News for 19 March 2010
World news
19 March 2010 [20:30]
19 March 2010 [20:14]
Iran's statement that it is ready to exchange on its territory 1,200 kilograms of 3.5-percent enriched uranium to 20-percent fuel is an another ploy and an attempt to gain time, experts say.
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“Iran is ready to increase the offer of 1100 MW electricity to 2200 MW,” Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Masha'allah Shakeri told reporters on Thursday.
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Georgia's Prime Minister Nika Gilauri is satisfied with the level of the EU cooperation.
19 March 2010 [17:55]
The Swedish government announced that it would provide not only political but also financial assistance to reforms that have been fulfilled in Turkey on its path towards EU membership.
19 March 2010 [17:45]
A member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, said Friday the latest remarks and efforts by Washington are the sign of its "frustration" in dealing with Tehran.
19 March 2010 [17:16]
19 March 2010 [17:00]
Former Iranian vice-president Hossein Marashi has been jailed for propaganda against the Islamic establishment.
19 March 2010 [16:50]
19 March 2010 [16:40]
According Thomas Mirow, the EBRD President, the post-crisis recovery of Georgia will be slow and complicated.
19 March 2010 [16:15]
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19 March 2010 [15:50]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that there was a great cooperation potential, mainly on energy, between Turkey and Bulgaria.
19 March 2010 [15:15]
Over 5,700 fans of Georgian national rugby team will attend the Georgia vs. Russia game in Trabzon, Turkey, on March 20.
19 March 2010 [15:00]
19 March 2010 [14:42]
Fake Chronicle aired by Imedi on 13 March will be discussed on the next round of Geneva International Consultations.
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19 March 2010 [13:37]
Armenia intends to design a unmanned aircraft, an expert in aviation informed off-record.
19 March 2010 [13:10]
Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani has slammed Israel's “continued settlements construction” in the occupied Palestinian lands as a setback to the resolution of the Middle East crisis.
19 March 2010 [13:04]
19 March 2010 [12:53]
Another family considers itself a victim of the simulated "Chronicles" aired by the Imedi television channel on March 13.
19 March 2010 [12:45]
Turkish police on Thursday detained around 20 people in connection to an alleged plot to topple the government, and the detainees included retired and active military officers, state media said.
19 March 2010 [12:18]
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An Iranian opposition leader called for protests against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the next Persian year, opposition websites said Friday.
19 March 2010 [11:45]
Turkey’s top diplomat said Thursday that Serbia would soon officially “apologize” for the Srebrenica Massacre that claimed the lives of hundreds of Bosnian Muslims in 1995.
19 March 2010 [11:40]
19 March 2010 [11:25]
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang says China is holding talks with relevant parties to find a peaceful solution to Iran's nuclear issue.
19 March 2010 [10:38]
The Union of Medics has nominated a candidate for Tbilisi mayor's office.
19 March 2010 [10:27]
19 March 2010 [10:15]
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the project support agreement on the Nabucco pipeline project would be opened to signature of member countries by the end of March.
19 March 2010 [10:04]
Iranian security forces have killed several members of the terrorist group, Jundallah during a clash southeast of Iran.
19 March 2010 [09:53]
19 March 2010 [09:33]
A lawsuit was filed against two members of the outlawed Democratic Society Party (DTP) for allegedly making propaganda of the PKK in their speeches.
19 March 2010 [08:23]
Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu can go to the U.S. instead of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend a summit on nuclear safety, CNN Turk website reported.
Weird / Interesting
19 March 2010 [19:21]
19 March 2010 [18:44]
Indian man Ashok Kumthekar entered Guinness Book of Records as an Indian equivalent of - Limca Book of Records, whose number of fingers is 26.
19 March 2010 [17:12]
Robot teachers have been given the thumbs up in South Korea, with a government report saying they have been a hit with pupils during a pilot project - and they could be teaching in up to 8,000 schools across the nation in a few years time.
19 March 2010 [16:45]
A barn owl that rides a skateboard has become a hit at its local shopping centre.
19 March 2010 [15:08]
The Playboy channel has accidentally been aired on children's TV for two hours.
19 March 2010 [14:13]
19 March 2010 [13:45]
Employees of the Technological Institute of Karlsruhe in Germany have created a material that makes things invisible in three dimensions.
19 March 2010 [12:23]
A 12-year-old girl has been reunited with her pet Labrador which went missing five years ago.
19 March 2010 [11:00]
At the 2010 New Year World Peace Gala in Chicago, which was held on January 9th, 2010, Jin Linlin amazed the crowd with her impressive hula hoop abilities. And impressive they are.
Politics
19 March 2010 [20:38]
Novruz holiday activities are held in Tovuz region of Azerbaijan.
19 March 2010 [19:15]
Today, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Singapore`s foreign minister George Yong-Boon Yeo.
19 March 2010 [19:10]
Trend News interview with the department head of Azerbaijan's State Committee for Work with Diaspora Fizuli Najafov.
19 March 2010 [18:50]
Day.Az interview with Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament) Ph.D Ahmet Tan.
19 March 2010 [18:38]
Singapore intends to develop bilateral relations with Azerbaijan, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo told journalists in Baku today.
19 March 2010 [17:05]
19 March 2010 [16:30]
Day.Az interview with Director for Communications of the all-Russia Center for Public Opinion Research, historian and Doctor of Psychology Olga Kamenchuk.
19 March 2010 [16:00]
19 March 2010 [15:29]
Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Brazil were established in 1993. Brazilian Embassy in Azerbaijan was opened in June last year.
19 March 2010 [14:23]
Day.Az interview with Director of Azerbaijan-based Center for Political Innovations and Technologies Mubariz Ahmadoglu.
19 March 2010 [13:57]
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19 March 2010 [12:40]
Day.Az interview with Mike Hancock, Member of the British Parliament, member of the PACE Monitoring Committee and Committee on Political Affairs.
19 March 2010 [12:15]
It is regrettable that there is no information about Karabakh in the media of Arab countries, editor-in-chief "New time" newspaper Shakir Gabiloglu told Trend News. He participated in the international forum in Turkey March 11-14.
19 March 2010 [11:55]
Romania's foreign minister Teodor Baconschi has expressed his country's keenness to broaden cooperation with Azerbaijan.
19 March 2010 [10:49]
19 March 2010 [09:44]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met Romanian foreign minister Teodor Baconschi on March 18.
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Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has received Romania`s foreign minister Teodor Baconschi. The President said Azerbaijan and Romania enjoyed "strong partnership relations and intensive diplomatic ties", AzerTAj News Agency reported.
Business
19 March 2010 [14:29]
Romania has expressed interest in Azerbaijan's energy sector.
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Daily Laugh
19 March 2010 [15:45]
Photo Galleries
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Society
19 March 2010 [20:45]
Today, the 10th jubilee ceremony of the prestigious national award UĞUR took place in the "Gulustan" palace, in Baku.
19 March 2010 [20:23]
Azerbaijani Education Ministry plans to open a free "hotline", Minister of Education Misir Mardanov said in an interview to journalists today.
19 March 2010 [19:50]
Azerbaijan's military officers will take part in several NATO events abroad.
19 March 2010 [19:35]
In 2009, 49 people accused of preparing organization of terrorist acts in the country were arrested, National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov said.
19 March 2010 [19:27]
The Azerbaijan State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents announced country's transition to summer time at 4:00 on March 28.
19 March 2010 [18:23]
Day.Az interview with Doctor of History at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and first woman ethnographer in Azerbaijan Nargiz Guliyeva.
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19 March 2010 [15:35]
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Uzbekistan hosted a great event to celebrate the Novruz holiday.
19 March 2010 [15:24]
19 March 2010 [14:03]
A fire took place in the Nizami District of Baku late at night on March 18.
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19 March 2010 [09:21]
President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Azerbaijani people on Novruz holiday.
19 March 2010 [09:08]
19 March 2010 [08:55]
19 March 2010 [08:44]
Memory of the Azerbaijanis, who died for the independence of Turkey, will be immortalized.
19 March 2010 [08:15]
Sports
19 March 2010 [14:55]
Azerbaijan's judo team will compete in the Cadet European Cup tournament kicking off Saturday in Antalya, Turkey.
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19 March 2010 [12:28]
Play-off matches for the World Chess Cup are underway in the Croatian city of Rijeka.
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Arts & Entertainment
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