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19 January 2010 [22:00]
Turkey's health minister said Tuesday swine flu infections have petered out in the country.
19 January 2010 [20:46]
A unique collection of some of the leading Iranian classical musicians has planned to perform a Peace and Friendship Symphony in Europe in the near future.
19 January 2010 [20:27]
Iran's Red Crescent Society says about 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid including food, tents and medicine in the company of a group of rescuers arrived in Haiti.
19 January 2010 [19:55]
Ergun said the visa requirement between Turkey and Egypt must be ended.
19 January 2010 [19:33]
After world powers failed to agree on new sanctions against Iran, Tehran says the parties involved in the UN-backed talks on Iran's nuclear program were showing ”traces of realism.”
19 January 2010 [19:17]
The Turkish prime minister expressed his assurance on Tuesday to raise trade volume with Saudi Arabia.
19 January 2010 [18:52]
Iran has received proposals worth around $20 billion for investment in its oil and gas sector from foreign companies, the Iranian oil minister has announced.
19 January 2010 [18:49]
The Turkish energy minister said on Tuesday that Turkey expected gesture from Russia and Iran regarding natural gas.
19 January 2010 [18:26]
19 January 2010 [18:05]
The Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech presented its annual report on the state of freedom of speech in Armenia on Jan. 19.
19 January 2010 [17:54]
No matter who wins in Ukraine’s second round of presidential elections, Kiev will remain Georgia’s “ally and a friend,” President Saakashvili said on Jan. 18.
19 January 2010 [17:49]
Turkish flour producers increased exports by 50 percent after entering the markets in south of the African continent.
19 January 2010 [17:25]
An Iranian gas official says the country has inked a one billion euro gas contract with Germany for the manufacture, installation and launch of 100 gas turbo compressors in Iran.
19 January 2010 [17:00]
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated that ten winter and several ski resorts would function in the country in 5-6 years.
19 January 2010 [16:52]
The number of Turkish rescue teams in Haiti rose to four by Tuesday.
19 January 2010 [16:35]
19 January 2010 [16:15]
On Jan. 19, at Yerevan’s Shengavit Community Court, when the judge read out Nikol Pashinyan’s verdict, those in the courtroom began to chant “Shame! Shame!”
19 January 2010 [16:08]
Georgia will hold several events in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Jan.20 tragedy in Baku.
19 January 2010 [15:54]
Day.Az interview with Armenian political expert, director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.
19 January 2010 [15:44]
Erdogan said that the foreign trade volume between Turkey and United Arab Emirates reached 8.6 billion USD as of 2008.
19 January 2010 [15:27]
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili has stressed the importance of adopting strategies to establish sustainable security in the Caucasus.
19 January 2010 [14:57]
Turkey's prime minister has called on the Islamic world to help Haiti which was hit by a magnitude-7 earthquake last week.
19 January 2010 [14:48]
The verdict against oppositional Haykakan Zhamanak daily chief editor Nikol Pashinyan was delivered in the Nork-Marash district court of Armenia on Jan. 19.
19 January 2010 [14:41]
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has apologized to Iran for the extradition of an Iranian national to the United States in 2008.
19 January 2010 [14:37]
19 January 2010 [14:10]
German jazz drummer Wolfgang Haffner and his band are slated to perform at Honar Cultural Center in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
19 January 2010 [14:04]
Israeli Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Yossi Gal will pay a visit to Ankara on Tuesday.
19 January 2010 [13:22]
Turkey's prime minister has called on the Islamic world to help Haiti which was hit by a magnitude-7 earthquake last week.
19 January 2010 [13:11]
Turkey says the ruling contained preconditions and restrictive provisions which impair the letter and spirit of the protocols.
19 January 2010 [13:06]
Armenian-captured Azerbaijani citizen Eldar Tagiyev’s family believes that he was interviewed by Armenian Public Television under pressure.
19 January 2010 [12:57]
Iran's Interior Ministry said Monday that it is studying legislation to increase the number of lawmakers in Parliament by twenty.
19 January 2010 [12:45]
19 January 2010 [12:34]
The third working meeting in the framework of Georgian-U.S. Charter on strategic partnership will be held in Georgia on Jan. 21.
19 January 2010 [12:07]
Prosecutors investigating Ergenekon, a clandestine group charged with plotting to overthrow the government, have completed the preparation of a fourth indictment in case, the Sabah daily reported on Monday.
19 January 2010 [11:45]
An Iranian prosecutor has been assassinated by two unidentified gunmen in the city of Khoy in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan.
19 January 2010 [11:33]
A military hospital in Turkey declared Agca as unfit for military services.
19 January 2010 [11:18]
19 January 2010 [11:00]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says NATO's eastward expansion does not serve the interests of the countries in the region.
19 January 2010 [10:51]
Turkey's national air carrier Turkish Airlines has become the official sponsor of Spanish footbal club FC Barcelona.
19 January 2010 [10:32]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held talks in Moscow on Jan. 18.
19 January 2010 [10:24]
At a sitting of the government of Georgia, members of the Cabinet discussed 21 points of the agenda on Jan.18.
19 January 2010 [09:56]
Iranian and Iraqi border officials met on Monday to discuss and resolve "misunderstandings" over their joint border, Press TV reported.
19 January 2010 [09:47]
Europe's main security and human rights watchdog said that Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for "arbitrary and political reasons.
18 January 2010 [20:15]
On Monday, OSCE accused Turkey of blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for "arbitrary and political reasons".
18 January 2010 [20:04]
The Turkish government conducts talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via the IMF's Permanent Representation in Ankara.
18 January 2010 [19:57]
Incident with Georgian "monitors" can lead to introduction of visa regime with the country, said Boris Kolesnikov, one of the leaders of the Party of the Regions.
18 January 2010 [19:46]
18 January 2010 [19:19]
Erdogan said that energy should be means of cooperation rather than a matter of competition.
18 January 2010 [19:06]
18 January 2010 [18:55]
Armenian-Egyptian intergovernmental committee sitting is due in Yerevan in summer this year.
18 January 2010 [18:50]
The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO proposes founding two awards, the Ferdowsi and the Sheikh Bahaei to the international organization.
18 January 2010 [18:26]
After a secret meeting with US President Barack Obama's advisor Dennis Ross, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Berlin on a visit focused on Iran.
18 January 2010 [18:14]
Energy investments will be increased by 20 percent to 3.3 billion Turkish lira in 2010 when compared to 2009.
18 January 2010 [18:05]
Iran says it will take legal action against the Riyadh-based Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), one day after the athletic games planned in Tehran for April were canceled.
18 January 2010 [17:33]
18 January 2010 [17:25]
18 January 2010 [17:16]
Gonul was scheduled to visit Afghanistan between January 18 and 20.
18 January 2010 [16:58]
Amid tension in ties between Iran and Britain, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is considering to sever relations with Britain in 12 working fields.
18 January 2010 [16:45]
18 January 2010 [16:23]
Erdogan said that energy should be means of cooperation rather than a matter of competition.
18 January 2010 [16:09]
Currently in Cairo on a formal visit, Armenian parliamentary delegation met Saturday with chairman of the Egyptian People's Assembly Speaker Ahmad Fathi Sorour.
18 January 2010 [15:53]
Asian Development Bank plans to invest over USD 1bn in Georgian economy in 2010-2011, Georgia's Finance Minister Kakha Baindurashvili said.
18 January 2010 [15:27]
The 19th International Conference on Persian Gulf kicked off in Tehran on Monday morning.
18 January 2010 [15:14]
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has become a second Armenian politician to launch a blog.
18 January 2010 [15:08]
One lawyer said Agca was being taken to a military installation for medical tests to determine whether he should do military service.
18 January 2010 [14:52]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko deplores Georgia's being used for manipulations at the Ukrainian elections.
18 January 2010 [14:35]
Lebanon president Michel Suleiman on Saturday told visiting Iranian Vice President Mohammed Reza Tajeddini that Lebanon and Iran should coordinate their stances in the UN Security Council.
18 January 2010 [14:06]
Turkish industry minister will leave for Egypt on Monday.
18 January 2010 [13:55]
Earthquake struck Armenia at 5:05 p.m. local time on Jan. 17, Armenian Seismic Service said.
18 January 2010 [13:36]
Rescue of two people has caused a nationwide joy since hopes are fading away to find any more survivors under rubble.
18 January 2010 [13:18]
18 January 2010 [12:53]
18 January 2010 [12:44]
18 January 2010 [12:37]
Erdogan arrived in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
18 January 2010 [11:27]
Moscow said on Saturday that imposing additional sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear energy program will most likely prove to be of no avail.