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Headlines for May 17, 2012
FACEBOOK BUYS PHOTO SHARING STARTUP LIGHTBOX
Even though the IPO roadshow is ongoing and large acquisitions are generally unwise during that period, Facebook has purchased Lightbox, electronista.com reported.
Lightbox is a predominantly Android ...JAKARTA AWAITS DECIPHERING EQUIPMENT FOR SUKHOI JET BLACK BOX
Deciphering equipment for the voice recorder of a crashed Russian passenger jet will be delivered to Jakarta from Moscow on Thursday, May 17 morning, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry said, RIA ...TOSHIBA HALTS LCD TVS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
Toshiba Corp said on Thursday, May 17 it has halted domestic production of LCD televisions in the face of price falls, Reuters reported.
The decision by Japan's leading chip maker to stop producing ...GADDAFI SON REFUSES DEFENSE LAWYER
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father's rule, ...ROBERT F KENNEDY JR'S ESTRANGED WIFE FOUND DEAD
Robert F Kennedy Jr's estranged wife has been found dead at her home in New York state. No cause of death had been released, but US media reported the 52-year-old had been discovered hanged, BBC News ...TOYOTA, NINTENDO TEAM UP TO CREATE NAVIGATIONAL REMOTE CONTROL
Japanese automaker Toyota has teamed up with Nintendo to turn the Nintendo DS into navigational remote control that allows users to set destinations, map out routes, and even get sightseeing information.
...MOST SENIOR MP MUST HOST 1ST PARLIAMENT SITTING - PAPER
According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, the first sitting of the new Armenian parliament must be hosted by the most senior MP.
The source is certain that the one to be given the privilege will be a member ...OIL PRICES RISE TO $93 AS TRADERS MULL EUROPEAN TURMOIL
Oil prices hovered near $93 a barrel Thursday, May 17 in Asia as traders mulled whether concern over Europe's debt crisis justifies extending a sharp sell-off during the last two weeks, The Associated ...RPA REP. OFFERED POST OF SHIRAK ADMINISTRATION HEAD INSTEAD OF GYUMRI MAYOR
According to Hraparak daily, the owner of Sovrano Ltd Arman Sahakyan, defeated at parliamentary elections in Gyumri constituency, was offered a position of the head of Shirak province administration instead ...JAPANESE BANK HALTS IRAN TRANSACTIONS AFTER U.S. COURT ORDER
A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government after a U.S. court ordered a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of U.S. barracks in Beirut, a bank spokesman said on Thursday, ...JAPAN'S LARGEST E-COMMERCE SITE RAKUTEN TO INVEST IN PINTEREST
Rakuten, the largest e-commerce site in Japan, is expected to be the lead investor in the much-contested next round of funding for Silicon Valley's hottest start-up, Pinterest.
According to AllThingsD, ...SUSI KENTIKIAN SUFFERS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEFEAT
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Last night at the Brandenburg Halle, in Frankfurt Brandenburg, Germany, Armenian-born Susi "Killer Queen" Kentikian, 112, suffered her first professional loss in the ring by U.S. boxer, Melissa ...PAPER: VARTAN OSKANIAN TO BE APPOINTED PARLIAMENT SPEAKER?
According to 168 Zham daily, discontent is growing in Prosperous Armenia party over the possibility of forming a coalition with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).
As the daily's sources say, "the ...TURKISH RULING PARTY MEMBER SHOT DEAD
Provincial deputy head of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Ali Kılınç was assassinated on Wednesday, May 16 night in southeastern Turkish province of Şırnak, Today's Zaman reported.
...PAPER: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA REP. TO BE APPOINTED PARLIAMENT VICE-SPEAKER?
According to Yerkir daily, "despite recent media reports on a possible appointment of Prosperous Armenia party member Naira Zohrabyan to the post of the Minister of Education and Science, Ms Zohrabyan ...RUSSIA TO DISPLAY MIL MI-28NE HAVOC ATTACK HELICOPTER
The Mil Mi-28NE Havoc (Night Hunter) attack helicopter and 49 other military exhibits will be displayed by 14 Russian organizations at the 5th International Helicopter Industry Exhibition (HeliRussia ...NORTH KOREAN CRAFT HIJACKS 3 CHINESE FISHING BOATS
Chinese state media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release. As AP reported citing The Beijing Morning ...ISRAELI PLANE REPORTEDLY VIOLATES TURKISH CYPRUS AIRSPACE
An Israeli plane violated Turkish Cyprus airspace five times on May 14, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The airspace violations reportedly occurred between 11:05 am and 12:49 pm, and lasted a total of ...GOOGLE TO ADD MORE CONTEXT TO SEARCH RESULTS
Google is to add more context to search results, in a bid to understand 'what you mean' and provide instant answers, The Telegraph reports.
The changes, which roll out in America first and then around ...NORAYR BAKHTAMYAN 4TH AT 10M AIR PISTOL WORLD CUP
Norayr Bakhtamyan scored 683,3 points to come 4th at 10m air pistol World Cup in Milan.
China's Tan Zongliang came first with 684,6 points, followed by Ismail Keles (Turkey) and Russia's Vladimir ...ARMENIAN GOVT. TO MONITOR 15 STATE DEPARTMENTS
The government of Armenia initiated a monitoring of 15 state departments to promote improvement of services.
As Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated at the opening of GOA sitting, bureaucratic procrastination ...LATVIA, ARMENIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DEAL APPROVED
On May 17, the government of Armenia approved an agreement on development of tourism signed with Latvia.
According to Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan, progressing Latvia-Armenia ties in the sector of ...RACIAL, ETHNIC MINORITIES MAKE UP OVER 50% CHILDREN BORN IN U.S.
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
According to the Associated Press, ...2 TURKISH SOLDIERS KILLED, 1 WOUNDED IN PKK CLASHES
Two soldiers were killed and one was wounded in clashes with alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on May 17 morning in the Turkish province of Hatay, according to Hürriyet ...KREMLIN SAYS G8 WILL BEGIN TALKS WITH SYRIA, IRAN
The Group of Eight industrial nations meeting outside Washington on May 18-19 will begin with talks on Syria and Iran, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday, May 17.
"The G8 meeting will kick off with ...PILOTS KILLED AS 2 PAKISTANI AIR FORCE PLANES CRASH
Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, May 17 killing all four pilots on board and injuring five people on the ground, police said, according ...IRANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES $462 BILLION BUDGET BILL
The Iranian parliament on Thursday, May 17 approved state's total budget bill for the current Iranian year (started March 20) with a ceiling of 5,660,000 billion rials ($462 billion), state-run IRNA ...ORINATS YERKIR REP MANUK VARDANYAN SAYS PARTY DID NOT REFUSE HIM MEMBERSHIP
Minister of Transport and Communication is unaware of the oncoming appointments in the government to be formed.
"A Minister's position is not always a political one," Manuk Vardanyan told reporters on ...CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION QUALITY PROBLEMS LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN
Today, on May 17, a two-day international conference on "Current problems of ensuring professional education quality" was launched in Yerevan. In her speech Deputy Education Minister Karine Harutyunyan ...EDUCATION MINISTER THANKS THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS FURTHER CAREER
Armenian Minister of Science and Education thanked all those concerned about his further political career, as he was commenting on his expectations as to the new government to be formed.
As Armen Ashotyan ...REC TO OPEN NEW RESEARCH CENTER IN CHINA
Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) announced that it intends to open a new applications and research center, in Shangyu, China. The Silicon Technologies Applications and Research Center (STAR Center) ...EXPERT SAYS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WON'T AFFECT ARMENIA-RUSSIA TIES
Caucasus Institute director, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan said that May 6 parliamentary elections in Armenia will affect the country's domestic policy, with the parliament also influencing ...JUSTICE MINISTER: NEW PM, MINISTERS TO BE APPOINTED EARLY JUNE
Justice Minister believes the new Prime Minister will be appointed and Armenian government formed in early June, i.e. before procedure-stipulated 50-day term.
At May 17 news conference Hrayr Tovmasyan ...EXPERT SLAMS PARLIAMENT POLLS AS "MAJOR FINANCIAL OPERATION"
An expert in political and electoral technologies Armen Badalyan slammed May 6 parliamentary polls in Armenia as a "major financial operation," noting that the elections failed to justify society's expectations.
...EXPERT: MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS WILL ADD NEW SHADES TO ARMENIA-RUSSIA TIES
According to the head of South Caucasus department at CIS states institute, recent regional developments will add new shades to Armenia-Russia relations.
"Past and future elections in South Caucasus ...JUSTICE MINISTER: NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE DETERMINED IN A FEW DAYS
Armenian Minister of Justice said the composition of the new government will be determined in a few days.
"A political decision will be taken on the issue in 1-2 days," Hrayr Tovmasyan said.
Dwelling ...RESEARCHERS CHALLENGE "GOOD" CHOLESTEROL DOCTRINE
Researchers on Thursday, May 14 challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.
According to AFP, in a study published ...RUSSIAN EXPERT: ARMENIA AT HEIGHT OF STABILITY
The first vice president of Strategic Development Modeling Center believes Armenia is at the height of stability both in domestic policy and international scene.
During a TV space bridge, Grigory Trofimchuk ...IRAN'S CHIEF NUKE NEGOTIATOR WARNS AGAINST "MISCALCULATIONS"
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, chief nuke negotiator Saeed Jalili warned members of the 5+1 Group against any "miscalculations" during their May 23 talks with Iran in f Baghdad.
...U.S. COURT CONVICTS ANOTHER ARMENIAN FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
An undocumented Armenian will serve five years in prison for laundering money obtained in a massive Medicare fraud scheme that operated from phony clinics in Brunswick and other cities, jacksonville.com ...FACEBOOK RELEASES PAGES MANAGER FOR IPHONE
Facebook broke out another feature of their main app and released Pages Manager for the iPhone, 9to5mac.com reports.
The app appears to function just like the main Facebook app, but with all of the features ...EXPERT PREDICTS VICTORY OF RPA "REFORMERS" WING OVER "OLIGARCHS"
An expert in political and electoral technologies Armen Badalyan commented on the struggle between the "reformer" youth wing and "criminal-oligarchic" wing of the Republican Party of Armenia.
At news ...ARAM I CHALLENGES NATIONAL MAJORITY-MINORITY CONCEPT
Addressing a group of ambassadors and diplomats attending a reception organized in his honor by the ambassador of Lebanon to Tehran, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, emphasized ...IRELAND BACKS EU TREATY, ALTHOUGH 1/3 UNDECIDED
Ireland remains on course to back Europe's new fiscal treaty in a referendum this month, a poll showed on Thursday, May 17, although with just two weeks to go until polling more than a third of voters ...EXPERT: OPPOSITION'S PROTEST MARCHES USELESS WITHOUT EXTERNAL SUPPORT
An expert in political and electoral technologies Armen Badalyan believes protest marches won't help Armenian opposition struggle with the authorities.
Though people might have voted against current ...ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN PHOTOGRAPHER'S WORKS DISPLAYED IN IRAN
An exhibition displaying a collection of photos of a number of Qajar officials is currently underway at the Iran Photo Museum, which also known as Axkhaneh Shahr, according to Tehran Times.
The collection ...DEFENSE MINISTRY: OBLIGATORY MILITARY DRAFTS WILL LAST FOR A FEW DAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net learned today, May 17, that by Armenian President's decree conscription of citizens having undergone compulsory military service has already launched.
"These are regularly planned events, ...ARMENIA, ARGENTINA TO STRENGTHEN TIES
On May 17, a newly-appointed Argentinean Ambassador to Armenia Diego Ernesto Alvarez Rivera presented copies of his credentials to Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.At the meeting, the parties stressed ...VAUXHALL TO BUILD NEW ASTRA MODEL AT NORTHERN ENGLAND PLANT
Vauxhall, the British division of U.S. carmaker General Motors, said Thursday, May 17 it would build the new Astra model at its northern England plant in a £125-million ($198 million, 156-million-euro) ...IRAN MAY SUE GOOGLE OVER PERSIAN GULF
Iran warns Internet giant Google of legal action, should the U.S.-based corporation continue to use 'alternative words' for the Persian Gulf.
"Toying with modern technologies in political issues is among ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 396,98 MAY 17
Deals amounting to AMD 800 thous. at an average rate of AMD 398/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on May 17. The closing price totaled AMD 398.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 396,98 ...ARMENIAN AMERICAN TEACHER GETS AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Laurie Nalbandian, a P.E. teacher at Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Selma, California, was honored recently by the Fowler Chamber of Commerce for many years of community service, hanfordsentinel.com reports.
...EXPERT: RPA WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM COALITION
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will definitely benefit from the possible coalition, with Prosperous Armenia becoming the losing party, expert in political and electoral technologies said. ...VIVACELL-MTS LAUNCHES ANOTHER UNIVERSITY COOPERATION PROGRAM
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC has announces the launch of another cooperation program with universities of Armenia.
Cooperation in the framework of VivaCell-MTS Career Development ...ARMENIAN PAVILION OPENED AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Armenian pavilion has opened at 65th Cannes Film Festival.
According to spokesperson of Armenian National Film Center Ruzanna Bagratunyan, the pavilion will operate until May 25. Armenian delegation ...ARMENIAN STUDENTS MAY PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER COURSES IN GREECE
Foundation of the Hellenic World, jointly with Athens university and Onassis cultural center organizes Plato's Academy courses in Greece.
From June 16-29, "The development of Knowledge and Innovative ...EX-EDUCATION MINISTER DUBS QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS SERIOUS PROBLEM IN ARMENIA
Head of the State Language Inspection named training of highly qualified specialists as one of the problems in Armenian education system.
Sergo Yeritsyan stressed the need to apply and develop all the ...BERLIN'S NEW AIRPORT DELAYED UNTIL 2013 SPRING
The opening of Berlin's new €2.5-billion ($3.18-billion) airport must be further delayed until spring of next year, the capital's mayor said Thursday, May 17 in a growing embarrassment for ...MLADIC TRIAL ADJOURNED OVER "IRREGULARITIES" BY PROSECUTORS
The Yugoslav war crimes court on Thursday, May 17 adjourned the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, just a day after it opened, because of "irregularities" by prosecutors, ...IRAN PRESIDENT SAYS UK AUTHORITIES RELUCTANT TO ALLOW HIM TO OLYMPICS
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, May 17 he hopes to attend this summer's Olympic Games in London but that the British authorities were reluctant to allow him, state media reported, ...ANC REP. SAYS OPPOSITION BLOC IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT TER-PETROSSIAN
A member of Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc and Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Gurgen Yeghiazaryan believes the Congress will collapse if ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian leaves the ...MUNICH POLICE GETS READY FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Police in Munich will be beefing up their presence for Saturday′s Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea but said Thursday, May 17 security plans would not be affected by crowd ...ARMENIAN LEADER, JAPANESE ENVOY DISCUSS PRESIDENT'S UPCOMING VISIT TO JAPAN
On May 17, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Japanese Ambassador to Armenia Tikahito Harada.
At the meeting, the parties focused on Armenian leader's oncoming visit to Japan, further discussing ...EUROVISION 2012 OFFICIAL WEBSITES HACKED
On Thursday, May 17, hackers attacked the official websites of the Eurovision 2012 song contest.
A group of hackers calling themselves "Fedai of liberty" targeted eurovision.az, eurovisionaz.com, esctoday.com ...ARTSAKH CELEBRATES BERDADZOR VILLAGES' LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY
On May 17, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan participated in a solemn event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Berdadzor sub-district villages in the Shoushi region.
...EXPERT URGES ARMENIANS AGAINST TAKING SIDES IN SYRIAN CONFLICT
Armenians mustn't get involved in Syrian conflict, political analyst said.
According to Sargis Grigoryan backing the stance of one of the parties and engagement in the conflict will yield negative results, ...ANDY MURRAY WARNED FOR OBSCENITY DURING MATCH VS. DAVID NALBANDIAN
Andy Murray admits he swears too much during matches but is struggling to stop.
The Scot was warned by the umpire for an audible obscenity on his way to victory over David Nalbandian of Argentina in ...AZERBAIJANI MPS TO ATTEND BSEC PA MEETING
The delegation of 3 Azerbaijani MPs will arrive in Armenia on a four day visit.
They will attend the 39th plenary sitting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation ...CANNES: "TAXI DRIVER" SCRIBE TO WRITE KREMLIN-FINANCED RUSSIAN BALLERINA DRAMA
Paul Schrader, writer of "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," has signed to write a drama about Mathilde Kschessinska, a famed Russian ballerina and mistress to the last Russian tsar, in a ground-breaking ...GARY OLDMAN'S "PARANOIA" THRILLER EMERGES AS HOT SALES TITLE AT CANNES
The Robert Luketic-directed thriller Paranoia has emerged as an early hot sales title. Relativity Media is negotiating for U.S. distribution rights, and IM Global's Stuart Ford closing deals in the UK, ...CANNES: MIROVISION TO ADAPT BERNARD WERBER'S "EMPIRE OF THE ANTS" BESTSELLER
Korean production/distribution giant Mirovision will adapt Empire of the Ants, the best-selling sci-fi novel by French author Bernard Werber, for the big screen. Mirovision, headed by Jason Chae, is showing ...CANNES FILM FEST JURY DENIES "SEXISM" CLAIMS
The jury for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or has spoken out over claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female film-makers in the running, BBC News reported.
Critics have complained that ...6 DEAD, 20 INJURED IN LIBYA CLASHES
Clashes in a western Libyan city left six dead and at least 20 injured, a government spokesman said, according to Belfast Telegraph.
Nasser al-Manei said unidentified assailants attacked an airport and ...NKR DEFENSE ARMY SAYS AZERI SOLDIER'S WOUNDING MISINFORMATION
Today, on May 17, Azerbaijan disseminated subsequent misinformation on Azeri soldier having been wounded by Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army.
As Azerbaijani media outlets report citing Defense Ministry, ...CANNES: WORLDVIEW TO FINANCE "HOSTEL" HORROR MAESTRO'S "GREEN INFERNO"
Eli Roth, the "Hostel" horror maestro, has obtained financing to write, direct and produce his latest thriller, "The Green Inferno," from independent production company Worldview, The Wrap reported.
...LIONSGATE UK NABS GUILLAUME CANET'S STAR-STUDDED "BLOOD TIES" - CANNES
Wild Bunch has closed a deal with Lionsgate UK for the Guillaume Canet-directed drama Blood Ties, Deadline reported.
The pic is currently shooting with stars Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Zoe Saldana, Mila ...ISRAEL ENVOY: U.S. PLANS FOR STRIKE ON IRAN READY
U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which ...11 KILLED IN DEADLY TALIBAN ATTACK ON AFGHAN GOVERNOR OFFICE
Eleven people, including four Taliban fighters, were killed and more than a dozen others were injured when militants attacked a provincial governor's compound in western Afghanistan on Thursday, May 17 ...SOYUZ ASTRONAUTS DOCK WITH SPACE STATION
A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to ..."THE SIMPSONS" SEASON FINALE SNEAK PEAK FEATURES LADY GAGA
Lady GaGa is coming to Springfield in "The Simpsons" season finale. A new sneak peek for the upcoming episode has just made its way out online, showing Lisa who makes the Mother Monster cry. ...EXPERT BLAMES EXTERNAL FORCES FOR LEBANESE INSTABILITY
There are a lot of external factors resulting in clashes in Lebanese city of Tripoli, Armenian political analyst said.
"There many players seeking to destabilize the situation in the region, pinning ...CANNES 2012 DAY ONE: SEXISM AND ARAB SPRING
The second day of the 65th Cannes film festival was slightly marred by an unpleasant letter disclosing sexism claims. The sexism row broke out after a group of prominent female filmmakers wrote an open ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1827 Departure of the First Armenian Voluntary Brigade from Tbilissi for the front.
- 1851 Greegor Otyan (in Scutaree) founded the "Subscription Company". In his "Arshalooys Araratian" periodical's supplement he encouraged people to establish a boarding school for the free education of the poor.
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