Society
06 August 2009 [14:16]
Iran has conducted one of the largest mass executions in its post-revolution history when 24 convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison west of Tehran.
06 August 2009 [13:43]
Azerbaijan National Mine Action agency (ANAMA) demined 2,244,355 square meters of area in July 2009.
06 August 2009 [12:34]
A fifteen-minute music video about four traditional players of Azerbaijani music on tour across the U.S. state of Montana has won an Award of Merit in the short film/documentary category at the La Jolla, California 2009 Accolade Film Festival Competition.
06 August 2009 [12:11]
06 August 2009 [11:22]
The US attack devastated the city and killed hundreds of thousands of people during World War Two.
06 August 2009 [11:06]
Rescue officials searched the South Pacific's waters for 27 people missing after a ferry sank during the night off the coast of Tonga, New Zealand rescue coordinators said Thursday.
06 August 2009 [10:06]
06 August 2009 [09:17]
The origin of the pneumonic plague might be the dog raised by the first victim, disease control specialists discovered yesterday.
05 August 2009 [17:49]
Azerbaijani Press Council received 247 appeals in the first half of 2009.
05 August 2009 [16:21]
“Indicators of socio-economic development show that the country developed at a fast pace in the first half of 2009,” parliament ‘s social policy committee deputy chairman Musa Guliyev said.
05 August 2009 [15:26]
05 August 2009 [14:24]
05 August 2009 [13:24]
Antigua's highest mountain officially became "Mount Obama" on Tuesday as the small Caribbean nation celebrated the American president on his birthday and saluted him as a symbol of black achievement.
05 August 2009 [12:59]
Turkey-flagged "Duden" cargo ship was attacked by pirates near the Nigerian coasts on August 2, Turkish media reported.
05 August 2009 [12:17]
05 August 2009 [11:42]
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that A/H1N1 virus spread in 168 countries.
05 August 2009 [10:12]
Brazilian health authorities Tuesday reported 37 new deaths of A/H1N1 flu in the country, which brought the total death toll to 129, Xinhua reported.
05 August 2009 [09:31]
Member of the Parliament of Azerbaijan is in favor of strengthening a struggle against violence towards children.
05 August 2009 [09:12]
Youth world wrestling championship has started in Ankara.
05 August 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijani citizen who lives in the Gaza Strip can not return home due to problem with her documents.
04 August 2009 [17:16]
Georgia's swine flu cases have reached 12.
04 August 2009 [17:06]
A poster featuring Barack Obama in "whiteface", complete with the Joker's sickly red smile and black eyes, is popping up all over LA.
04 August 2009 [16:16]
Despite the fact that China has reported third case of death from pneumonic plague, the danger does not threaten Azerbaijani citizens, Azerbaijani Plague Center Deputy Director Shair Gurbanov said.
04 August 2009 [11:13]
“There is no A/H1N1 virus in Azerbaijan at the moment,” Plague Center Deputy Director Rafiq Abdullayev said.
04 August 2009 [10:55]
Month of Ramadan will begin in Azerbaijan on August 22, Caucasian Muslims Office official Haji Fuad Nurulla said.
04 August 2009 [09:50]
04 August 2009 [09:17]
Health officials say that a college student has become the first South African to die from swine flu, AP reported.
03 August 2009 [16:17]
Azerbaijan’s Heydar Aliyev Foundation has organized a camp for children with diabetes deprived from parents’ care in southern Lankaran city located 270 outside Baku.
03 August 2009 [12:49]
A fire blazed up at a central shop in Baku.
03 August 2009 [11:12]
A joint Austrian-Mongolian treasure hunt team has unearthed rare Buddhist treasures, not seen for more than 70 years, in the Gobi desert.
03 August 2009 [10:38]
03 August 2009 [09:52]
“The state of the Azerbaijani teenager infected with swine flu in the United Kingdom is normal,” Plague Center Director Shair Gurbanov said.
03 August 2009 [09:30]
“State youth development program is being implemented successfully,” National Council of Youth Organizations chairman and member of parliament Fuad Muradov said.
01 August 2009 [12:06]
In addition to two already revealed swine flu cases, the virus may be confirmed with two more individuals in Azerbaijan.
01 August 2009 [11:35]
“The monitoring to Azerbaijan’s Family Code is going on."
01 August 2009 [11:22]
Azerbaijani diplomats abroad are insured against swine flu ((A/H1/N1.
01 August 2009 [11:15]
Azerbaijan’s Health Ministry Plague Center Director Magsud Gasimov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
01 August 2009 [10:08]
01 August 2009 [09:29]
Azerbaijan’s Gabala city will host international music festival on August 11 to 23.
01 August 2009 [08:47]
Iran might ban pilgrimages to Mecca during the holy month of Ramadan because of swine flu fears as the number of Iranians infected with the virus topped 60, the health minister said.
01 August 2009 [08:34]
Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee (SCC) takes a series of measures aimed at preventing the spread of the swine flu (A/H1/N1) in the country, the SCC said on July 31.
31 July 2009 [17:39]
“I hope A/H1N1 virus will not have an impact on development of tourism in Azerbaijan."
31 July 2009 [17:10]
Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev commented on plans to establish museum of the so-called “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” monuments in famous Azerbaijani singer Bulbul’s museum house in Shusha.
31 July 2009 [17:02]
Over 60 people were held accountable for ecological crimes in Azerbaijan during six months.
31 July 2009 [16:34]
National Council of Azerbaijan’s Youth Organizations (NCAYO) will implement several new projects under the healthy life style program, NCAYO chair Fuad Muradov said.
31 July 2009 [15:58]
The number of crimes registered in January-June this year in Azerbaijan has exceeded the figure of the same period of last year by 7.5%, First Deputy Interior Minister Vilayat Eyvazov said.
31 July 2009 [15:42]
Search warrants filed Thursday in court in Clark County, Nevada, and carried out at properties of Michael Jackson's doctor imply that investigators looking into his death believe the singer was a drug addict, CNN reported.
31 July 2009 [15:28]
The chairman of the State Students Admission Commission (SSAC) does not believe results of the entrance examinations are ideal this year.
31 July 2009 [14:39]
Pope Benedict XVI will release an album on which he sings and recites prayers to the Virgin Mary, his label said today.
31 July 2009 [14:12]
The Azerbaijan State Migration Service has not yet revealed swine flu (A/H1/N1) case among migrant workers, the state service said on July 31.
31 July 2009 [13:42]
Armenian army faces shortage of conscripts, Eurasianet reported.
31 July 2009 [12:27]
31 July 2009 [11:36]
“There is no danger to the health of those infected with swine flu in Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijan Plague Center Director Shair Qurbanov said.
31 July 2009 [11:19]
Director of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Human Rights Institute Aytan Mustafazade spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
31 July 2009 [10:58]
French health authorities on Thursday announced the death of a teenage girl who had contracted swine flu but also suffered from another serious illness complicated by a severe lung infection, AFP reported.
31 July 2009 [09:51]
The first match as a part of the third qualifying round of the European League between Azerbaijan’s Garabagh and Finland’s Honka took place in Helsinki on July 30.
31 July 2009 [09:24]
31 July 2009 [09:12]
Belgian officials are reporting the country's first swine flu death and say the patient had also contracted pneumonia.
31 July 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijani Army is taking preventive measures to prevent A/H1N1 threat.
31 July 2009 [08:21]
The Amnesty Act adopted at the initiative of the First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO Mehriban Aliyeva has covered 9,564 prisoners.
30 July 2009 [17:53]
A/H1N1 virus has not been found in pig breeding farms in Azerbaijan, spokesman for Azerbaijan State Veterinary Service Yolchu Khanvali said.
30 July 2009 [14:56]
Preventive measures have been toughened due to the first A/H1N1 case in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Airways (AZAL) spokesperson Maharram Safarli said.
30 July 2009 [14:06]
Azerbaijan State Railway has intensified work due to the first swine flu case revealed in the country,” railway office spokesperson Nadir Azmammadov said.
30 July 2009 [13:51]
A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned that the number of swine flu cases could hit 10 million in the country within the next two years, Press TV reported.
30 July 2009 [13:38]
A tricycle driver's wife gave birth to a two-headed baby girl at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Tuesday night.
30 July 2009 [13:07]
"Neither the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, nor Azerbaijani government passed an official decision to cancel Hajj pilgrimage this year."
30 July 2009 [11:51]
A group claiming to be the Indonesian arm of the al Qaeda terrorist network is purportedly taking responsibility for a pair of deadly bombs that exploded within minutes of each other at two luxury hotels in Jakarta, CNN reported.
30 July 2009 [09:49]
30 July 2009 [09:32]
The fate of one of the youngest detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison is emerging as a major test of whether the courts or the president has the final authority over when prisoners there are released, New York Times reported.
29 July 2009 [17:42]
Chris Young, famous American producer of Izzy Gold aka, will trip to Baku, AzeriLife Inc. director for music Farid Mammadov said.
29 July 2009 [17:12]
“The speech by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov at a meeting of the State Commission to Combat Drug Abuse and Drugs Trafficking held in the Cabinet of Ministers has been misinterpreted by some media outlets,” the Cabinet of Ministers spokesperson Akif Ali said.
29 July 2009 [16:49]
Azerbaijani parliament’s social policy committee is working on a new bill, committee’s chair Hadi Rajabli said.
29 July 2009 [14:51]
Azerbaijani State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents controls the obligatory certification of arms and their registration.
29 July 2009 [14:33]
29 July 2009 [12:32]
The Azerbaijani Health Ministry did almost 500 tests under laboratory conditions in line with the measures to prevent swine flu (AH1N1), the ministry said on July 29.
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