News for 02 January 2007
Politics
02 January 2007 [23:08]
On December 26 Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov, Turkmenistan's acting president, was shown on national television conducting meetings of the State Security Council and Cabinet of Ministers.
02 January 2007 [20:56]
A senior Iraqi court official nearly halted Saddam Hussein's execution when supporters of a radical Shi'ite cleric and militia leader taunted the former president as he stood on the gallows.
02 January 2007 [15:47]
The Leader of the Revolution Muammar al-Kadafi has received a letter from President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev in which he extended an invitation to the Leader of the Revolution to visit Azerbaijan.
02 January 2007 [12:01]
02 January 2007 [01:20]
In a stark statement published on Saturday Brigadier General Oded Tira observed, "President Bush lacks the political power to attack Iran. As an American strike in Iran is essential for our existence, we must help him pave the way by lobbying the Democratic Party (which is conducting itself foolishly) and US newspaper editors. We need to do this in order to turn the Iranian issue to a bipartisan one and unrelated to the Iraq failure."
Business
02 January 2007 [20:46]
The United Nations on Tuesday lifted a year-old embargo on exports of most types of caviar from the Caspian Sea, the main source of the delicacy, despite the fact that stocks are continuing to decline.
02 January 2007 [14:28]
Wartsila said an order it received from Azerbaijan's AzerEnerji for a 300 MW multi-fuel power plant has now been finalised and is worth about 160 mln eur, which it will include in its fourth quarter 2006 order intake.
Society
02 January 2007 [16:36]
One of Azerbaijani pilgrims visiting Mecca passed away.
