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Headlines for June 18, 2012
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CLAIMS VICTORY IN EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in historic presidential polls on Monday, June 18, hours after the ruling military council issued a constitutional document claiming sweeping power, including ...UN: CRISES FORCED 800,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE HOMES IN 2011
Crises in Libya, Sudan, Somalia and elsewhere prompted 800,000 people to flee their countries last year, the highest number in 11 years, the United Nations' refugee agency says.
According to the ...SOCIALISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY IN FRANCE
French President Francois Hollande's Socialists won a resounding parliamentary majority on Sunday, strengthening his hand as he presses euro zone paymaster Germany to support debt-laden states weighed ...CHINA'S SPACE MISSION TO CONDUCT AUTOMATIC DOCKING
China's space mission will conduct an automatic docking Monday, June 18, as the three astronauts on board prepare to perform the nation's first manual version of the complex maneuver, state media ...GOOGLE ALARMED BY RISE IN GOVT. CENSORSHIP REQUESTS
Google reports it has seen an "alarming" rise in government requests to censor Internet content in the past six months, according to CNET.
The Web giant said it has received more than 1,000 ...FAMOUS BEATLE SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY
Sir Paul McCartney turns 70 today, June 18 - two weeks after proving at the Diamond Jubilee concert he has very much still got it.
The Beatles star closed the show in front of Buckingham Palace in celebrations ...DAVID NALBANDIAN APOLOGIZES TO QUEEN'S LINE JUDGE
David Nalbandian issued a second apology for his sensational disqualification from Queen's Club as the fiery Argentine faced a possible lengthy ban in the aftermath of a second spectacular meltdown this ...DAVID NALBANDIAN RETAINS 39TH PLACE IN ATP RANKING
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) released a ranking list on June 11, with Argentina-based David Nalbandian retaining 39th place with 1015 points.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic keeps lead with ...VIVACELL-MTS REDUCES BLACKBERRY SMATPHONE PRICES
VivaCell-MTS has updated the prices of BlackBerry® BoldTM 9000, BlackBerry® BoldTM 9700, BlackBerry® Storm2TM 9520 and BlackBerry® TorchTM 9800 smartphones.
Instead of the previous AMD ...LEVON ARONIAN TO FACE FABIANO CARUANA IN TAL MEMORIAL ROUND 9
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will face off against Italy's Fabiano Caruana in the last, 9th round of Mikhail Tal Memorial.
At Moscow-hosted tournament, Aronian is 9th with 3,5 points. Caruana is ...ELINA DANIELIAN TIES FIDE WOMEN GRAND PRIX ROUND 7, KEEPS LEAD
Armenian grandmaster Elina Danielian and Bulgaria's Antoaneta Stefanova tied round 7 game at FIDE Women Grand Prix.
Danielian is leading the Kazan-hosted tournament with 5 points, followed by Viktorija ...5TH KAREN ASRYAN MEMORIAL KICKS OFF IN JERMUK
5th Karen Asryan Memorial is ongoing in Armenia's town of Jermuk on June 16-24, with 60 chess players participating in the tournament.
Four players scored 2 points each to share 1-4 places after the ...G20 TO PRESS EUROPE FOR LASTING STRATEGY TO SAVE EURO
World leaders, relieved that pro-bailout parties won a narrow election victory in Greece, will pile pressure on Europe at the G20 summit on Monday, June 18 to outline a lasting strategy to save the euro ...IOC LOOKS INTO OLYMPIC TICKET ILLEGAL SALE ALLEGATIONS
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have opened a high- level investigation into allegations that authorized representatives in more than 50 countries including a national Olympic committee ...N. KOREA VOWS TO STRENGTHEN DEFENSES "IN EVERY WAY"
North Korea accused the United States Monday, June 18 of building up military forces in the region and vowed to strengthen its own defenses "in every way", AFP reports.
The comments came one ...DAVID NALBANDIAN MAY FACE $10,000 FINE
David Nalbandian was disqualified from the Aegon Championships final after injuring a line judge by kicking an advertising board into his shin.
The Argentine, 30, was leading Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-3) 3-4 ...BAKU: DECLINE IN AZERI SOLDIERS' DEATHS REPORTED IN NON COMBAT SITUATIONS
Decline in Azerbaijani soldiers' deaths has been reported recently in non combat situations, military prosecutor Khanlar Veliyev said
"Unfortunately, cases of suicide and premeditated murder are recorded ...IBM'S SEQUOIA CROWNED WORLD'S FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER
IBM's Sequoia has taken the top spot on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers for the U.S. The newly installed system trumped Japan's K Computer made by Fujitsu which fell to second ...ARMENIA WATER POLO FEDERATION'S OPEN TOURNAMENT TO KICK OFF JUNE 19
On June 19-20, Armenia Water Polo Federation's open tournament will be held in Yerevan's David Hambardzumyan swimming pool, with 6 teams participating.
David Hambardzumyan swimming pool and Aqua Land ...RPA MEMBER RELUCTANT TO VIOLATE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE TO EX-FM
MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is reluctant to violate the principle of presumption of innocence to ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, voicing hopes for the whole story about money ...LG CONFIRMS OPTIMUS L5 HIT SHELVES IN EUROPE THIS MONTH
The second model from LG's Optimus L-Series, the midrange L5, is set to hit shelves in Europe this month the company has confirmed, SlashGear reports.
Announced at Mobile World Congress back in February, ...ARMENIAN LABOR MINISTER SAYS HIS DEPUTY NOT DETERMINED YET
Newly-appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs intends to continue implementation of the programs launched.
"The ministry will face staff changes only in case of employees' non-fulfillment of the ...BAIDU IN TALKS TO BUY STAKE IN BROWSER MAKER UC - REPORT
Chinese search giant Baidu is reportedly in "preliminary talks" to acquire a major stake in Chinese Internet browser maker UC, according to sources close to the deal cited by a Dow Jones report.
As The ...EXPERT SAYS RPA - PROSPEROUS ARMENIA RIVALRY REAL
Caucasus Institute director, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan positively assessed the rivalry between the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Prosperous Armenia following the parliamentary ...ARMENIAN HEALTH MINISTER PLEDGES TO BOOST AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES
On June 18, Armenia's newly-appointed Health Minister voiced intention to boost availability and quality of medical services for all the citizens.
"No doctor and no citizen must deal with financial issues. ...28,000-YEAR-OLD ABORIGINAL ROCK ART FOUND IN AUSTRALIAN CAVE
An archeologist says tests show Aboriginal rock art in an Outback cave was made 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest in Australia and among the oldest in the world, the Associated Press reported.
The ...BRITAIN'S BIGGEST RETAILER TESCO STRIKES JAPAN EXIT DEAL
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco announced on Monday, June 18 that it had finally struck a deal to exit its Japanese business.
According to AFP, Tesco said in a statement that it would exit Japan ...IRAN MAY STOP HIGH-GRADE URANIUM ENRICHMENT, AHMADINEJAD SAYS
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to indicate that Iran would be prepared to stop high-grade uranium enrichment - a demand of the United States and its allies - if world powers agreed to meet its ...IRANIAN NUKE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS NO DEAL AT MOSCOW TALKS
The current Moscow round of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 over Iran's nuclear ambitions is unlikely to end in the signing of a final agreement, an Iranian negotiator said on Monday, June 18.
The ...SHARP TO RELEASE NEW USER INTERFACE FOR ITS SMARTPHONES
Japan's Sharp said Monday, June 18 it will release a new user interface for its smartphones in an attempt to differentiate them from the Android masses, according to PCWorld.
The Osaka-based electronics ...VIVACELL-MTS OFFERS IMPROVED INTERNET PACKAGES FOR PREPAID SUBSCRIBERS
VivaCell-MTS offers new improved Internet packages for prepaid subscribers, providing more free on-net minutes for the same price.
The proposal enables activation of the new "inet 5" package, with the ...ARMENIA MUST STRIVE TO IMPROVE DISTORTED PERCEPTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT - EXPERT
Armenia must strive to improve international community's distorted perception of Karabakh conflict, according to the head of Political Research Academy NGO.
As Alexander Manasyan told a news conference ..."YOUR SISTER'S SISTER" TAKES IN $117,000 AT INDIE BOX OFFICE
It was a big weekend for Mark Duplass at the specialty box office. "Your Sister's Sister" in which he stars with Emily Blunt and Rosemarie Dewitt, opened on 13 screens and took in $117,000, ...IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES $50.7 MILLION DISBURSEMENT FOR ARMENIA
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its fourth review of Armenia's economic performance under a program supported by Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit ...ARMENIAN FINANCE MINISTRY: JUNE 14-24 PRICES FOR PRECIOUS METALS
The State Depository of Precious Metals and Gemstones Agency at the Armenian Ministry of Finance set the government purchase and release prices per gram of chemically pure metal (standard bullion) for ..."TO ROME WITH LOVE": WOODY ALLEN TALKS PERKS OF FAME
Promoting his new film, "To Rome With Love" the venerated filmmaker admits that the disparity between being famous and ordinary is "kind of disgusting - but I can't say I don't enjoy it," ...EXPERTS SAY ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS' MEETING WILL YIELD NO PROGRESS
Armenian experts have no exceptions from June 18 meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov.
"I have no exceptions from the meeting. It will yield ...BAKU WILL CONTINUE BORDER ATTACKS AS METHOD OF BLACKMAIL- EXPERT
Shelling and attacks at the contact line will continue until Azerbaijan realizes the kernel, Caucasus Institute director said.
Alexander Iskandaryan dubbed the border incidents as method of Azeri blackmail.
...DIASPORA MINISTRY'S "COME HOME 2012" PROGRAM KICKS OFF
On June 18, Armenian Diaspora Ministry hosted the launch of the second stage of "Come Home 2012" program, with Deputy Foreign Minster S. Manasaryan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration A. Bakhshyan ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 414,96 JUNE 18
Deals amounting to USD 600 thous. at an average rate of AMD 415,58/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on June 18. The closing price totaled AMD 415,75.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD ...BEATLES STAR PAUL MCCARTNEY TURNS 70
His music has been loved for half a century, but Paul McCartney has probably never been more admired than he is on Monday, June 18 his 70th birthday - and with good reason, The Guardian reported.
His ...LEVON ARONIAN BEATS FABIANO CARUANA IN TAL MEMORIAL ROUND 9
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Italy's Fabiano Caruana in the last, 9th round of Mikhail Tal Memorial.
The victory took the Armenian grandmaster to 4th place with 4,5 points. Currently, Norway's ...COMMITTEE ON ARMENIAN -TURKISH TIES CEASES ACTIVITIES IN TURKEY
The national committee on Armenian -Turkish relations has ceased activities, according to Turkish Vatan daily.
The committee, established in 2003, aimed to research on Armenian-Turkish ties, Armenian ...PIXAR RELEASES "BRAVE" TRAILER TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY
A touching clip from "Brave" has been released in time for the Father's Day, AceShowbiz reported.
The footage is studded with scenes that see Princess Merida's close relationship with ...PUTIN CALLS FOR "REASONABLE BALANCE" TO SOLVE ECONOMIC CRISIS
Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow's vision of the main challenges facing the G20 in the era of growing economic and financial instability in an article published in Mexico's El Universal ...IMPROVISED BOMB KILLS 4 IN AFGHAN TOWN
An improvised bomb killed four police and two civilians on Monday, June 18 in an Afghan town where hundreds of French troops have been deployed to fight Taliban rebels as part of the NATO mission, officials ...AZERBAIJAN TO REPLACE "KALASHNIKOV" WITH ISRAELI "TAVOR" ASSAULT RIFLE
Azerbaijan plans to replace Kalashnikov (AK) with Israeli Tavor to build on its territory a plant producing these weapons.
In the post- Soviet states, special forces of Azerbaijan and Georgia are armed ...FRANCE'S FAR-RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN DEMANDS POLL RECOUNT
The leader of France's main far-right party has said that she is demanding a recount after her razor-thin loss to a Socialist in northern France as part of nationwide legislative elections, Belfast ...YEMEN ARMY CHIEF FIGHTING AL-QAEDA KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK
The Yemeni army commander leading the fight against militants in the south of the country has been killed in a suicide attack, officials say, according to BBC News.
Gen Salem Ali Qatan died in the port ...GOOGLE ACQUIRES OVER 50 TECH PATENTS FROM MAGNOLIA BROADBAND
Not finished with the expansion of its mobile patent portfolio, Google has on June 18 completed the acquisition of more than 50 mobile network technology patents from Magnolia Broadband, The Next Web ...HEADLESS CORPSES FOUND IN PARIS PARK
Police were questioning a couple on Monday, June 18 about two headless torsos and a footless leg discovered near a popular picnic spot on the eastern edge of Paris, Reuters reported.
The macabre mystery ...COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE IN GREECE DESPITE LEFTISTS' REFUSAL
The conservative New Democracy party, the frontrunner in weekend parliamentary elections, said it will continue efforts to form a broad coalition government, despite receiving a rejection from the second ...CHINESE SPACECRAFT DOCKS WITH ORBITING MODULE
Chinese astronauts docked two spaceships in orbit for the first time Monday, June 18, marking a vital milestone in the country's quest to build a manned space station in Earth orbit, Space.com reported.
...19-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER KILLED IN AZERI SHELLING
On June 18, 8:25 am local time, serviceman Aram Gyulnazaryan, 19, was mortally wounded during Azeri shelling of NKR eastern regiments.
According to Artakh defense army, the soldier died on the way to ...OIL SLIPS TO NEAR $83 AMID OVERSHADOWED OPTIMISM OR GREECE
Oil price slipped to near $83 a barrel Monday, June 18 as optimism over the results of the Greek elections was overshadowed by lingering concerns about the eurozone's continuing debt crisis, particularly ...HOVHANNES SAHAKYAN BECOMES MP INSTEAD OF TRANSPORT MINISTER GAGIK BEGLARYAN
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary candidate Hovhannes Sahakyan assumed a deputy mandate instead of a newly-appointed Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan.
...INTEL INTRODUCES HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHIP FAMILY XEON PHI
Intel on Monday, June 18 introduced a high-performance chip family called Xeon Phi, which provides a stepping stone for the company to reach the milestone of creating an exaflop computer by 2018, InfoWorld ...DEADLY VIOLENCE REPORTED AT ISRAEL'S EGYPT, GAZA BORDER
Militants who crossed into Israel from Egypt's Sinai desert fired on Israelis building a barrier on the border on Monday, June 18 killing one worker, before soldiers shot dead two of the attackers, ...MOZILLA WORKING ON A BROWSER FOR IPAD
Mozilla announced that it's working on a browser for the iPad called Junior, The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported.
Mozilla said it wants to make browsing "more fun, more ergonomic" and ...ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS AGREE TO BOOST TRUST FOR PROGRESS IN KARABAKH ISSUE
On June 18, OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of U.S., Igor Popov of Russia, Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) ..."REMEMBERING 1942" FAMINE EPIC UNVEILED AT SHANGHAI FILM FEST
Blockbuster Chinese director Feng Xiaogang on Sunday, June 17 unveiled the trailer for his upcoming film Remembering 1942, the 210 million yuan ($33 million) true story-based disaster epic that took 18 ...EGYPT'S RULING MILITARY PLEDGES TO HAND OVER POWER
Egypt's ruling military council has pledged to hand over power to the newly elected president, hours after the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate claimed victory in the first free election since the ...TYMOSHENKO TO SUE UKRAINE'S LEADER OVER MURDER LINK ACCUSATION
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will sue President Viktor Yanukovych over an accusation of involvement in the 1996 murder of prominent politician Yevhen Shcherban, her lawyer said ...FACEBOOK TO PAY $10 MLN FOR AD SUIT SETTLEMENT
Facebook will pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from users who claimed their names, images and other information were improperly used in advertising described as "sponsored stories," court ...IRAN REP. SAYS MOSCOW TALKS "SERIOUS AND CONSTRUCTIVE"
Iran's Deputy Chief Negotiator Ali Baqeri announced that Iran and the six world powers have held "serious and constructive" negotiations in their meetings in Moscow today, June 18, Fars ...PRINCE SALMAN NAMED SAUDI'S CROWN PRINCE
Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was named on Monday, June 18 as the kingdom's new heir apparent following the death of Crown Prince Prince Nayef on Saturday, according to Al ...MEDIA SEEKS TO "IMITATE DAN BROWN" IN VATILEAKS SCANDAL - VATICAN
The Vatican's number 2 accused the media on Monday, June 18 of trying "to imitate Dan Brown" in their coverage of the VatiLeaks scandal and said the Roman Catholic Church's latest travails ...RETIRED MUSIC EXECUTIVE GIFTS 200 AUDIO INTERVIEWS TO CONGRESS LIBRARY
Retired music executive Joe Smith is giving the Library of Congress more than 200 audio interviews with popular singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and Paul McCartney.
According to the Associated ...GLOBAL WEIGHT GAIN IMPACT EQUAL TO EXTRA BILLION PEOPLE - RESEARCH
Researchers say that increasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people, BBC News said.
The team estimated the total weight of people ...NISSAN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY TO POWER HOMES
The large capacity battery in Nissan's LEAF electric vehicle will soon be able to power entire homes, SlashGear reports.
Nichicon has developed a new Vehicle to Home System called "EV Power Station" ...ODNOKLASSNIKI SOCIAL NETWORK'S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SITE LAUNCHED
Odnoklassniki, Russia's second largest social network, has launched an English-language version of its web site, the company's spokesman said on Monday, June 18, according to RIA Novosti.
Odnoklassniki, ..."IN TIME" STAR ALEX PETTYFER TO JOIN STELLAR "BUTLER" CAST
Alex Pettyfer will next be seen on the big screen shortly in the male stripping movie Magic Mike releasing into theaters on June 29th, Deadline reported.
The actor has just lined up his next movie, joining ...FRANCE'S SARKOZY HIT WITH LAWSUIT SINCE IMMUNITY EXPIRES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was hit on Monday, June 18 by the first formal legal complaint against him since his judicial immunity as head of state expired, according to Reuters.
The complaint ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1807 Russian forces, under General Goodevich, defeat the Turkish army on the banks of the Akhooryan river.
- 1890 Fighting breaks out between government forces and the Armenians of Karin (Erzroom, Western Armenia).
- 1925 Arrival of Friedhof Nansen (heading the League of Nations' International Bureau) in Yerevan.
- 1941 Signature of the Treaty of Friendship between Germany and Turkey.
- 1953 Death of public figure Hakob Ter Hakobian.
- 1987 The European Parliament votes to recognize the Armenian Genocide and suggests ways for Turkey to overcome its crisis.
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