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Headlines for May 27, 2012
SWEDEN WINS EUROVISION 2012 IN BAKU
Swedish star Loreen has beaten off a challenge from dancing Russian pensioners to win a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, that the host hoped would banish qualms over its human rights ...MOTOROLA REVEALS PLANS FOR ITS OWN ANDROID INTERFACE SKIN
Despite officially becoming a Google-owned company earlier this week, it appears Motorola won't be utilizing the stock Android interface on its phones. Instead, the company has revealed it plans to ...GOVT. TROOPS SHELL RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN CENTRAL SYRIA - ACTIVISTS
Government troops shelled residential areas in central Syria on Sunday, May 27, activists said, two days after the bombardment of a string of villages in the same region killed more than 90, many of them ...SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL PICKS UP SPEED, HEADS FOR SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST
Subtropical storm Beryl picked up some speed early Sunday, May 27 as it headed for the southeastern U.S. coast, threatening to put a damper on Memorial Day plans for hordes of American beachgoers, AFP ...TEHRAN REJECTS FREEZING OF TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE, IRANIAN BANKS
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mahmoud Bahmani rejected reports that a Japanese bank has frozen transactions with the Iranian banks, Fars News Agency reported.
Bahmani's remarks came ...FOUR NATO TROOPS KILLED ROADSIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN
Four NATO service members were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday, May 27.
According to the Associated Press, NATO said in a statement that all ...IRAN SAYS IAEA DIDN'T GIVE ‘GOOD ENOUGH REASONS' TO VISIT NUKE SITE
The UN nuclear watchdog has not yet given good enough reasons to visit an Iranian site where it suspects there may have been experiments for developing nuclear weapons, Reuters reported citing Iranian ...CANNES SKETCHES: VAMPIRE HYSTERICS, UNFORGETTABLE BERTOLUCCI AND A FEW WORDS ABOUT COLLEAGUES
Cannes 2012 never saw Angelina Jolie, yet the film fest saw enough of a stir with "Twilight" stars, who were here for their respective films. Their mere appearance caused piercing screams from girls and ...SYRIAN GOVT. DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEADLY ATTACK
The Syrian government has denied responsibility for an attack that killed at least 85 people, including 34 children, saying that it was carried out by "terrorists", Al Jazeera reported.
Jihad ...BAHRAIN SENDS 8 TO PRISON OVER COUP PLOT
A Bahrain sentenced eight people to prison terms of up to 15 years Sunday, May 27, after they were accused of plotting with suspected Iranian agents to topple the Gulf kingdom's ruling system, a defense ...IRAN TO BUILD NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BY EARLY 2014
Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, state television said on Sunday, May 27, quoting the head of the country's ...LADY GAGA CANCELS SHOW IN INDONESIA AFTER THREATS
Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth, according to AP.
The controversy ...MUBARAK'S EX-CHIEF OF STAFF SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN JAIL
A Cairo criminal court on Sunday, May 27, sentenced ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's former chief of staff to seven years in jail on corruption charges, AFP reported quoting a judicial source ...MERKEL'S ALLY CALLS ON OPPOSITION TO BACK BAILOUT FUND
A top ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives appealed to the opposition Social Democrats and Greens on Sunday, May 27, to refrain from "playing political games" and back the government ...PANETTA DEFENDS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending the Obama administration's plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan.
According to AP, speaking Sunday, May 27, on ABC's ...APPLE NEW RETAIL HEAD TO RECEIVE $56 MLN WORTH OF SHARES
John Browett, the new retail head at Apple, will receive at least $56 million worth of shares awarded over the course of the next five years, according to a report on The Sunday Times.
That's on ...SAMSUNG GALAXY S III HITTING U.S. MARKET JUNE 20?
According to several blogs, Samsung is prepping for a June 20 launch of its Galaxy S III in the United States and Canada, and T-Mobile will be a U.S. carrier, PC Magazine reports.
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- 1832 The Egyptian army, headed by Ibrahim Pasha, defeats the Turkish forces and occupies the plains of Western Armenia's Cilician Province.
- 1891 Death of Hakob Paronyan (playwright of comedies) in Constantinople. He was born in 1843 at Adrianople.
- 1950 Inauguration of the new building of the Nshan Palanjian's Seminary in Lebanon, by the President of the Lebanese Republic.
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