News for 18 February 2010
World news
18 February 2010 [20:25]
Ersan Karaoğlu, the Istanbul news chief of FOX TV, was found drowned at the Rasa Muhammad National Park near Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on Thursday.
18 February 2010 [20:17]
18 February 2010 [20:04]
The Turkish foreign minister had a phone talk with his U.S. counterpart on Wednesday.
18 February 2010 [19:47]
18 February 2010 [19:24]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, US draft resolution on the incidents of 1915 will harm efforts on Armenia.
18 February 2010 [19:06]
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ali Ahani in Zagreb on Thursday held talks with Speaker of Croatian Parliament Luka Bebic on issues of mutual interests.
18 February 2010 [18:54]
The International Monetary Fund forecasts 2-percent GDP growth in Armenia, head of the IMF mission in Yerevan Mark Lewis told reporters.
18 February 2010 [18:48]
18 February 2010 [18:33]
Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Thursday that unemployment figures for 2009 would be lower than expected.
18 February 2010 [17:53]
Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Thursday that Iran would never smooth the way for the arrogant moves of certain Western states.
18 February 2010 [17:33]
The Turkish president welcomed his Tanzanian counterpart at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on Thursday.
18 February 2010 [17:15]
Michael Jensen, head of Denmark's delegation to PACE, said the international community wants Russia to comply with obligations in regard to Georgia, and therefore pressure on Russia must be increased.
18 February 2010 [16:46]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrullah over phone.
18 February 2010 [16:23]
No new swine flu cases were registered in Armenia within last month.
18 February 2010 [16:16]
Turkey and Italy will hold an intergovernmental summit in spring, sources at the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
18 February 2010 [15:53]
Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey and Burkina Faso met in Ankara on Thursday.
18 February 2010 [15:43]
Georgian President Saakashvili said on Feb. 17 that Georgian “media still lacks objectivity and professionalism.”
18 February 2010 [15:34]
The UN Human Rights Council has wrapped up its review of Iran's Human Rights record with Tehran accepting more than 120 recommendations made by other countries.
18 February 2010 [15:10]
The Armenian-Turkish Protocols will be debated in the committee on external relations of the Armenian National Assembly (parliament) on Feb. 19.
18 February 2010 [15:05]
Turkey's justice minister on Wednesday said the country's board of judges and prosecutors overstepped its own authority by stripping the authority of the prosecutors involved in a controversial arrest.
18 February 2010 [14:46]
Georgia's radical opposition is going to stage another protest march demanding release of political prisoners.
18 February 2010 [14:35]
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan has paid a visit to doyen of the CIS diplomatic missions to Moscow, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Russia Khalnazar Agakhanov.
18 February 2010 [14:13]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Washington's policies in the Middle East have failed and the US "supremacy" has reached the end of the road.
18 February 2010 [13:57]
18 February 2010 [13:44]
NATO has slammed Russia for signing a deal with the puppet regime of the breakaway Abkhazia, which implies construction of a military base there.
18 February 2010 [13:31]
18 February 2010 [13:06]
A senior Iranian commander says the country's military might forced the US into giving up its plans to launch an attack against Iran.
18 February 2010 [12:57]
Turkish parliament enacted a draft envisaging establishment of an undersecretariat for public order and security.
18 February 2010 [12:34]
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18 February 2010 [11:55]
A senior Iranian diplomat said that West should face up to the fact that Iran has currently become a nuclear country, it was reported Thursday.
18 February 2010 [11:48]
Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan said on Wednesday that Turkish officials briefed their Greek counterparts on Turkey's experiences concerning the economic crisis during his visit to Greece.
18 February 2010 [11:30]
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Armenia’s major creditor, led by Mark Lewis recently arrived in Armenia.
18 February 2010 [11:10]
The street on which late Georgian luger lived, was named after him.
18 February 2010 [11:05]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is seeking the “strongest” possible UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on Iran over its nuclear work.
18 February 2010 [10:53]
18 February 2010 [10:14]
Size of Armenia's foreign debt is not very high, declared head of IMF mission to Armenia Mark Louis at a press conference in Yerevan on Feb. 17.
18 February 2010 [10:07]
18 February 2010 [09:56]
Brazil has told the US and France that it will not agree with tougher sanctions against Iran as it seeks more trade with the Islamic Republic, the Brazilian envoy to the UN says.
18 February 2010 [09:42]
Undersecretary of the United States Department of State, William Burns, will hold talks in Turkish capital province of Ankara as part of his regional tour on Thursday.
Analytics
18 February 2010 [18:00]
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Weird / Interesting
18 February 2010 [19:13]
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Australian weatherman Steve Jacobs has become a YouTube phenomenon after being attacked by a pelican while his colleagues were filming him.
18 February 2010 [15:38]
Lots of people have a pet hamster or guinea pig, but Melanie Typaldos decided to opt for a much larger rodent as a pet. In fact, she went for the largest rodent in the world - a capybara that weighs around a hundred pounds.
18 February 2010 [14:21]
Funeral workers in Colombia got a bit of a surprise when a supposedly dead woman they were preparing for burial started breathing and moving.
18 February 2010 [10:40]
Bill Clinton has addressed last week's health scare for the first time.
Politics
18 February 2010 [20:37]
18 February 2010 [18:04]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received head of the Polish National Security Bureau Aleksander Szczyglo on Feb. 18.
18 February 2010 [13:36]
Member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Gudrat Hasanguliyev says the Madrid principles imply phased resolution to the Karabakh conflict.
18 February 2010 [12:43]
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18 February 2010 [10:34]
Azerbaijani parliamentarians Adil Aliyev and Fazail Agamaly have left for Saint Petersburg to attend the meetings of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) to be held on Feb. 18-19.
18 February 2010 [09:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to Gambian counterpart Yahya Jammeh on the country's Independence Day on Feb. 17.
Business
18 February 2010 [19:33]
Kazakhstan-based Tengizshevroil company working on Tengiz and Korovelskoe oilfields has suspended pumping oil through BTC.
18 February 2010 [17:45]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is planning to fund $220 million worth of 12 projects in Azerbaijan in the fields of natural resources, telecommunication, agriculture and finance.
18 February 2010 [16:54]
In total 4 million tons of oil was pumped through Azerbaijan's network of trunk pipelines in January, a rise of 8.1 percent from a year ago.
18 February 2010 [16:05]
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18 February 2010 [11:22]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inspected the construction progress of a Baku Business Center located in the National Seaside Park on Feb. 17.
Daily Laugh
18 February 2010 [15:15]
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Photo Galleries
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Society
18 February 2010 [19:00]
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18 February 2010 [14:28]
The heads of 75 TV companies from 57 countries will gather in June in Baku for the 64th session of General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union.
18 February 2010 [12:51]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan issued Executive Order on extra measures to improve living conditions of families of the internally displaced persons on Feb. 17.
18 February 2010 [12:14]
An illegal casino has been unveiled by the Taxes Audit Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes in Baku.
18 February 2010 [11:35]
Gas explosion occurred in a tea house, situated on Adil Babayev Street, Sabayel District of Baku on Feb. 18, Day.Az correspondent reported from the site of accident.
18 February 2010 [11:15]
A new photographic exhibition on the capital of Azerbaijan by Russian born photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov opened in London on Feb. 16.
18 February 2010 [09:35]
Sports
18 February 2010 [15:22]
Arts & Entertainment
18 February 2010 [14:53]
Courtney Love has never been shy about speaking her mind, and the rocker is characteristically unabashed in a new interview with Spin magazine.
18 February 2010 [13:12]
Despite the fact that the American Pie franchise has cooled into a series of increasingly stodgy DVD releases filled with unknown cast members and small pay cheques for Eugene Levy, Universal thinks it might be worth reheating the series for a new cinema release.
18 February 2010 [12:10]
Kate Moss has revealed that she feels she is "blagging" her career in fashion.
18 February 2010 [10:45]
An exclusive interview with legendary Hollywood actor, stuntman, William Smith.
18 February 2010 [10:20]
Better known for his creativity on the screen, Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins has extended his artistic talent to the canvas, unveiling 50 acrylic and ink paintings in London this week.
