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Headlines for June 22, 2012
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES 15 MAJOR BANKS
Moody's Investors Service lowered the credit ratings of 15 major banks Thursday, June 21including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, saying their long-term prospects for profitability ...TALIBAN GUNMEN TAKE HOSTAGES AT KABUL HOTEL, SOME DEAD
Gunmen took scores of hostages at a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, police said on Friday, June 22, during a deadly attack lasting several hours that underscored the Taliban's ...EUROZONE LEADERS MEETING IN ROME TO TACKLE CRISIS
Leaders of the eurozone's four biggest economies gather in Rome Friday, June 22, to thrash out ideas to tackle the debt crisis, with calls for the bloc's bailout fund to intervene on bond markets ...HEALTH MINISTRY DECIDES AGAINST TRANSFER OF SEVERELY BEATEN DOCTOR ABROAD - PAPER
A newly-appointed Health Minister Derenik Dumanyan told Aravot daily that a council of physicians was convened to discuss further steps in the treatment of the head of Urology Department at RA Defense ...ABOUT 90 STILL MISSING AFTER INDONESIA BOAT CAPSIZES
Ships and aircraft were searching Friday, June 22, for scores of men missing after a steel-hull fishing boat carrying suspected asylum seekers bound for Australia capsized in heavy seas south of Indonesia, ...PAPER: GYMRI MAYOR INTENSIFIES ACTIVITIES
According to Yerkir daily, Vardan Ghukasyan has intensified his activities on Gyumri Mayor post.
"Recently, he's been ordering works on city illumination, asphalting, landscaping. Gyumri residents are ...FACEBOOK NOW ALLOWS USERS TO EDIT OLD COMMENTS
Facebook is taking a page out of the Google+ playbook by allowing users the ability to edit any old comments on status updates, photos, videos or other content posted on Facebook, Digital Trends reported.
...THE TELEGRAPH: SYRIA'S TOP OFFICIALS PREPARING TO DEFECT
Members of Bashar al-Assad's inner circle are secretly making plans to defect to the opposition should the Syrian regime become critically threatened by the rebellion, The Daily Telegraph reported citing ...SAMSUNG STUDIES REPORTS ON GALAXY S III EXPLOSION
Samsung Electronics Co said it was investigating reports that one of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphones exploded in a user's car in Ireland, Reuters reported.
Samsung launched the phone, the strongest ...OIL NEAR $79 AMID SLOWING GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
Oil traded near $79 a barrel Friday, June 22, in Asia, rising slightly after signs of slowing global economic growth triggered a sharp plunge in the oil price this week, according to AP.
Benchmark oil ...SHOWMAN MARK SAGHATELYAN, PRODUCER GRIGOR NAZARYAN SEVERELY INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT
Popular showman Mark Saghatelyan and Junior Eurovision 2011 producer Grigor Nazaryan were severely injured in a car accident which occurred on the intersection of Nalbandyan and Aram streets on June 21 ...SONY TO INJECT ABOUT $623 MILLION INTO OLYMPUS
Japan's Sony will inject about $623 million into troubled Olympus as the camera and medical equipment maker rebuilds its finances after a massive cover-up scandal.
The 50-billion-yen deal would make ...PM THANKS PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR PARTICIPATION IN GOVT. PROGRAM DISCUSSION
Opening a government sitting, Armenian Prime Minister thanked parliamentarians for their participation in the discussion of government program adopted June 21.
At the same time, Tigran Sargsyan urged ...RUSSIA, IRELAND TO JOINTLY EXPLORE SPACE
Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and Ireland's National Space Center have signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation in space exploration, according to RIA Novosti.
"The memorandum ...CHARLIE SHEEN JOINS ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S "MACHETE" CAST AS U.S. PRESIDENT
Charlie Sheen is following in his father's footsteps. Sheen, whose father, Martin Sheen, famously played U.S. president Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing," will play the nation's chief executive ...SONY PICTURES ANIMATION RELEASES "HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA" THEATRICAL TRAILER
Sony Pictures Animation has released a longer theatrical trailer for Hotel Transylvania, Deadline said.
The film which features Adam Sandler voicing Dracula and Selena Gomez as his daughter, Mavis plus ...YANDEX BUYS 25% STAKE IN SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING COMPANY
Expanding into yet another new market, Russian search giant Yandex announced that it has acquired a 25% stake in seismic data processing company Seismotech for $1 million and will provide the resources ...FLIPBOARD FOR ANDROID HITS THE PLAY STORE
Flipboard for Android has officially been released, hitting the Play Store after several weeks of leaky exclusivity on Samsung's Galaxy S III, SlashGear reports.
The socially-enabled news reader app ...OHANYAN TO ATTEND CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS' COUNCIL SESSION
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan will attend CIS Defense Ministers' Council session due July 5 in Russian city of Kaliningrad.
At the event, to be chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, ...LIAM NEESON'S "TAKEN 2" TRAILER HITS THE WEB
Like any respectable action sequel, Taken 2 has upped the ante. This time, there is more than one revenge-bent father tearing up foreign cities, and even more members of Liam Neeson's family are in danger, ...AT LEAST 8 KILLED, OVER 50 WOUNDED IN BAGHDAD BLASTS
At least 8 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when two roadside bombs exploded in a popular market on the northern outskirts of Iraq's capital on Friday, June 22, police and hospital sources ...IMF CHIEF HOPES ‘WISDOM WILL PREVAIL'
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has piled pressure on Germany by recommending a series of crisis-fighting measures that chancellor Angela Merkel has resisted, The Guardian reports.
...TURKS SEE TERRORISM AS COUNTRY'S MAJOR PROBLEM
A majority of Turks have indicated that they consider terrorism to be Turkey's most important problem for the first time, putting the issue ahead of economic difficulties, according to a survey conducted ...BARBRA STREISAND TO HELM "SKINNY AND CAT", HER 1ST MOVIE PROJECT IN 16 YEARS
Barbra Streisand is ready to get back to the directing seat. On Thursday, June 21, Streisand's representative confirmed that the singer-turned-actress is set to helm her first movie project in 16 ...JAPAN'S ANNUAL KYOTO PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
America's Ivan Sutherland has won Japan's annual Kyoto Prize for his contributions to computer graphics technology and interactive interfaces that allow people to use computers without the need ...REC CAUCASUS ARMENIA HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON AGRO-BIODIVERSITY
REC Caucasus Armenia hosted the round table discussion within the framework of the regional project "Identification and implementation of adaptation response to Climate Change impact for Conservation ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, BULGARIAN ENVOY DISCUSS STRENGTHENING OF TIES
On June 22, a newly-appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to Armenia Georgi Karastamatov presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
At the meeting, the Armenian leader congratulated the envoy on ...CBA: ARMENIA CREATES FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN FINANCIAL ENTITIES
Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) always pursued liberal policy to attract foreign capital and institutions, the share of which already reached 80% in the national capital, CBA chairman said.
"CBA always ...NEW TRAILER FEATURES "LORD OF THE RINGS" STAR KARL URBAN AS "DREDD"
Karl Urban, of "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Lord of the Rings" fame, takes his turn as the comic-book character last animated by Sylvester Stallone in the upcoming action-adventure ...ERDOĞAN PLEDGES PROTECTION FOR TURKEY'S JEWS
Turkish Prime Minister reassured the country's Jewish community, saying they are under his protection, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
"Under my leadership, the Jewish community in Turkey ...MOSCOW BACKS AZERBAIJAN'S ETHNIC MINORITIES TO PRESSURE BAKU - EXPERT
Russia exerts pressure on Azerbaijan, backing the country's ethnic minority, Armenian political analyst said.
Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan cited Moscow-hosted large-scale conference with problems of Lezgians ...LAWYERS SAY BREIVIK WAS MOTIVATED BY EXTREME RIGHTWING IDEOLOGY
Anders Behring Breivik's defense lawyers have tried to cast the confessed mass killer as a political militant motivated by an extreme rightwing ideology rather than a delusional madman who killed ...BRYAN BUCKLEY TO HELM REESE WITHERSPOON'S "MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS"
Bryan Buckley returns to features on the Reese Witherspoon vehicle Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus at Lionsgate Summit, Deadline said.
The film is based on the John Gray self-help title, a guide ...EXPERT: AZERBAIJAN'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DON'T DEEM ARMENIANS ENEMY
Political analyst Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan said Azeris total 93% of Azerbaijani population, with killed soldiers mainly being representatives of ethnic groups, such as Lezgians and Avars.
He cited statistical ...PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES EARLY ELECTIONS, NEW PM CANDIDATE NOMINATED
Pakistan's ruling party has announced parliament elections will be held this year, earlier than expected, Belfast Telegraph said.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has also been put forward by the party as its ...EGYPT'S POLITICAL FORCES CALL FOR MORE PROTESTS
Egypt's political forces have called for more protests on Friday, June 22, against the ruling military's power grab, as the nation nervously awaits the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential ...YEREVAN TO HOST "TUNING SHOW" JUNE 24
ArmenTel CJSC jointly with "Adrenalin" Extreme Sports Association of Armenia announce about Tuning Show-2012 exhibition-contest due June 24 in Yerevan's Victory Park.
Motorists will compete in the following ...TURKISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAYS IT LOCATED LOST OTTOMAN-ERA ARMENIAN GOLD
The Turkish Historical Society has claimed that gold that was obtained from the auctioning off of Armenian assets during the Ottoman era was seized by allied forces as war reparations in the aftermath ...U.S., SOUTH KOREA JOINT DRILLS TO SEND WARNING TO NORTH
A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday, June 22 as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters fired rockets in the allies' biggest joint ...TWITTER EXECUTIVE EXPLAINS OUTAGE CAUSE
A Twitter executive offered an explanation for the cause of an outage that twice knocked Twitter offline around the world on Thursday, June 22, ComputerWorld reports.
Twitter first crashed around 12:30 ...NEW ARMENIAN BANKNOTES TO ENTER CIRCULATION JUNE 25
On June 25, Central bank of Armenia (CBA) will issuebanknotes with face value of AMD 5000, 10 000 and 20 000 released in 2012.
According to the CBA press service, the paper notes are legal tender, with ...COLIN FARRELL, NOOMI RAPACE'S "DEAD MAN DOWN" THRILLER RELEASE DATE SET
FilmDistrict will release revenge thriller Dead Man Down in theaters April 5, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The film reteams director Niels Arden Oplev with Noomi Rapace, star of his Swedish film The ...TWO ROCKETS FROM GAZA HIT ISRAEL, NO CASUALTIES
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets that hit Israel on Friday, June 22, a military spokeswoman said, as a truce declared by the Islamist Hamas ruling the enclave entered its second day.
...ANTI-REGIME DEMONSTRATIONS SWEEP SUDANESE CAPITAL
Riot police fired tear gas and civilians armed with machetes and swords attacked protesters during five days of demonstrations sweeping Khartoum, demanding the exit of Sudan's autocratic ruler, a ...SYRIA'S OLYMPIC CHIEF BLOCKED FROM LONDON GAMES
The head of the Syrian Olympic Committee, General Mowaffak Joumaa, has been refused a visa to travel to London for the Games, BBC News reported.
It is understood the application has been refused because ...YEMENI SECURITY FORCES DETAIN AL-QAEDA CHIEF FOLLOWING MAJOR'S KILLING
Yemeni security forces have detained a local al-Qaeda leader suspected of links to an attack that killed a top military commander earlier this week, a security source said on Friday, June 22, Reuters ...MAN WITH HALF A BODY SCALES MOUNT KILIMANJARO
A man with only half a body has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro's Uhuru Peak, Belfast Telegraph reported.
Canadian Spencer West, whose legs were amputated when he was just five due to a birth defect, scaled ...COSMONAUTS TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL ANTI-METEORITE PANELS ON ISS
Russian cosmonauts will conduct a space walk in August during which they will install additional anti-meteorite panels on the International Space Station (ISS), cosmonaut Yury Malanchenko said on Friday, ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 418,54 JUNE 22
Deals amounting to USD 3,515 mln. at an average rate of AMD 419,18 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on June 22. The closing price totaled AMD 418,50.
The market average rate of USD totaled ...DALI PAINTING STOLEN FROM MANHATTAN ART GALLERY
A painting by Salvador Dali has been stolen from an art gallery in Manhattan, by a man who took it off the wall and carried it out in a bag, BBC News reported.
Valued at $150,000 (£96,027), the ...AT LEAST 25 KILLED IN SYRIA'S ALEPPO PROVINCE
At least 25 men were found killed in northern Syria's Aleppo province on Friday, June 22 and Syrian state media said they were victims of a massacre by anti-government "terrorists," Reuters ...MEGAUPLOAD FOUNDER PLANS TO RELAUNCH HIS ONLINE EMPIRE
Kim Dotcom, the alleged head of a conspiracy to defraud the entertainment industry of millions of dollars via pirated films and music on his former website Megaupload.com, has announced plans to relaunch ...DAVID NALBANDIAN TO FACE JANKO TIPSAREVIC IN WIMBLEDON ROUND 1
Argentina-based David Nalbandian will face off against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of Wimbledon 2012, due June 25.
Wimbledon 2011 winner Novak Djokovic (Serbia) will rival Spain's Juan ...RADIOHEAD POSTPONE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES AFTER STAGE COLLAPSE
Radiohead have postponed several dates of their European tour in the wake of the stage collapse in Toronto. In a statement released on Thursday, June 21, the British band announced that they will reschedule ...HTC POSSIBLY HALTS ALL PHONE SALES IN BRAZIL
Reports indicate that HTC is canceling the planned launch of its One series in Brazil and ending all phone sales in the country, according to The Verge.
As it's exiting the Brazilian market, a number ...TAORMINA FILM FEST GETS UNDERWAY IN SICILY
The Taormina Film Festival's rebirth as an international home for comedy and horror films gets underway Friday, June 22 with the 58th edition of the cliffside Sicilian event making laughs and screams ...WEEKLY DIGEST OF FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALS
USD 75,752,365 was bought at an average price of AMD 415.63/USD 1 and USD 88,697,932 sold at an average price of AMD 416.79/USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on June 18-22.
Deals amounting ...TURKISH WARPLANE CRASHES INTO SYRIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS
A missing warplane that lost contact with Turkish Armed Forces earlier on June 22 crashed in Syrian territorial waters, Hurriyet Daily News reported citing Doğan agency.
Search and rescue teams are waiting ...ELINA DANIELIAN 5TH AT FIDE WOMEN GRAND PRIX
Armenia's Elina Danielian suffered losses in the last three rounds of Kazan-hosted FIDE Women Grand Prix after successful performance at the beginning.
She lost to China's Hou Yifan in the last round ...PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED AT BSTDB-ORGANIZED FORUM
A joint report by 31 multilateral and bilateral development institutions in cooperation with the private sector was delivered during the Business Forum "Armenia: Opportunities for Growth and International ...NATO HAILS ARMENIA'S REFORM IMPLEMENTATION
On June 21, NATO Headquarters hosted a NATO+Armenia meeting aimed at discussion of the report on the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) between Armenia and the Atlantic Alliance2011.
According ...GOOGLE ACCUSED OF IMPROPERLY WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE
The Texas attorney general is accusing Google of improperly withholding evidence sought in an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of internet search, Belfast Telegraph ...CRASHED TURKISH PLANE SHOT DOWN BY SYRIAN AIR DEFENSES - EYEWITNESS
Turkey's military says it has lost contact with one of its aircraft over the sea close to the border with Syria, BBC News said.
Turkish media said the plane, an F-4 jet, crashed in Syria or Syrian ...AFRICANS' DNA HOLDS CLUE TO QUEEN OF SHEBA TALE
Clues to the origins of the Queen of Sheba legend are written in the DNA of some Africans, according to scientists, BBC News said.
Genetic research suggests Ethiopians mixed with Egyptian, Israeli or ...WIKILEAKS BOSS ASSANGE SPENDS 3RD NIGHT AT ECUADOR EMBASSY
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is little closer to discovering whether his request for political asylum in Ecuador will be accepted after he spent a third night at the country's embassy in London, ...UN PEACE ENVOY: IRAN SHOULD BE PART OF SOLUTION TO SYRIA CRISIS
Iran should be part of the solution to the Syria crisis, international mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday, June 22 a week before a planned crisis meeting that is in doubt because of Western objections ...ODNOKLASSNIKI.RU REP. SAYS GENOCIDE RELATED PHOTOS BLOCKED BY NETWORK USERS
Genocide related photos posted by Armenian users are blocked by Odnoklassniki.ru social network users rather than its administration," the website's creative director said.
As Alexander Izryadnov told ...KARABAKH CONFLICT: SABINE FREIZER, KNOCK ON WOOD!
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It has become a tradition for Sabine Freizer, Director of the European programs in the International Crisis Group (ICG) to issue comments on any development in Nagorno Karabakh process.
Moreover, she ...VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS READY TO FOSTER KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Deputy chairman of the foreign relations commission of the Vietnam Communist Party's Central Committee said they support resolution of all conflicts, including the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"We want ...U.S. STOCKS BOUNCE BACK AFTER SECOND-WORST DROP
The stock market bounced back Friday, June 22, a day after suffering its second-worst loss this year.
The Dow climbed 57 points to 12,631 a half hour after noon Eastern. That's a rise of 0.5 percent.
...
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