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Headlines for July 20, 2012

BAKO SAHAKYAN RECEIVED 66.70% OF VOTES
NKR Central Electoral Commission has published preliminary results of the presidential elections. according to which, current president Bako Sahakyan has received 66.70% of votes, Vitali Balasanyan 32.50% ...
MUSLIMS TO WELCOME RAMADAN TONIGHT
At sundown tonight, Muslims the world over will welcome Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The ninth month of Islam's lunar calendar, Ramadan is believed to be the month in which the ...
PORTUGAL'S MADEIRA HIT BY FOREST FIRES
Firefighters have been battling forest fires across the Portuguese island of Madeira for more than two days. Dozens of people have abandoned their homes as the wildfires, which began on Wednesday, came ...
"EMMY" AWARD NOMINATIONS REVEALED
Downton Abbey walked away with six Emmy Awards last year, but this year they could be walking away with even more. The hit period drama has found itself in three major categories of the 64th annual Primetime ...
AUTHORITIES SAID TO BELIEVE THE LATE SAGE STALLONE WAS SELLING VICODIN
The website's source claims that no Hydrocodone tablets were found in Sages house, but that there were over 60 gigantic empty prescription bottles. Each of these would have held 500 pills, meaning that ...
YOUTUBE EMBRACES ANONYMITY ON THE WEB WITH FACE BLURRING VIDEO TOOL
YouTube has become one of the first video sharing sites in the world to enable people to blur out faces in videos they upload. Google is rolling out the new tool as increasing numbers of citizen journalists ...
FIRE HITS HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER IN BAKU
A fire took place at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Narimanov district of Baku on Friday, Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry's State Fire Control Service told Trend on Friday. According to the report, ...
STATEMENT OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) have noted reports about the conduct of "elections" ...
ARTSAKH PROVED ITS DECISIVENESS
Minister of Foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian commented the Presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh on the request of Armenpress. "The free, fair and competitive presidential ...
MASS SHOOTING AT COLO. MOVIE THEATER, 10 PEOPLE DEAD
An overnight shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., has left 10 people dead and at least 20 people were injured, according to authorities. Aurora police confirm they have a suspect in custody.
'CHARLES AND DIANA WEDDING' TOAST SOLD FOR £230
The mother of a Buckingham Palace maid, who was visiting her daughter at the time of the 1981 wedding, claims to have taken the leftover slice. Rosemarie Smith, 83, from Derby, said she had stored the ...
STATEMENT OF GEORGIAN MFA
The Georgian Foreign Ministry wishes to reaffirm the Georgian government's unequivocal support for Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and does not recognize the so-called "presidential ...