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(Հայերեն) Պուտինն աշխարհի ամենաազդեցիկ մարդկանց եռյակում է

ankakh December 6, 2012 9:23
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(Հայերեն) Իրանում ստորգետնյա ցնցումների հետևանքով զոհվել է 4 մարդ

ankakh December 6, 2012 8:44
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Azarov has good chances of staying PM – Yanukovych (Part 2)
Ukraine’s acting prime minister Mykola Azarov has good chances of staying prime minister, but everything will depend on whom he will bring to his team, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said. “As for Mykola Yaonovich [Azarov], he is no doubt one of the best prime ministers and has achieved the best results in his work in various conditions. For this reason,...
ankakh December 5, 2012 21:50
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Israel E1 settlement scheme ‘wins planning approval’
An Israeli plan to build new settler homes in a sensitive area near Jerusalem passed a first hurdle Wednesday, sparking fury from the Palestinians, who said building there would end all hopes of peace. The Civil Administration’s planning committee “approved the programme for new building in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim,” public radio...
ankakh December 5, 2012 21:42
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Cashing in on Gangnam Style’s YouTube fame
As “Gangnam Style” gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn’t flowing in from the rapper’s homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia. With one song, 34-year-old Park Jae-sang...
ankakh December 5, 2012 21:31
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SCIENTISTS have come up with an equation for the ideal Christmas tree
The mathematical formula devised by researchers at Sheffield University says a tree 180cm (5ft 11in) tall needs 37 baubles, 919cm (30ft 2in) of tinsel and 565cm (18ft 6in) of lights. An angel 18cm (7in) high is needed on top in order to complete the perfect look. The winning formula is being used by High Street favourite Debenhams to dress its festive window displays this...
ankakh December 5, 2012 18:02
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Eddie Murphy, Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon top list of overpaid actors
Eddie Murphy is No. 1! Unfortunately, not in a good way. Forbes has just released its list of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors, and the star of such films (read: flops) as “Imagine That,” “A Thousand Words,” “Meet Dave” and “Tower Heist” landed in the top spot. The magazine based its selections on how much a celeb...
ankakh December 5, 2012 15:56
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Israel PM heads to Berlin as settlement row grows
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due in Berlin on Wednesday for talks likely to focus on the growing crisis over settlement plans that could torpedo the viability of a Palestinian state. Ahead of his departure on a trip that will take him briefly to Prague and then on to Berlin, Netanyahu brushed off the diplomatic pressure. He insisted that Israel’s...
ankakh December 5, 2012 14:15
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World’s tallest woman dies in China
– A Chinese woman who was certified as the tallest in the world has died, an official from her hometown said. Yao Defen, of eastern China’s Anhui province, was listed as the world’s tallest woman by Guinness World Records in 2010, when she stood 2.33 metres (seven foot eight inches) high, according to the record compiler’s website. “Yao...
ankakh December 5, 2012 14:11
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What city has world’s best quality of life?
Vienna, famous for its hundreds of museums, 2000 parks and of course its roasted coffee, is the best place on the planet to live, according to Mercer’s 2012 Quality of Living Index. This year’s latest accolade makes Vienna number one in the world for the fourth year in a row. The annual survey by the global human resources consulting firm points not just to...
ankakh December 5, 2012 14:03
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France’s first lady crashes gay wedding debate
French first lady Valérie Trierweiler has stamped her personal seal of approval on plans to legalise gay marriage, telling French media that she would serve as a witness at one of the first such ceremonies in the country. Known for her tenacious independent streak, Trierweiler has waded into what has become a subject of passionate debate in France. “I’m delighted...
ankakh December 5, 2012 13:00
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Besse Cooper, world’s oldest person dies, aged 116
The US woman listed as the world’s oldest person has died. She was 116. Besse Cooper died peacefully on Tuesday at a nursing home near Atlanta, Georgia, said her son, Sidney Cooper. She had recently been ill with a stomach virus, he added. The Tennessee-born teacher had had her hair set on Tuesday morning and watched a Christmas video, but then suffered breathing...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:55
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New contender for oldest dinosaur
Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap. A study in Biology Letters describes Nyasasaurus parringtoni, a new species from 10-15 million years before the previous earliest dinosaur specimens. It walked on two legs, measured 2-3m in length with a large tail and weighed between 20 and 60kg. The find...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:53
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Indonesians protest over Garut chief’s text-message divorce
Hundreds of Indonesians joined a protest demanding a district chief’s resignation after revelations of his text-message divorce to a teenage girl four days after their marriage sparked public outrage. Aceng Fikri, chief of Garut district in West Java province, took 17-year-old Fani Oktora as his second wife in July. But Fikri, 40, quickly divorced her via a short...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:35
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(Հայերեն) Ռուսաստանում բուժակին կասկածում են 450 երեխաների պղծելու մեջ

ankakh December 5, 2012 12:33
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UN tells Israel to let in nuclear inspectors
The UN general assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to open its nuclear programme for inspection. Israel refuses to confirm or deny possessing nuclear bombs though it is widely believed to have them. It has refused to join the non-proliferation treaty along with three nuclear weapon states: India, Pakistan and North Korea. Resolutions adopted...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:33
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China investigates top provincial official for corruption
China’s Communist Party has begun a corruption inquiry into a top official in the southwestern province of Sichuan, state media reported on Wednesday, the most senior person to be investigated since Xi Jinping became the party’s leader. Sichuan’s deputy party boss, Li Chuncheng, was being investigated by the party’s discipline watchdog, according...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:30
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UBS Clients Evaded 204 Million Euros Tax
German clients of Swiss bank UBS evaded around 204 million euros ($267 million) in taxes, the prosecutors’ office in Bochum said on Tuesday. The undeclared funds were revealed after a data CD bought for 3.5 million euros by authorities in North-Rhine Westphalia was evaluated, uncovering data on investments worth more than 3.5 billion Swiss francs (2.3 billion pounds). “As...
ankakh December 5, 2012 12:27

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