Beirut - The focus in Lebanon continues to be the ministerial policy statement that will be adopted by the national unity government for the purpose of securing the parliament's vote of confidence. The committee char
Tripoli- Gunmen from rival sectarian factions exchanged machinegun and grenade fire on Friday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, killing at least two people and wounding 9, medical sources said.
Beirut- After weeks of competing, the fans decided yesterday who should be the future Arab Super Star and voted for Elie Bitar of Lebanon who ran against the Saudi national finalist Abdul Majid Ibrahim .
Actor Li Yapeng has reconciled with the reporters he attacked Wednesday in the Bangkok airport, but further details of a settlement are still under discussion.Li Yapeng and his singer wife, Faye Wong, arrived in Bangkok with their two daughters on
The popular K-pop group Big Bang released a teaser trailer online of their third mini-album, "Stand Up," which will be available on August 1st. The teaser trailer contains footage of the Big Bang members growing from young boys into men.Big
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. said Friday it has revised up its group earnings estimates for fiscal 2008 on the back of its robust bulk carrier operations. The major shipping company raised the net profit estimate for the year ending in
ArmInfo Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 301 drams for 1 dollar, 470drams for 1 EUR and 12,8 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 302 drams for 1 dollar, 474
ArmInfo. 'We respect the position of the Heritage party regarding joining Armenian National Congress', - first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's press-secretary Arman Musinyan said at today's press-conference in Tesaket discussion club. To recall, chairwoman of the Heritage party board Anahit
ArmInfo. MP from the Republican party of Armenia characterized the opposition's proposal to judge RA ex-President Robert Kocharyan in Hague as absurd, members of RPA parliamentary faction Armen Ashotyan told journalists today. , he said. The MP added that Armenia
ArmInfo. Meeting of heads of Permanent representations of the NKR to Armenia, France and Germany with Director of Artsakh investment fund Karen Yesayan was held within the frames of events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of creation the NKR Foreign
ArmInfo. "K-Telecom" mobile operator (trade mark VivaCell) continues leading in the list of biggest taxpayers of Armenia by the results of the first half-year of 2008, having paid 15.002 bln drams taxes to the state budget, including 5.778 bln drams
ArmInfo. Upon the results of the first half year, 2008, 14 commercial banks of Armenia entered the list of 300 biggest tax-payers of the country.By the data of RA State Tax Service, Ardshininvestbank has become the first in this list
Japanese chemical maker are scaling down their production as their profitability has been falling rapidly due to faster-than-expected rises in the prices of naphtha, a basic material for petrochemical products. Industry leader Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has decided to postpone the
Yahoo Japan Corp. President Masahiro Inoue said Friday that if Yahoo Inc. of the United States sells its Yahoo Japan shareholdings, Softbank Corp. would likely consider taking them over. Softbank, a Japanese Internet and telecommunications service firm, has preferential rights
Japanese restaurant chain sales fell 1.2 pct in the first half of this year from a year before on a same-store basis, industry data showed Friday. The fall was due mainly to soaring gasoline and food prices, which caused consumer
Stocks fell back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, as U.S. equities' overnight pullback and the yen's appreciation led players to cash in recent gains. Snapping a three-day surge, the 225-issue Nikkei average closed down 268.55 points, or 2.0 pct,
Foreign investors remained net sellers of Japanese stocks for the fourth straight week last week, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Friday. In the July 14-18 week, nonresidents posted net selling of 178,061 million yen, against the prior week's selling excess
As ArmInfo correspondent reports from Stepanakert, this year diggings started in the middle of June and implemented by Artsakh Archaeological Expedition of Archeology and Ethnography Institute under Armenian National Academy of Science.
ArmInfo. By holding of the pan-national rally on the 1 August in Yerevan Armenian opposition will start new resolute stage of fight, Arman Musinyan, press-secretary of the fist president Levon Ter-Petrosyan said in "Tesaket" discussion club today. He also added
