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Headlines for September 11, 2012
CHINA SENDS PATROL SHIPS NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS
A territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensified Tuesday, Sept 11 as Beijing sent patrol ships near disputed East China Sea islands in a show of anger over Tokyo's purchase of the largely barren ...ANDY MURRAY BECOMES FIRST BRITISH TO WIN GRAND SLAM FINAL
Andy Murray became the first British man to win a Grand Slam final since Fred Perry in 1936 after defeating Novak Djokovic in the final of the U.S. Open, CNN reports.
The Scot even surrendered a two-set ...U.S. WON'T LET IRAN ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR WEAPON - SPOKESMAN
The U.S. would not let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon and would use all its power in its arsenal to achieve this goal, the White House said, according to Firstpost.
"The President's position unequivocally ...U.S. MARKING 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPT 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
The United States is marking the 11th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
According to RFE/RL, iIn New York, relatives of those killed at the World Trade ...AL QAEDA CONFIRMS DEATH OF ITS MOST SENIOR FIGURES
Al Qaeda confirmed on Tuesday, Sept 11, that one of the group's most senior figures, veteran militant Abu Yahya al-Libi, had died in a U.S. drone strike earlier this year, Reuters reported.
The U.S. ...AL QAEDA LEADER'S BROTHER PROPOSES PEACE DEAL WITH WEST
The brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri is proposing to mediate a peace deal between the West and Islamists.
In an interview with CNN, Mohamed al Zawahiri unveiled his proposal for the first ...RUSSIAN NUKE SUB PLANT EX-HEAD CONVICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
The former head of a Russian nuclear submarine repair plant has been given a three-year suspended sentence for embezzling 29 million rubles ($916,000) in company funds.
A court in Russia's Pacific ...SPANISH PM EXPECTS REASONABLE CONDITIONS FOR BAILOUT
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday, Sept 10, he expected the European Union to set reasonable conditions for Spain if the country sought a bailout, saying he should not be told exactly ...BUS CRASH KILLS 27, INJURES 11 IN NEPAL
A bus veered off a mountain highway and crashed into a river in western Nepal on Tuesday, Sept 11, killing at least 27 people and injuring another 11, police said, according to The Associated Press.
...UK'S FIRST 4G MOBILE NETWORK LAUNCHING SEPT 11
The UK's first 4G mobile network will launch in Britain Sept 11, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Everything Everywhere, owner of T-Mobile and Orange, has been given permission to reuse its existing mobile ...PHILIPS CUTS COSTS, JOBS TO BATTLE ECONOMIC BACKDROP
Philips Electronics raised its cost-cutting target to 1.1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) and said it would axe a further 2,200 jobs as it battles a tough economic backdrop and pension costs, according to ...CHINA MAY BLOCK GOOGLE NEXUS 7 TABLET LAUNCH
Google is reported to be coming up against a government road-block with its plans to launch the Nexus 7 tablet in China, according to The Next Web.
The company famously redirected its China search service ...SCIENTISTS PUBLISH LIST OF 100 OF MOST THREATENED SPECIES
For the first time ever, more than 8,000 scientists from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) have come together to identify 100 of the most threatened animals, plants and fungi on the planet, ...ARMENIA IN NO DANGER OF TERRORIST ACTS, EXPERT SAYS
Armenia doesn't run the immediate danger of terrorist threat, according to Azeri studies expert.
As Sargis Asatryan noted at Yerevan-hosted news conference, Armenia is a monoethnic state, without religious ...WEST SUPPORTS ARAB SPRING TO NEUTRALIZE RADICAL ISLAMISTS - EXPERT
U.S. and other Western countries are trying to get involved in Arab Spring to weaken or neutralize the threat of radical Islamization of Arab states, Arab studies expert said.However, as Sargis Grigoryan ...SERJ TANKIAN, VIZA GIFT TICKETS FOR SAN FRANCISCO CONCERT
The San Francisco Bay Area Armenian National Committee has teamed up with Serj Tankian and Viza to give away tickets to the September 24 Serj Tankian / Viza concert in San Francisco. The tickets will ...LEBANESE SECURITY FORCES FREE SYRIAN HOSTAGES IN BEIRUT RAID
Lebanese security forces freed four Syrian hostages in a raid in Beirut against a powerful Shi'ite clan which kidnapped them last month, a member of the clan said on Tuesday, Sept 11, Reuters reported.
...GOOGLE ROLLING OUT NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO APP FOR IPHONES
Google Inc is releasing a new version of its YouTube video app for iPhones that will for the first time feature advertising but won't have the benefit of being pre-loaded on Apple Inc's popular ...16 BODIES FOUND IN ABANDONED VAN IN MEXICO
Police in Mexico say they have found the bodies of 16 men inside an abandoned van beside a road in the western state of Guerrero. A local prosecutor said all the bodies had multiple bullet wounds, BBC ...U.S. HINTS IT WANTS TO SEE AZERI MURDERER SAFAROV BEHIND BARS
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Ms. Victoria Nuland said the United States is in touch with Azerbaijan regarding the pardon of Armenian officer's murderer Ramil Safarov.
" Well, we, ...LUXEMBOURG FM: SUFFERING OF GENOCIDE VICTIMS MUSTN'T BE FORGOTTEN
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visited Tsitsernakaberd memorial to Genocide victims. The official laid a wreath to commemorate the victims of the tragedy.
Mr. Asselborn was further taken ...IRAN VOWS TO MONITOR U.S.-LED NAVAL EXERCISES IN PERSIAN GULF
Iran's foreign ministry says the country will closely monitor U.S.-led naval exercises planned for next week in the Persian Gulf.
According to AP, spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters on Tuesday, ...BLAST HITS POLICE STATION IN ISTANBUL, 1 KILLED
An explosion at a police station in a suburb of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul on Tuesday, Sept 11, killed one person and wounded at least three others, Reuters reported citing the local Dogan news ...NORWAY TO CREATE CARBON-EMISSIONS PROGRAM
Norway's government says it will create a carbon-emissions program to compensate domestic manufacturers, in the hope of dissuading them from moving their industries to countries with less stringent ...HUAWEI PLANS $1.9BN INVESTMENTS IN UK - REPORT
Huawei Technologies Co., China's largest maker of telephone equipment, plans to invest about 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) in the UK, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the matter.
...GERMANY'S HIGH COURT REJECTS PLEA TO POSTPONE BAILOUT RULING
Germany's high court on Tuesday, Sept 11, rejected a last-minute plea to postpone its ruling on a request to block the country's approval of the eurozone's permanent bailout fund, The Associated ...CAIRO HOSTS MEETING ON SYRIA
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran will pursue contacts on a solution to Syria's conflict after launching talks in Cairo that grouped one ally and three opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, a ...SCIENTISTS FIND "LIVING CELLS" OF A MAMMOTH
An international expedition in Russia's northeastern republic of Yakutia has found the "living cells" of a mammoth, it said, according to RIA Novosti.
"In a unique area at the depth ...ISRAELI POLITICIAN SAYS CLINTON'S POSITION ON IRAN "SLAP IN THE FACE"
Likud MK Danny Danon reprimanded U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, Sept 11, for refusing to set red lines on Iran's nuclear program, calling her position a "slap in the face" ...HUNGARY'S OMBUDSMAN DEMANDS FULL REPORT ON SAFAROV TRANSFER
Hungary's ombudsman on Monday, Sept 10, asked for an all-inclusive report concerning the transfer of life-sentenced Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov from the Justice Minister, politics.hu reported.
"The ...USAID/ARMENIA WELCOMES NEW MISSION DIRECTOR
USAID/Armenia welcomed the new Mission Director, Dr. Karen R. Hilliard to Armenia on September 10, 2012. Dr. Hilliard will oversee the Mission's project portfolio in support of democracy and governance ...ARMENIANS STUDYING NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEMS IN KANSAS
A delegation of Armenian officials is touring Kansas this week to study systems for responding to emergencies and natural disasters, according to AP.
Kansas and Armenia signed a civilian and military ...LUXEMBOURG URGES TURKEY TO RATIFY RAPPROCHEMENT PROTOCOLS WITH ARMENIA
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn addressed Turkey with a request to ratify the signed Armenia-Turkey Protocols.
As Mr. Asselborn stated at joint news conference with Armenian Foreign Minister ...UITE TO ASSIST DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS AT DIGITEC EXPO 2012
On October 5 through 7, Yerevan's Expo Center will host DigiTec Expo 2012 annual international exhibition of information and communication technologies.
Within exhibit framework, the Union of Information ...CAR BOMB HITS YEMENI MINISTER'S MOTORCADE, 13 KILLED
A car bomb struck the Yemeni defense minister's motorcade as he was driving through the nation's capital Tuesday, Sept 11, killing at least 13 people but leaving the minister unharmed, The Associated ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 411,69 SEPTEMBER 11
Deals amounting to AMD 3,5 mln. at an average rate of AMD 410,49 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on September 11. The closing price totaled AMD 410,50.
The market average rate of USD totaled ...TORONTO: LIONSGATE NABS KRISTEN WIIG'S "IMOGENE" DARK COMEDY
Lionsgate has bought the distribution rights to the Toronto buzz title "Imogene," it was announced on Monday, September 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival, TheWrap said.
With the film, the ...LUXEMBOURG PLANS TO APPOINT NON-RESIDENT AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
During his visit to Yerevan, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn spoke of his plans to appoint a non-resident ambassador to Armenia.
At a joint briefing with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, ...BOOK PRINTING ON ARMENIANS' LIFE IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE KICKS OFF
The printing and reprinting of books and documents on the history and culture of Armenians in the cities and towns of Western Armenia and Cilicia during the Ottoman Empire has kicked off.
The Catholicosate ...HAGUE TO HOST LALA KOCHAR'S LECTURE ON FAMOUS SCULPTOR ERVAND KOCHAR
On September 16, Yerevan-based Ervand Kochar Museum director Mrs. Lala Kochar will deliver a lecture and presentation in the presence of the ambassador of Armenia in the Netherlands Mrs. Dziunik Aghadjanian ...MCDONALD'S SALES RISE IN AUGUST
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, said sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 3.7 percent in August amid growth in China and Australia, Bloomberg reports.
Analysts projected ...OSCAR-WINNING ANDREA ARNOLD'S "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" TRAILER RELEASED
A new trailer for Andrea Arnold's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel, Wuthering Heights hit the web, Deadline said.
The film, starring Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon ...CHINA PM SAYS HIS COUNTRY ‘ON TRACK TO HIT GROWTH TARGETS'
China's Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, has told the World Economic Forum in Tianjin that his country is on track to hit growth targets for this year, BBC News reported.
He also called on international ...HUNGARIAN PM ADMITS HE KNEW AZERI KILLER WOULD BE RELEASED
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán admitted in a closed party meeting last week that he had ordered Ramil Safarov to be transferred back to Azerbaijan despite the fact that he was aware that ...ARMENIA, S. AFRICA TO COOPERATE IN DIAMOND PROCESSING, WINE-MAKING, TOURISM
A newly-appointed South African ambassador Stanley Chupu Matabata visited Armenia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry to familiarize himself with the country's legal and economic sectors.
As the envoy ..."AMOUR," "ANGEL'S SHARE," "RUST & BONE" ON EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS LIST
Films from Ken Loach, Michael Haneke and Jacques Audiard are among the 47 movies on this year's European Film Academy nominations long list, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Haneke's Palm d'Or ...PHILIPS TO CUT 2,200 JOBS TO SAVE FUNDS
Royal Philips Electronics, the largest maker of lights, has announced plans to cut 2,200 jobs by 2014 to save £240 million, Belfast Telegraph said.
Saving money will lessen "the effects of ...LEFTIST MILITANT GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISTANBUL SUICIDE BLAST
A Turkish leftist militant group was responsible for a suicide bombing at a police station in Istanbul on Tuesday, September 11 which killed one police officer, a statement published on a website close ...U.S. EX-ENVOY BRYZA DISPELS "MIGHTY AZERI ARMY" MYTH
Diplomats and analysts say that if another war breaks out, it is likely to end in stalemate, according to Reuters.
"The Azeris can't retake Karabakh now. They are militarily incapable of doing ...EXPEDITION DISCOVERS "LIVING MAMMOTH CELLS" IN EASTERN RUSSIA
An international expedition in Russia's northeastern republic of Yakutia has found the "living cells" of a mammoth, it said, according to RIA Novosti.
"In a unique area at the depth ..."TWILIGHT"STAR PETER FACINELLI TO JOIN "GALLOWS HILL" HORROR FLICK
The Twilight Saga's Peter Facinelli will star in Gallows Hill, a supernatural horror movie to be directed by Victor Garcia, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Sophia Myles (Underworld) and Nathalia Ramos (Nickelodeon's ...THE PIRATE BAY REMOVED FROM GOOGLE AUTO-COMPLETE SEARCH
Google has restricted the presence of The Pirate Bay's (TPB) web pages in its auto-complete search facility, BBC News reported.
When users begin to type "thepirat...", no web pages belonging ...BOEING EVACUATES DEFENSE FACTORY AFTER 9/11 BOMB THREAT
Boeing evacuated some 500 employees from a plant in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a reported bomb threat on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, AFP said.
"Early this morning round ...BRAD PITT TALKS REUNION WITH RIDLEY SCOTT ON "COUNSELOR" SET
Brad Pitt has discussed his reunion with Ridley Scott, Digital Spy reported. The star's appearance in Scott's upcoming drama The Counselor will mark their first collaboration since 1991's ...SCORES OF ARMENIANS GATHER IN NY TO PROTEST AZERI AXE-KILLER'S RELEASE
A broad-based coalition of Armenian American political, religious, student and youth organizations joined in rallying against Hungary's extradition and Azerbaijan's pardon of axe-murderer Ramil Safarov ...NINTENDO WII U'S EUROPEAN RELEASE DATE TO BE REVEALED THIS WEEK?
Wii U's European release date could be revealed on Thursday, September 13, Digital Spy said.
A conference will be streamed on the Nintendo Direct website from 3pm (BST), hosted by Nintendo of Europe ...
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