION IN ARMENIA ENTERS CIRCULATION
A new stamp dedicated to the foundation of the brandy production in Armenia was cancelled and entered into circulation Tuesday, June 18.
The cancellation ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister ...OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ISSUE STATEMENT ON KARABAKH CONFLICT
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh conflict settlement - Russia, the U.S. and France - issued a statement, expressing regret over the inability of the conflicting sites to resolve the issue ..."DOCTOR WHO" STAR JOINS BBC ONE'S "DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY"
Last month, BBC One set Matthew Rhys to play Mr. Darcy in Death Comes To Pemberley, the three-part serial based on P.D. James' suspense novel which revisits Jane Austen's most iconic characters, Deadline ...OSCAR WINNER KIM BASINGER TO TOPLINE DANISH HELMER'S "PETIT" DRAMA
Kim Basinger has just started shooting Danish director Anders Morgenthaler's English-language drama Petit. The actress plays Maria, a successful career woman who cannot have children, Deadline said.
...TIGRAN PETROSIAN FINISHES 13TH AT 2ND GRAND EUROPE OPEN
Armenian grandmaster Tigran L. Petrosian scored 6,5 points out of 9 to finish in the 13th spot among 220 participants of the 2nd Grand Europe Open in Gold Sands, Bulgaria.
Avetik Grigoryan and David ...FM: OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS' STATEMENT MAY PROMOTE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued remarks on the June 18 Enniskillen Joint Statement on Nagorno Karabakh by the heads of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries.
"The joint statement on the ...EU POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY VISIT TO TURKEY
The European Union has scrapped a parliamentary visit to Turkey following the Ankara government's stinging criticism of an EU resolution about the handling of Turkish protests, The Associated Press ...MOSCOW HOPES FOR AGREEMENT ON SYRIA: OFFICIAL
Moscow hopes that upcoming three-way talks will result in an agreement that will help end Syria's two-year civil war, a senior Russian official said on Tuesday, June 18, according to RIA Novosti.
...SONY SETS RELEASE DATES FOR "THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN" SEQUELS
Sony has set release dates for its third and fourth Amazing Spider-Man films, which hit theaters on June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018, respectively, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The move sets the course ...FILMDISTRICT NABS ZAC EFRON COMEDY "ARE WE OFFICIALLY DATING?"
FilmDistrict will release the Zac Efron starrer Are We Officially Dating? in the U.S. on Jan. 31, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter said..
FilmDistrict has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Treehouse ...MICROSOFT SAYS DOUBLES VOICE RECOGNITION SPEED WHILE IMPROVING ACCURACY
Microsoft has claimed that its development division has devised a method of improving voice recognition in smartphones, Digital Spy said.
The computing giant says that the new system is capable of processing ...HTC ANNOUNCES DESIRE 200 BUDGET SMARTPHONE
HTC has announced the Desire 200 budget smartphone, Digital Spy said.
The device offers a 1GHz Snapdragon S1 processor with 512MB of DDR1 and 4GB of on-board storage, expandable through microSD support.
...SYRIA-RELATED CLASHES IN LEBANON LEAVE ONE DEAD
Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, June 18 killing one, a security source said, rocking a city where divisions have ...IMF CALLS FOR "AMBITIOUS" ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS IN RUSSIA
Russia needs to carry out "ambitious" economic policy reforms to realize the economy's midterm potential and reduce its vulnerabilities to a slump in oil prices or acceleration of capital outflows, the ...U.S. TO OPEN DIRECT PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN, OFFICIAL SAYS
The U.S. is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced, according to BBC News.
The first meeting is due to take place in the coming days in Doha, Qatar, ...DEATH TOLL IN BAGHDAD SUICIDE ATTACK REACHES 26
A double suicide bombing attack at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad has killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more, Belfast Telegraph said.
The coordinated blasts were the latest in a string of attacks ...LIONSGATE NABS SCREEN RIGHTS TO "DEVIL IN THE GROVE" PULITZER WINNER
Lionsgate has acquired screen rights to Devil In The Grove: Thurgood Marshall, The Groveland Boys, And The Dawn Of A New America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Gilbert King about the effort of Thurgood ...DAVID THEWLIS JOINS EDGAR ALLEN POE STORY-BASED "ELIZA GRAVES"
The Brad Anderson-directed thriller Eliza Graves is based on a short story by Edgar Allen Poe and begins production next week, Deadline said.
If it makes it, the Millennium Films project will mark the ...200,000 BRAZILIANS TAKE TO STREETS IN PROTEST MARCH
As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday, June 17 in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police ...RYAN GOSLING CRIME DRAMA "ONLY GOD FORGIVES" WINS SYDNEY FILM PRIZE
Only God Forgives has won the Sydney Film Prize, Digital Spy said.
Nicolas Winding Refn has taken the award for a second time for the divisive Ryan Gosling-starring movie.
The violent film, which also ...
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