Police in Pakistan arrest dozens of members of an Islamic charity the UN has blacklisted after the Mumbai attacks.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso welcomes Chinese and South Korean leaders for a three-way summit on the economic crisis.

Israeli FM Tzipi Livni sparks a row by saying a Palestinian state would provide 'a national solution' for Israel's Arabs.

ArmInfo. Armenian language and literature departments will be opened in Turkish universities next year.As Anadolu agency reported, about 40 students are going to study Armenian in Turkish universities.

ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 308 drams for 1 dollar, 407 drams for 1 EUR and 10,8 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 309,5 drams for 1 dollar,

ArmInfo. Earthquake with magnitude 2,3 happened today in the territory of Armenia at 10 km to the east of Garni village of Kotayk region at 1:25 AM by local time. The earthquake shock in the epicenter was of force 3.

ArmInfo. Although world crisis has had certain impact on the activity of OJSC Russian Railways (RR), it will not affect the investments in its Armenian subsidiary, CJSC South- Caucasian Railway (SCR), RR Vice President Georgy Kornilov declared in Yerevan Friday

ArmInfo. Ashot Kirakosyan has been appointed chief coach of Yerevan football club "Ararat", "Ararat" club press-service told ArmInfo. Ashot Kirakosyan has replaced Varuzhan Sukiasyan who sent in his resignation. No contract has been made with A. Kirakosyan yet. It is

ArmInfo. Armenian national air carrier Armavia is celebrating its 12th anniversary on 12 December. The company was founded at the initiative of a well-known Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov on the basis of the bankrupt state Armenian Airlines. The air carrier

ArmInfo. The Turkish Parliament urged the parliaments of third party countries not to disrupt the process of rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia with efforts to recognize the 1915-dated events as "genocide". "Politicians and parliaments cannot judge history, " said Parliament

ArmInfo. There is no specific agreement on date and venue of the next meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan even we do not rule out possibility of such meeting, says spokesman of the president of Armenia Samvel Farmanyan.To

ArmInfoThere's a potential in Gyumri technopark, and the most appropriate way to reveal it is to make people look forward. That's the opinion of Mr. Kevin Thompstone, Senior consultant of Shannon international development consultants, which he shared with the correspondent

ArmInfo. OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut will visit Armenia Dec 14-17.The press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia reports that during his visit De Brichambaut will meet with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos of All Armenians

ArmInfo. On Dec 12 the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) and the US Embassy held their annual Wine and Cheese Tasting. Each year, this event allows retailers, restaurant owners, local vendors, and members of the international community to

The SIMMAD (Integrated Maintenance Organisation for French MoD Aircraft) recently awarded Dassault Aviation a 10-year contract to provide maintenance for all of the equipment within its work scope for the 120 Rafale aircraft ordered to date by the French Air

India is all set to test layered missile defence in December 2008. This test will involve 2 Ballastic Missile interceptors intercepting a single modified Prithvi Missile. The first interception will take place at an distance of 80 km altitude. The

We have gone through the entire CCTV coverage of Taj Mahal, Oberoi and CST, that count gives us the figure of 10. When Kasab was arrested in the morning of November 27 we immediately interrogated him and he told us

It's the easiest thing to give people money, but the risk perception has changed, says Rajiv Lall, Managing Director, IDFC.

The country must learn to sacrifice some rights to fight terror. While fighting terror, you cannot have the same freedom,' says intelligence specialist Colonel R Hariharan (retd).

This indoctrination of uneducated youth that is going on in Pakistan is a danger to the whole world, not just to India.' Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria, the lead investigator in the attacks case, in his first interview