News for 24 January 2011

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24 January 2011 [14:35]

Marriott 'to ban porn from hotel rooms'

Marriott International has announced plans to phase out pay-per-view adult movies from its hotel rooms.
24 January 2011 [14:07]

Professor urges people to eat insects

A Dutch professor has suggested that people should swap meat for insects in their diet to improve the environment.

Politics

24 January 2011 [17:25]

Ilham Aliyev received Peter Semneby

24 January 2011 [17:07]

OSCE Chairman-in-Office: We will support co-chairs' efforts to revive political negotiations on Nagorno Karabakh conflict solution

An interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Audronius Ažubalis.
24 January 2011 [16:13]

CoE Secretary General: Azerbaijan's joining Council of Europe was important for us

An interview with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland.
24 January 2011 [15:35]

Ilham Aliyev inaugurates pedestrian overpass, underpass, road junctions and Central Dispatcher Service of Bakuelektrikshebeke

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev opened a pedestrian overpass in the Airport circle-Zugulba highway in Khazar region.
24 January 2011 [13:12]

PACE winter session opens in Strasbourg

The session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has kicked off in Strasbourg today.

Business

24 January 2011 [15:50]

Azerbaijani may adopt special law on tourism development

Azerbaijan may adopt a specific law aimed at developing tourism, Parliamentary Culture Committee Chairman Nizami Jafarov told Trend on Monday.
24 January 2011 [12:30]

Azerbaijani oil prices for Jan.17-21

Society

24 January 2011 [17:45]

Military car overturns in Azerbaijan, one person injured

A car with the military overturned in Azerbaijan.
24 January 2011 [15:15]

Azerbaijan approves Codeks Alimentarius state standards

The Azerbaijani State Standardization, Metrology and Patents Committee has approved two more state food standards.
24 January 2011 [14:25]

Temperatures to fall in Azerbaijan on January 27

The weather will be changeable cloudy and mainly rainless in Baku and Absheron peninsula on January 24.
24 January 2011 [13:45]

Serious measures to be taken against NGOs failing to live up to contracts in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Presidential State NGO Support Fund held a regular meeting last week.

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