News for 30 December 2009
World news
30 December 2009 [16:48]
Nika Ivanishvili to run for Tbilisi Mayor. In late 1990s he was the head of road police.
30 December 2009 [16:25]
The events on Ashura Day in Tehran caused severe anxiety, Deutsche Welle Persian Desk Head Jamshid Faruqi said today.
30 December 2009 [15:46]
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30 December 2009 [15:06]
U.S. Senator John Kerry's visit to Iran will not change problems in bilateral ties.
30 December 2009 [14:54]
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30 December 2009 [13:51]
Turkey and Israel signed a deal enabling more than one airlines companies to make flights between the two countries.
30 December 2009 [13:48]
30 December 2009 [13:23]
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its concerns about Israel's decision to build nearly 700 new settlement units in eastern Jerusalem.
30 December 2009 [13:14]
One more pregnant woman died of swine flu in Georgia. 23-year old Nana Gelashvili was put in Kutaisi Center of Mother and Child 5 days ago.
30 December 2009 [12:52]
Iranian lawmakers have passed a bill that allows the government to enhance security cooperation with Bahrain.
30 December 2009 [12:36]
White dust falling out of an envelope sent to Council of state President Mustafa Birden created panic at the Ankara Postal Center.
30 December 2009 [12:15]
Armenia's ambassador to Belarus Oleg Yesayan has been appointed ambassador to Russia, Regnum news agency reports according to reliable sources.
30 December 2009 [12:06]
The Japanese ambassador to Iran has said Tokyo is ready to cooperate with Iran in the field of nuclear energy.
30 December 2009 [11:33]
Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan said the investments would continue.
30 December 2009 [10:50]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said that the US and Israel were behind the anti-government protests on Ashura.
30 December 2009 [10:48]
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30 December 2009 [10:21]
The Georgian side called Moscow's accusations due to delay of air flights Georgia-Russia unclear and groundless.
30 December 2009 [10:13]
30 December 2009 [10:05]
Iran strongly condemns the interference of foreign countries in its internal affairs after the US and Britain praised the group of people who held anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.
30 December 2009 [09:53]
In 2009, Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora had 1300 visitors, with 1089 being Diaspora representatives, according to Diaspora Minister Hanush Hakobyan.
30 December 2009 [09:40]
Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran on Tuesday, Britain's Foreign Office said.
Politics
30 December 2009 [16:53]
An Azerbaijiani MP called a presidential decree annulling the population's gas debt a great New Year's gift.
30 December 2009 [16:08]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov.
30 December 2009 [13:07]
Azerbaijan's Embassy to Netherlands gave New Year gifts presented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation to Azerbaijani schools functioning in cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
30 December 2009 [12:44]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade.
30 December 2009 [10:56]
30 December 2009 [10:00]
Azerbaijani MPs Akram Abdullayev and Nizami Isgandarov have left for Berlin, Germany to meet the Azerbaijani Diaspora and discuss its activity.
30 December 2009 [09:21]
The Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan has issued a message on the occasion of the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day.
Business
30 December 2009 [15:53]
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30 December 2009 [14:42]
Day.Az interview with Head of Azerbaijan Railways Arif Asgarov.
30 December 2009 [10:44]
30 December 2009 [10:29]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to write off population's debts for natural gas accrued as at October 1, 2009.
Society
30 December 2009 [16:16]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today opened the second exit of the “28 May” metro station here.
30 December 2009 [15:28]
30 December 2009 [14:34]
30 December 2009 [14:00]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated a new "Azadlyg prospekti" metro station here.
30 December 2009 [13:35]
“No new cases of swine flu has been revealed in Azerbaijan,” Republican Anti-Plague Center Deputy Director Shair Gurbanov said.
30 December 2009 [12:27]
The Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress (BAC) has hosted a ceremony in the Netherlands to mark the Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis.
30 December 2009 [12:00]
Day.Az interview with head of UNICEF office in Azerbaijan Mark Hereward.
30 December 2009 [11:26]
30 December 2009 [11:04]
A total of 35 new hotels are under construction in Azerbaijan, Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev said.
30 December 2009 [10:10]
Azerbaijan General Prosecutor's Office says the number of crimes considerably reduced in 2009.
Sports
30 December 2009 [16:33]
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Arts & Entertainment
30 December 2009 [11:53]
Roman Polanski is suing photographers for £700,000 after claiming his privacy had been invaded while under house arrest.
30 December 2009 [11:16]
Sigourney Weaver may have turned 60, but ageism has not blighted her career.
30 December 2009 [11:00]
If the producers behind a new planned biopic of Ian Fleming have their way, James McAvoy will be playing the man who created James Bond. His name? Fleming. Ian Fleming.
30 December 2009 [10:33]
30 December 2009 [09:47]
Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are spending some time apart after his Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence allegations – and their future as a couple is uncertain, a source close to Mueller tells PEOPLE.
