News for 08 October 2006
Politics
08 October 2006 [03:01]
Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with representatives of French companies doing business in Turkey on Saturday and asked for their help to thwart a French bill that would make it a crime to deny that World War I-era killings of Armenians amounted to genocide, the state-owned Anatolia news agency reported.
08 October 2006 [02:53]
This country entry has been extracted from a forthcoming Amnesty International (AI) report, Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns in the Region: January - June 2006 to be issued later in 2006.
Business
08 October 2006 [22:39]
Iran made a pitch to become a strategic export route for Central Asia's oil, even as Tehran faces mounting pressure from the West to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
08 October 2006 [02:48]
ITECA Caspian LTD, the exclusive partner of ITE Group Plc - the leading organizer of the international trade exhibitions and conferences in the South Caucasus will open 12th Azerbaijan International Construction Exhibition "BakuBuild 2006" and 1st International Real Estate Exhibition "AzRealty-2006", October 11- 14 in Heydar Aliyev Sport and Exhibition Complex.
Society
08 October 2006 [22:42]
Azerbaijan's national Coach, Shahin Diniyev, was proud of the fight that his men put up in Boavista's Bessa stadium in the northern Portuguese city of Porto last night.
08 October 2006 [02:52]
On October 7, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended ceremonies to open a motorway connecting the town of Guba with Khinaliyg, a four thousand year old backcountry village located 2,3 km above sea level.
08 October 2006 [02:40]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals Saturday to give Portugal a 3-0 victory over Azerbaijan in a European Championship qualifier.
