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14/10/2011 13:00

Women in the ring

Women’s boxing championship to kick off on October 16 in Rotterdam. In the number of participants will be Armenian female sportsmen.

14/10/2011 12:19

Bomb blasts kill at least 16 people in Baghdad

2 bomb blasts killed at least 16 people in a mainly Shi'ite Baghdad district on Thursday in the latest in a series of large attacks to hit Baghdad.

14/10/2011 11:44

Obama vowed to push “toughest sanctions” against Iran

President Obama vowed on Thursday to push for what he called the “toughest sanctions” against Iran.

14/10/2011 11:27

63 movies presented for Oscar

Oscar organizers Thursday said they received entrants from 63 countries for this year's foreign language film award.

13/10/2011 19:40

Carlos Tevez to receive fine which makes £1.5m

Carlos Tevez is reportedly set to receive the biggest fine in the history of British football.

13/10/2011 19:26

London ready for Olympic games

London ready and good to go for the world’s most glamorous sporting event.

13/10/2011 18:51

Armenian chess players at Chigorin’s tournament

In the frameworks of the festival dedicated to Chigorin’s memory taking place in St. Petersburg rapid chess tournament kicked off.

13/10/2011 18:25

Turk art director:We need to claim our past if we want to move on

“Unfortunately, we are a society without a memory and we need to claim our past if we want to modernize,” said Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu.

13/10/2011 16:53

Haypost Marathon: Third opening in Malatia-Sebastia district

The final stage of “Haypost Marathon 2011” is in its final stage. Almost every day official reopening of one postal office takes place.

13/10/2011 16:38

Area with higher levels of radiation found in Tokyo

Japanese officials have found a small area in Tokyo with higher levels of radiation than evacuation zones around the Fukushima nuclear plant.

13/10/2011 16:00

Every third woman in Armenia undergoes violence

Women’s Rights Center says there is violence over the women’s rights in Armenia.

13/10/2011 14:07

Bus was dangling over a river in Nepal

A crowded bus veered off a mountain highway and was dangling over a river in eastern Nepal. At least 43 people were killed in the accident.

13/10/2011 13:29

Autumn draft and demobilization in Artsakh

On 12 October President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on the 2010 autumn draft and demobilization.

13/10/2011 13:15

Arman Kirakosyan is appointed Ambassador in Austria

By the decree of President Serzh Sargsyan Arman Kirakosyan has been revealed of his duties of Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia.

13/10/2011 12:52

President relieves Ashot Hovakimyan of his duties

President Sargsyan signed a decree to relieve Ashot Hovakimyan of his duties as ambassador of Armenia to Austria, Hungary and Slovakia Republics.

13/10/2011 11:59

P.Semnebi “EU has important role in NKR conflict settlement”

former EU Special Envoy for South Caucasus Peter Semnebi touched upon the peaceful settlement of the NKR conflict.

13/10/2011 11:27

Mutassim Gaddafi is seized they say in Libya

There are conflicting reports in Libya about the fate of one of ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons.

13/10/2011 11:14

6 people killed in hair salon

A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another.

13/10/2011 10:54

Today is World Sight Day

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment.

12/10/2011 19:04

Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro turns 80

The 38-meter statue of Jesus Christ spreading His hand in a gesture of blessing is visited by about one million people every year in Rio de Janeiro.