News for 24 February 2010
Voice of Diaspora
24 February 2010 [07:53]
World news
24 February 2010 [21:55]
Heads of Palestinian armed resistance groups will meet in Tehran on Feb. 27-28 with the participation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinjad.
24 February 2010 [21:36]
Iranian security forces have arrested three members of a terrorist group in the northwestern city of Sardasht as they tried to cross over into the country.
24 February 2010 [21:27]
Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan participated in the "Turkey-Syria Business Forum" in Damascus on Wednesday.
24 February 2010 [21:04]
24 February 2010 [20:52]
On Feb. 24, photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan was beaten up just in front of the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office.
24 February 2010 [20:44]
Prosecutors Wednesday questioned 20 former and active military personnel from a group of nearly 50 who were detained Monday for allegedly plotting a coup.
24 February 2010 [20:35]
Japan has offered to enrich uranium for Iran allowing access to nuclear power by the Islamic Republic, the Nikkei business daily reports.
24 February 2010 [20:17]
Aylin Duruoğlu, the Web coordinator of daily Vatan, was released pending trial Tuesday in the first hearing of the case in which she was charged of being a member of a terrorist organization.
24 February 2010 [20:08]
24 February 2010 [19:57]
The United States has again opposed Iran's latest offer to the UN nuclear watchdog for the purchase of fuel it requires for a Tehran research reactor.
24 February 2010 [19:51]
A Turkish doner kebab vendor told a German court Wednesday how he stabbed his teenaged daughter 68 times in their home, but he denied the attack was an honour killing.
24 February 2010 [19:39]
This morning Iran has executed the Jundullah terrorist organization leader Abdolmalek Rigi's brother Abdulkhamid Rigi.
24 February 2010 [19:32]
Turkey and China will cooperate to further develop the commercial relations.
24 February 2010 [19:25]
Armenian Parliament passed a bill “On amendments and alterations to the Law on International Treaties” by 80 votes, with 5 against and 2 abstained in the first reading.
24 February 2010 [19:12]
24 February 2010 [18:55]
The first meeting of industry ministers of the developing eight Islamic countries (D8) will be held in Tehran from Feb. 27 to March 2.
24 February 2010 [18:50]
French Foreign Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac will pay a formal visit to Turkey between February 25 and 26.
24 February 2010 [18:42]
Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri left for Qatar for a two-day visit on Feb. 24, the government’s press office reported.
24 February 2010 [18:23]
On Feb. 24, newly appointed Algerian Ambassador to Armenia Smail Chergui (residence-Moscow) presented his credentials to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
24 February 2010 [18:06]
Iran plans to construct an oil pipeline and terminal on its border with Armenia to increase exports of oil products to the country.
24 February 2010 [17:53]
24 February 2010 [17:46]
Interior Ministries of Georgia and Austria signed an agreement on cooperation.
24 February 2010 [17:24]
Iran supported the idea of Asian convergence proposed by Japanese government, said visiting Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani Wednesday morning.
24 February 2010 [17:13]
24 February 2010 [16:46]
24 February 2010 [16:24]
Iran's Defense Minister said Iran’s defense priority was to promote sustainable peace and tranquility in the region.
24 February 2010 [16:13]
24 February 2010 [15:39]
On Feb. 22, Armenian Ambassador to Italy Rouben Karapetyan met with Italian Secretary to the Council of Ministers (Government Undersecretary) Gianni Letta.
24 February 2010 [15:33]
Family of 21-year old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in training right before the Olympics in Vancover, will sue the International Olympic Committee in a bid to receive compensation.
24 February 2010 [15:08]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva says world powers should avoid isolating Iran over its nuclear program, as it would not help secure global peace.
24 February 2010 [14:55]
A criminal court in Ankara sentenced Wednesday both the sitting and a former chief of Turkey's broadcast watchdog to prison for official misconduct.
24 February 2010 [14:49]
The delegation of Georgian Railways is visiting France to discuss the project of modernization of Georgian Railway system.
24 February 2010 [14:25]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iranians were living at the very heart of an Islamic Revolution which is duty bound to correct the whole world and materialize the ideals of humanity.
24 February 2010 [14:16]
A Turkish court has formally charged and jailed seven senior Turkish military officers for allegedly plotting several years ago to overthrow the government.
24 February 2010 [14:07]
Georgian figure skater Elene Gedevanishvili has taken ninth position after her brief program in the Vancouver`s Pacific Coliseum.
24 February 2010 [13:52]
24 February 2010 [13:33]
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani has criticized the UN nuclear watchdog for failing to carry out its responsibilities to transfer know-how and technology to its member states.
24 February 2010 [13:15]
European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey expressed Tuesday the importance of the rapid implementation of a judicial reform process in Turkey.
24 February 2010 [13:10]
Georgian parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze and Vice Speaker from the ruling party Mikheil Machavariani have left for Kiev to attend the inaugural ceremony of Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych.
24 February 2010 [12:57]
24 February 2010 [12:38]
Syria's capital city Damascus is currently hosting a series of events aiming to promote Turkey's southern Mersin province.
24 February 2010 [12:05]
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has declared that the United States' "time and patience is running out" over Iran's nuclear program.
24 February 2010 [11:57]
24 February 2010 [11:51]
The leader of the Democratic Movement - United Georgia, Nino Burjanadze has broken the silence and made her comments regarding the consultations, which have been underway since the past few days.
24 February 2010 [11:44]
Turkey and Spain agreed on Tuesday on granting five-year multi-entry visa to Turkish businessmen, academicians and artists who want to travel to Spain.
24 February 2010 [11:27]
The managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) says Iran will issue $1 billion of bonds to develop the South Pars field.
24 February 2010 [11:06]
Georgian parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze and Director General of the Georgian Public Broadcast Gia Chanturia have signed the memorandum regarding reforming the GPB Channel Two into a political channel.
24 February 2010 [11:00]
Death toll increased to 17 in mine explosion in northwestern province of Balikesir.
24 February 2010 [10:46]
On Feb. 23, the Armenian Parliament discussed draft amendments to the Law on International Agreements.
24 February 2010 [10:33]
A senior Iranian Judiciary official says Jundallah terrorist group leader Abdolmalek Rigi will be prosecuted soon.
24 February 2010 [10:25]
Turkish and Nigerian businessmen met at "Trade Summit" in Abuja, capital city of Nigeria on Tuesday.
24 February 2010 [09:54]
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and Speaker of the parliament Davit Bakradze have hailed the statement of support made by the U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton about Georgia.
24 February 2010 [09:25]
Weird / Interesting
24 February 2010 [14:43]
A Bollywood filmmaker has issued a lucrative challenge to horror movie fans: a $10,000 reward for anyone who can watch his latest supernatural thriller, alone, in a cinema until the closing credits.
24 February 2010 [13:58]
The contest to be the official shortest man in the world is hotting up, as a man who is less than two feet tall heads to Europe hoping to claim the Guinness World Record.
24 February 2010 [12:13]
A Polish farmer could be facing jail after he caused a road accident by being drunk in charge of a horse and a lorry at the same time.
24 February 2010 [10:58]
Most people prefer fishing for bass, catfish, and trout—but not the Japanese! Ever since 1997, Japanese men, women, and children have been fishing for squirrels as a fun and harmless pastime.
Politics
24 February 2010 [22:15]
On Feb. 24, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to President of Turkey Abdullah Gul.
24 February 2010 [21:13]
Submission of the resolutions related to false "Armenian genocide" to the U.S. Congress's consideration is not in the interests of this country, the chairman of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee said.
24 February 2010 [19:43]
24 February 2010 [19:00]
The Armenian side will not be able to hide the truth about atrocities perpetrated in the occupied territories against Azerbaijani civilians from the world community, Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said.
24 February 2010 [17:40]
The memory of the Khojaly Genocide victims will be commemorated in South Korea.
24 February 2010 [17:29]
Azerbaijan's newly-appointed ambassador to Turkmenistan Vahdat Sultanzade presented his credentials to President of Turkmenistan Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov.
24 February 2010 [16:06]
Day.Az interview with Chairman of the Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Akif Gulmammadov.
24 February 2010 [15:55]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus on Feb. 24.
24 February 2010 [14:32]
The delegation led by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade will represent Azerbaijan in the inauguration of Ukraine’s president-elect Viktor Yanukovych on Feb. 25, Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Talat Aliyev said.
24 February 2010 [12:22]
Armenia wants to ratify the Turkey-Armenia Protocols in a form different from the version that Turkey signed in Zurich, Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said.
24 February 2010 [12:00]
24 February 2010 [11:39]
The opening of the Palestinian Embassy in Baku will boost political and economic ties between the two countries, Ambassador of thje Palestinian Authority in Uzbekistan, who is also accredited in Azerbaijan, Asad Al-Asad, said.
24 February 2010 [11:20]
Azerbaijan's minister of defense industry Yaver Jamalov has paid an official visit to Poland.
24 February 2010 [10:50]
Azerbaijan's permanent representative to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the Organization in connection with Khojaly genocide, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan said.
24 February 2010 [10:04]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves on his country's Independence Day.
24 February 2010 [09:43]
Azerbaijani MPs Elton Mammadov and Ikram Israfil will leave for Hungary to attend a session of committee of Visegrad Group countries on European affairs on 23-26 February.
24 February 2010 [09:30]
24 February 2010 [08:30]
List of Azerbaijani hostages in Armenia can be extended, thinks Secretary of State Commission on Prisoners, Hostages and Missing citizens of Azerbaijan Shahin Sayilov.
Business
24 February 2010 [22:07]
Nabucco Pipeline Is Best European Solution, Nobuo Tanaka, head of the International Energy Agency, has told an energy security conference in Budapest that the Nabucco pipeline project was best for Europe.
24 February 2010 [21:46]
The U.S. is very interested in the Nabucco pipeline project, told TREND's Washington correspondent Neil Brown, Special Advisor to US Senator Richard G. Lugar.
24 February 2010 [18:34]
Tariffs on mobile communication services were cut by 81 percent in Azerbaijan within 2008-2009, ITU report says.
24 February 2010 [17:35]
A two-day conference on balancing relations within transnational companies started in Baku for oil and gas industry workers trade unions of Caspian littoral states.
24 February 2010 [15:25]
Azerbaijan saw 401.3 million manats or nearly $501 million invested in its fixed capital this January, which means a 5.6-percent increase from a year early, the State Statistical Committee announced.
Daily Laugh
24 February 2010 [15:45]
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Photo Galleries
24 February 2010 [22:00]
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Society
24 February 2010 [20:24]
24 February 2010 [17:07]
24 February 2010 [14:37]
Baku hosted a presentation of the "Justice for Khojaly" video clip of American rapper Tony Blackman and the Azerbaijani rap band "Dayirman" on the genocide perpetrated by Armenians in Khojaly.
24 February 2010 [13:45]
24 February 2010 [12:50]
The second floor of the two-store building in the capital Baku caught
fired last night.
24 February 2010 [11:12]
Feb.23, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on "International Day of Nowruz," the Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to UN reported.
24 February 2010 [09:35]
24 February 2010 [08:15]
24 February 2010 [08:11]
On Feb. 23, a scientific workshop "Memory of Khojaly" was conducted in Astana. Event was organized by the Azerbaijani embassy in Kazakhstan and the Association of Friendship and Culture "Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan".
24 February 2010 [08:00]
38 persons were declared to be under international search through Interpol in connection with the occupation of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
Sports
24 February 2010 [19:07]
Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Hashimov has been held to a draw by Spaniard Francisco Vallejo in the 9th round of the Linares super tournament, increasing his points to 4.
24 February 2010 [16:54]
Azerbaijan's freestyle wrestling team will compete in an international tournament in Burgas, Bulgaria.
24 February 2010 [12:31]
Azerbaijan skier Cedric Notts started his struggle for medals in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada on Feb. 23.
Arts & Entertainment
24 February 2010 [18:15]
Warning: This article contains language and/or sexual references that younger readers are advised to avoid.
24 February 2010 [17:19]
Susan Boyle was reportedly mistaken for Queen Elizabeth II by Eurostar staff on a trip last week.
24 February 2010 [16:35]
It's a boy for actor and reality star Gary Busey and girlfriend Steffanie Sampson.
24 February 2010 [15:14]
Actor Charlie Sheen, star of U.S. television's hit comedy "Two and a Half Men," has followed his wife and entered a rehabilitation facility as the couple try to put their lives back together after a violent Christmas Day argument.
24 February 2010 [13:25]
Joan Rivers has labelled Victoria Beckham "vulgar" and suggested that she should leave the US.
24 February 2010 [12:44]
Lewis Hamilton is back together with Nicole Scherzinger after the McLaren driver split with the Pussycat Dolls lead singer back in January.
24 February 2010 [11:33]
Lindsay Lohan has admitted that she still loves her ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson, reports say.
Exhibitions
24 February 2010 [13:05]
The new season of international exhibitions in Azerbaijan starts in April. Iteca Caspian, the leading organiser of international exhibitions in the Caucasus region, plans to hold 16 exhibitions and two conferences in 2010.
