News for 16 March 2010
World news
16 March 2010 [20:41]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited "1001 Inventions: Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World" exhibition at Museum of Science in London on Tuesday.
16 March 2010 [20:25]
Turkey's energy and natural resources minister said that the crude oil pipeline agreement would be renewed with Iraq.
16 March 2010 [20:13]
16 March 2010 [20:06]
Cameroon's President Paul Biya formally welcomed Turkish President Abdullah Gul in capital Yaounde of Cameroon on Tuesday.
16 March 2010 [19:54]
Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board organized meetings for Turkish and African businesspeople in Istanbul on Tuesday.
16 March 2010 [19:48]
Iran's Oil Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi says the country has so far faced any problem to buy its needed gasoline.
16 March 2010 [19:39]
Security guards discovered a young foreigner with burn wounds on his body in Istanbul’s Sirkeci station at around 1 a.m. Tuesday after hearing screams emanating from the parked train cars.
16 March 2010 [19:33]
Chinese officials to get Beijing's consent for more Iran sanctions Iran on Tuesday criticized the West for increasing pressure on China to give its consent to more sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear work.
16 March 2010 [19:23]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Mehmet Ali Talat will pay a working visit to Turkey on Wednesday as the TRNC is getting ready for the upcoming presidential election.
16 March 2010 [19:19]
16 March 2010 [19:04]
Turkish Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said Turkey's budget deficit in February fell %69.3 year-on-year down to 2,271 million Turkish liras (nearly $1.5 billion).
16 March 2010 [18:57]
On March 16-18, Armenia-NATO congress in the frames of “Partnership for peace” project will be held in Yerevan.
16 March 2010 [18:50]
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Iran's Oil Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi does not expect OPEC to make any change in the output ceiling in the upcoming meeting.
16 March 2010 [18:33]
Turkey demands jail sentences of up to 15 years for three admirals over an alleged plot to destabilise the government with attacks on non-Muslim minorities.
16 March 2010 [18:15]
16 March 2010 [17:53]
Discussion of adoption of the in the so-called "Armenian genocide" in the world's parliaments is a very serious matter, Chief of General Staff of Turkish Army Ilker Bashbug said.
16 March 2010 [17:48]
New Colombian ambassador to Iran on Tuesday submitted his credentials to the Iranian President.
16 March 2010 [17:39]
This morning the delegation of the Georgian Parliament headed for Paris.
16 March 2010 [17:28]
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan who left for London on an official trip Monday said Turkey wanted to further enhance ties with United Kingdom.
16 March 2010 [17:20]
16 March 2010 [16:55]
Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), asked Aytac Durak, mayor of the southern province of Adana, to resign from MHP.
16 March 2010 [16:50]
Presdident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday there is no limit and obstacle to expansion of relations between Iran and Albania.
16 March 2010 [16:37]
Iran has deplored Israel's reopening of a synagogue near al-Aqsa mosque, demanding the international community to take action against the move.
16 March 2010 [16:25]
About 10 villages have been flooded in Gardabani district.
16 March 2010 [16:15]
Heavy snowfall has paralyzed traffic at both Bolu Mountain Tunnel on TEM Motorway and Bolu Mountain section of the D-100 highway.
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16 March 2010 [15:55]
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast stressed on Tuesday that Tehran-London bilateral ties should be reexamined in some areas.
16 March 2010 [15:35]
16 March 2010 [15:05]
TOBB head said the EU needed to show greater political will and leadership for promotion of Turkey and EU relations.
16 March 2010 [14:48]
China has become more concerned about developments concerning Iran, China's foreign minister said Tuesday while reiterating his country's opposition to further sanctions to rein in Iran's nuclear program.
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16 March 2010 [14:19]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Monday that African countries showed great interest and confided in Turkey very much.
16 March 2010 [14:06]
Iran says its nuclear program is aimed at the civilian applications of the technology.
16 March 2010 [13:50]
After a 30-member US-backed cyber network was dismantled in Iran, members of the Parliament (Majlis) have praised efforts to bust one of the main gangs and cyber networks in the country.
16 March 2010 [13:33]
Heavy rain has flooded hundreds of houses of IDPs in the compact settlement of refugees in Tserovani village last night.
16 March 2010 [13:15]
Turkish State Minister & government spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that EU Action Plan for 2010-2011 was adopted at Council of Ministers.
16 March 2010 [13:05]
The Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan has said that Iran is ready to mediate to help resolve the territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
16 March 2010 [12:50]
16 March 2010 [12:28]
After long hours of debate, Iran's Majlis (parliament) has passed the budget bill for the new Persian calendar year starting March 21st.
16 March 2010 [12:10]
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16 March 2010 [12:00]
Day.Az interview with Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament) from the ruling Justice and Development Party, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs Mehmet Ceylan.
16 March 2010 [11:50]
Iran on Monday strongly protested to Italy over detention of two Iranians and called for their immediate freedom from prison.
16 March 2010 [11:07]
16 March 2010 [10:58]
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan who left for London on an official trip Monday said Turkey wanted to further enhance ties with United Kingdom.
16 March 2010 [10:39]
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16 March 2010 [10:10]
Syrian private airline company Cham Wings launched its first Damascus-Istanbul flight on Monday.
16 March 2010 [09:55]
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16 March 2010 [08:40]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that Turkey could contribute to the development of Democratic Republic of Congo.
16 March 2010 [08:20]
The Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan has said that Iran is ready to mediate to help resolve the territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
16 March 2010 [08:00]
Weird / Interesting
16 March 2010 [18:00]
A farmer in China was surprised by a newborn calf - when it turned out to have an extra two legs and a second tail growing out of its back.
16 March 2010 [17:24]
A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.
16 March 2010 [16:08]
Regrowing amputated limbs, broken backs and even damaged brains could one day be a reality after scientists discovered a gene that is key to the almost magical ability.
16 March 2010 [14:57]
An award-winning porn director has been selected as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
16 March 2010 [13:55]
An incredible window into the prehistoric past has been opened by the scientific, life-like, reconstruction of the nearly complete remains of an 11-foot long, 67 million year old serpent that was found near a village in Gujarat in western India.
16 March 2010 [12:55]
A Scot is said to have made history after winning the right not to specify gender and to instead have "Sex Not Specified" on his birth certificate.
16 March 2010 [12:23]
Babies are born to dance and find the rhythm and tempo of music more engaging than speech, research has shown.
16 March 2010 [11:40]
16 March 2010 [10:34]
The world's shortest man - who was just over 2ft 5in tall - has died aged 21, the Guinness World Records has said.
16 March 2010 [09:45]
Politics
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16 March 2010 [18:38]
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule will visit Azerbaijan in April.
16 March 2010 [18:25]
16 March 2010 [18:05]
Day.Az interview with member of the Georgian Parliament Ramin Bayramov.
16 March 2010 [17:34]
Day.Az interview with the professor, director of the Center for Conservative Studies under the Moscow State University Sociology Department, leader of the International Eurasian Movement and political expert Alexander Dugin.
16 March 2010 [16:31]
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16 March 2010 [14:00]
Day.Az interview with member of Security and Defense Committee of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) Zahid Oruj.
16 March 2010 [12:14]
16 March 2010 [11:18]
Azerbaijan`s Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov met visiting Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak on March 15.
16 March 2010 [10:51]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met OSCE PA`s President Joao Soares on March 15.
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Business
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Daily Laugh
16 March 2010 [16:43]
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Society
16 March 2010 [20:35]
16 March 2010 [19:28]
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed to the world's nations on the Nowruz Holiday.
16 March 2010 [18:30]
Seven-months-old baby in Kurdamir region carried the fetus in her womb.
16 March 2010 [17:15]
An explosion occured in Nizami district of Azerbaijani Capital.
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16 March 2010 [14:40]
Landslide has hit Azerbaijan's Lankaran region.
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Sports
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Arts & Entertainment
16 March 2010 [18:10]
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16 March 2010 [15:47]
Yesterday, the personal exhibition of a young painter Narmin Guluzadeh was opened in the Art Gallery of the Museum Center in Baku. The opening ceremony was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
16 March 2010 [15:15]
A private exhibition of Natig Ahmadzadeh, one of the most brilliant representatives of the Academy of Arts of Ganja, will be organized in "New Gallery" by Baku Art Centre on March 18, a source in a gallery said.
16 March 2010 [14:15]
Exhibitions
16 March 2010 [10:23]
The official telecommunications partner of the international exhibitions and conferences organised by Iteca Caspian in 2010 in Azerbaijan will be the operator Azerfon-Vodafone.
