“We hope that your administration will address the issues that are of great importance to Armenian-Americans,” the letter says.

Supplies of crude, meanwhile, are high and more than enough to meet modest growth in demand. U.S. oil production is at 17-year highs.

Another member of the Customs Union, Kazakhstan, is set to conclude negotiations with the WTO early next year.

Wounded Turkish Sergeant Seyit Yalçın died in hospital where he was sent for treatment of injuries he sustained during the violence.

The 4,500 job losses are not as steep as the 7,000 figure that reportedly had been expected by the airline's unions.

“Our experts are working hard and today more than 180 websites have been added to the register,” Roskomnadzor chief said.

South Korea is investigating how thousands of parts for its nuclear reactors were supplied using forged safety documents.

Gabriel Sargissian and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan are competing in Spanish Team Championship as a part of Linex-Magic club.

The pairings for the 2012 London Chess Classic have been determined. The tournament will be held on Dec 1-10.