News for 19 February 2010
World news
19 February 2010 [19:57]
Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan met with leading businessmen of Syria in Istanbul on Friday.
19 February 2010 [18:54]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Spain on February 21 upon invitation by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
19 February 2010 [18:47]
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Friday that the country neither believes in atomic bombs nor is it seeking to develop such weapons.
19 February 2010 [18:32]
Political consultations between Georgia and Japan were held in the Foreign Ministry of Georgia o Feb. 19.
19 February 2010 [18:17]
Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic will arrive in Turkey on Friday upon an invitation from his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu.
19 February 2010 [18:08]
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted the Behbahan town in the Khuzistan province of Iran today.
19 February 2010 [17:48]
Spanish Foreign Minister said ten ministers from Turkey and six ministers from Spain would attend the summit.
19 February 2010 [17:35]
19 February 2010 [17:15]
A Turkish Airlines (THY) passenger plane, on a flight from Johannesbourg to Istanbul, had to make an emergency landing because of a technical failure shortly after it took off.
19 February 2010 [16:45]
19 February 2010 [16:34]
Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said on Friday that it was at the discretion of the judicial authorities to remove the ban on access to "YouTube".
19 February 2010 [16:28]
Alexander Szczyglo, head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, has arrived in Georgia.
19 February 2010 [16:15]
"Iran always backed and will further support any initiative promoting regional stability and peace," Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaeyan told media.
19 February 2010 [15:55]
19 February 2010 [15:48]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns.
19 February 2010 [15:17]
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will finance construction of a new dump in Chakvi, Ajaria Autonomous Republic of Georgia.
19 February 2010 [14:54]
19 February 2010 [14:43]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul hosted a dinner in honor of Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara on Thursday.
19 February 2010 [14:31]
19 February 2010 [14:13]
According to tentative information, Georgia's Commission for Pardoning, headed by Elena Tevdoradze, plans to convene in March.
19 February 2010 [13:56]
After the UN nuclear watchdog head Yukiya Amano issued a two-sided report about Iran's nuclear program, the US renews criticism over Tehran's pursuit of its nuclear activities.
19 February 2010 [13:44]
Turkish Airlines (THY) became sponsor of Greek basketball club Maroussi.
19 February 2010 [13:08]
Flaws of track in Whistler and mistake of organizers can be reasons of death of Nodar Kumaritashvili's, killed in accident while training, only several hours before the Olympics.
19 February 2010 [12:53]
Iran's IAEA envoy Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said here Thursday that the IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has confirmed peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities.
19 February 2010 [12:45]
Turkey ranked the top in ECHR's violation decisions, with 356 convictions followed by Russia against which 219 decisions were given by the court.
19 February 2010 [12:33]
19 February 2010 [12:28]
Statements like the one made by Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, saying that President Saakashvili was “persona non grata” for Russia, are becoming “boring,” the Georgian president’s spokesperson said.
19 February 2010 [12:15]
The United States voiced renewed concern Thursday about Iran's nuclear program after a report by the UN's atomic watchdog suggested Tehran may be working on a nuclear warhead.
19 February 2010 [12:04]
19 February 2010 [11:36]
A new gas prices will be set in Armenia o Feb. 26.
19 February 2010 [11:13]
19 February 2010 [11:06]
Turkey's foreign minister, who had visited Tehran earlier this week, has held a meeting with a top US diplomat to discuss Iran's nuclear program.
19 February 2010 [10:57]
Turkish and Russian delegations met at the Prime Ministry Office in Istanbul.
19 February 2010 [10:14]
Armenian Foreign Ministry will be enlarged by new departments.
19 February 2010 [10:00]
The Association of Young Financiers and Businessmen of Georgia sent a special address to the President asking to revise the cellular communication business in the country.
19 February 2010 [09:55]
A French court has delayed a ruling on a US application to extradite an Iranian engineer accused of breaking the US trade embargo on Iran.
19 February 2010 [09:40]
Analytics
19 February 2010 [19:27]
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Weird / Interesting
19 February 2010 [19:09]
Cleveland has won the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.
19 February 2010 [17:23]
A zebra that escaped from a circus caused chaos on Thursday as it led police on a 40 minute chase along a busy American road.
19 February 2010 [15:28]
19 February 2010 [10:46]
"New World Records" is a series of short news in pictures of the greatest world records. From the fattest man to the tallest woman, and pretty much everything else you can think of. Keep up with humanity's quest to reach new heights...and depths.
Politics
19 February 2010 [20:11]
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19 February 2010 [17:00]
“There have not been major and long-lasting shooting on the contact line for a along time,” Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Zahid Oruj said.
19 February 2010 [16:39]
Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold high-level military dialogue in Ankara on Feb. 22, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
19 February 2010 [16:20]
Alexander Karavayev, Head of the Political Forecasting Service at the Center Post-Soviet Studies, says Kazakhstan will have no serious impact on resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
19 February 2010 [15:42]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security, Lieutenant-General Eldar Mahmudov has met Poland's National Security Bureau Chief Aleksander Szczygło.
19 February 2010 [13:00]
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has issued an official statement ont he large-scale shooting on a front line of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
19 February 2010 [11:24]
19 February 2010 [09:21]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met head of Poland's National Security Bureau Aleksander Szczyglo.
Business
19 February 2010 [18:23]
The national power supply operator of Azerbaijan failed to keep collecting electricity payments from retail consumers at high level in January.
19 February 2010 [11:52]
A number of research institutes and centers of Azerbaijan presented projects to clean up oil polluted land to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) on Feb. 18.
Daily Laugh
19 February 2010 [15:35]
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Photo Galleries
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Society
19 February 2010 [20:03]
Head of Azerbaijan National NGO Forum Rauf Zeyni met with members of the UN Congress.
19 February 2010 [19:44]
On the eve of the anniversary of the Khojaly massacre the Heydar Aliyev Foundation has published "Karabakh realities" collection in Japanese, the Foundation said.
19 February 2010 [19:13]
Azerbaijan's parliament is set to consider the country`s joining the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage.
19 February 2010 [17:06]
"The eight Azerbaijanis, who are on board of the Premyer ship detained in Albania, feel good and face no restriction to return ome," Spokesman for Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov said.
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19 February 2010 [14:21]
An exhibition entitled “The best of the best” opened Thursday at the Azerbaijan Media Center featuring winners from the Pictures of the Year International competition.
19 February 2010 [14:04]
19 February 2010 [13:35]
Day.Az interview with Chairman of the Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Problems Hijran Huseynova.
19 February 2010 [13:27]
19 February 2010 [12:40]
19 February 2010 [10:50]
Major traffic accident involving 7 cars took place in Baku at night on Feb. 18.
19 February 2010 [09:47]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev presided over a meeting to discuss environmental problems on Feb. 18.
Sports
19 February 2010 [17:46]
19 February 2010 [15:02]
Azerbaijan's Vugar Hashimov has claimed his first win in annual Linares chess tournament by defeating Spain’s Francisco Vallejo in the 5th round.
19 February 2010 [11:43]
19 February 2010 [10:33]
Azerbaijani wrestlers will compete in an international tournament starting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
Arts & Entertainment
19 February 2010 [19:35]
19 February 2010 [16:53]
Pamela Anderson has never been scared of whacking the big ones out but surely this recent image shock pushes even Jordan’s boundaries.
19 February 2010 [15:10]
Oscar nominees Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan scooped the British Actor and Actress of the Year awards at the 30th Annual London Film Critics' Circle Awards in aid of the NSPCC.
19 February 2010 [13:14]
Just a couple of days after the announcement that Gwyneth Paltrow was joining the already all-star cast of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, we now learn via The Playlist that erstwhile Morpheus Laurence Fishburne is also in talks to co-star.
19 February 2010 [12:22]
Kathryn Grayson, the star of numerous 1940s and 1950s MGM musicals, has died at the age of 88.
19 February 2010 [11:20]
Morgan Freeman has revealed that his hand is still paralysed since injuring it in a car crash more than a year ago.
19 February 2010 [10:25]
Colin Farrell has admitted that being teetotal has helped him to appreciate his life.
