News for 19 November 2006
Politics
19 November 2006 [14:49]
Iran's parliament on Sunday approved a bill requiring immigration officials to fingerprint U.S. passport holders despite President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's opposition to the measure, state-run radio reported.
19 November 2006 [14:39]
In case of any possible aggression on Iran, the country's armed forces "would attack enemies' military bases within a range of 2,000 km," stressed Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi Saturday evening.
19 November 2006 [12:52]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis' commission on agricultural policy Eldar Ibrahimov and parliamentarians Siyavush Novruzov and Fuad Muradov will visit Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the 11th meeting of the Presidium of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative (SCPI) of the British non-governmental organization LINKS (the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building).
19 November 2006 [12:48]
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan voiced support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying that it would help boost regional development.
19 November 2006 [12:45]
On Saturday, the extraordinary expanded foreign ministers' meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Israeli massacre at Beit Hanoun.
Business
19 November 2006 [14:52]
Iran is scheduled to found a trade center in its northern neighbor, the Republic of Armenia, an official from the country's Trade Development Organization said.
19 November 2006 [12:53]
National non-governmental organizations have completed the second stage of the audit of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and South Caucasus gas pipelines, according to BP-Azerbaijan.
Society
19 November 2006 [12:50]
First lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with first lady of Turkey Semra Sezer in Antalya, where Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is participating in the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States.
