‘World’ Archives
Iran’s oil output shows no slowdown despite sanctions
Iran's crude oil output is expected to remain steady at around 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, its OPEC governor said on Thursday, February 23, showing no sign of a slowdown despite the West's sanctions against its oil exports, according to Reuters. "The production for this month [...]
Twitter hires two high-profile Google execs
Twitter has hired two high-profile Google execs - Shailesh Rao and Stephen McIntrye - to lead an aggressive international expansion in advertising, All Things D reported. Rao will be joining the online communications network as VP of international revenue and will be starting in April in San [...]
Bradley Manning set for arraignment in Wikileaks case
The court martial of Army Private First Class Bradley Manning gets under way today, February 23 as the soldier prepares to enter a plea to charges he leaked classified information published on the Wikileaks website, Bloomberg reported. Manning, 24, is set for arraignment at the U.S. Army’s [...]
French Senators appeal to Constitutional Council opposing genocide bill
Constitutional Council of France accepted on Tuesday Senators’ appeal against the bill criminalizing genocide denial, European Democratic and Social Rally parliamentary group informed AFP. Seventy-two signatures have been collected so far, although only 60 were enough, Le Figaro [...]
French Senate adopts genocide bill
The French Senate adopted bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial after long debates on Monday. President of France will ratify the law in 15 days after receiving the finally adopted law from the government. He can ask the parliament to review the full law or certain articles. The review [...]
Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize Armenian genocide denial
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since the killing of thousands of Armenians, but the wounds seem far from healed. The French parliament is to vote on a bill on Thursday making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The bill, which is expected to [...]
French parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
France’s National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially [...]
Georgia to build new city at Black Sea coast
A new city called Lazika will be built at Georgia’s Black Sea coast, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated on Sunday, adding that Lazika will be the country’s second largest city, after the capital Tbilisi. “It will be Western Georgia’s commercial and economic, and [...]
European Commission adopts € 24 million financing program for Armenia
The European Commission adopted on Monday the second part of the Annual Action Program (AAP) for Armenia for 2011, worth € 24 million. The program will contribute to the improvement of public sector transparency and performance, including the broadening of e-governance systems. Moreover it [...]
British Embassy in Tehran seized
Demonstrators in Tehran stormed the building of the British Embassy. Iranian police initially did not try to interfere with the thugs, and then blocked access to the Embassy. Those who still managed to reach the territory of the British mission will be detained, reports AFP. Reuters reports [...]