News for 19 January 2010
Voice of Diaspora
19 January 2010 [11:05]
World news
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.
Politics
19 January 2010 [18:11]
Interview with Russian ITAR-TASS news agency General Director Vitaly Ignatenko on the eve of the inter-state forum of the Azerbaijani-Russian community in Baku.
19 January 2010 [17:37]
19 January 2010 [13:45]
Day.Az interview with member of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Fazil Mustafa.
19 January 2010 [12:00]
19 January 2010 [10:46]
The creative staff of the rap song "Justice to Khojaly" created in Azerbaijan has signed an appeal to parliamentarians of the United States, Europe and the OIC.
19 January 2010 [10:07]
The American Azerbaijanis are helping Haiti victims.
19 January 2010 [10:00]
On Jan. 18, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev presided over a Cabinet`s meeting dealing with the outcomes of socio-economic development in 2009.
Business
19 January 2010 [16:42]
Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has reported the work done in 2009 on launching of own communications satellite.
19 January 2010 [15:58]
19 January 2010 [15:36]
The European Commission has included Azerbaijan to the list of countries exporting black caviar to the European Union.
Photo Galleries
19 January 2010 [14:21]
The armed units of the Soviet Union entered Baku and some other regions of Azerbaijan on night from 19 to 20 January, 1990.
19 January 2010 [11:39]
Society
19 January 2010 [20:04]
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Toronto has organized an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 20 January tragedy.
19 January 2010 [19:00]
Problems of the USSR had started since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, Azerbaijani member of parliament Zahid Oruj said.
19 January 2010 [17:13]
Russia’s Kanonplyus publishing house has published a book entitled “Karabakh Diary” by a Russian author.
19 January 2010 [15:06]
The resettlement of the internally displaced persons from hostels and sanatoriums in Baku will start this year, chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said.
19 January 2010 [14:30]
Two were killed in the blast in the testing ground in Absheron region, Azerbaijan, Absheron prosecutor’s office said.
19 January 2010 [12:23]
19 January 2010 [12:14]
Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin has met a traffic accident in Baku.
19 January 2010 [11:51]
19 January 2010 [11:23]
Education minister of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov met his Lithuanian counterpart Gintaras Steponavicius to discuss future cooperation between the two countries on Jan. 18.
19 January 2010 [09:21]
Celebratory anniversary of the 20 January tragedy, initiated by the Azeri Public Association and Turkish Speaking States Policy Support Foundation, was marked in the Kyrgyz city of Kant on 17 January.
Sports
19 January 2010 [19:29]
19 January 2010 [18:32]
19 January 2010 [13:38]
International cycle race kicked off in Iran along the Parsabad – Baku route.
19 January 2010 [09:35]
An international cadet freestyle wrestling tournament in memory of 20th January martyr Mushvig Isayev has ended in Azerbaijan`s capital.
Arts & Entertainment
19 January 2010 [20:35]
Victoria Beckham has revealed that her three sons have little in common with each other.
19 January 2010 [20:13]
P Diddy has revealed that he wanted to be a bin man when he was younger.
19 January 2010 [19:06]
Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger reportedly wants to be a Bond girl.
19 January 2010 [18:44]
19 January 2010 [17:07]
Mel Gibson has reportedly branded his baby daughter Lucia "an angel".
19 January 2010 [16:27]
John Travolta has arranged a plane to fly aid to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.
19 January 2010 [15:15]
Though they kept things private while dating this fall, Star Trek star Chris Pine and actress Olivia Munn have ended their romance, PEOPLE has confirmed.
19 January 2010 [13:53]
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19 January 2010 [12:02]
She’s already played a maid in Manhattan. Now, Jennifer Lopez’s next role may be a lunch lady in the Golden Globe-honored Glee.
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