News for 22 January 2010
World news
22 January 2010 [20:55]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said substance and spirit of the protocols between Turkey and Armenia for normalisation of relations should be protected.
22 January 2010 [20:27]
Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian welcomed newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative Dafina Gercheva on the occasion of submitting her credentials.
22 January 2010 [20:11]
22 January 2010 [19:35]
Turkey's Constitutional Court overturned a law allowing the military to be put on trial in civilian courts, a move fiercely opposed by the armed forces.
22 January 2010 [19:23]
Ergun said that Turkey was willing to boost commercial and industrial relations with Brazil.
22 January 2010 [19:14]
22 January 2010 [19:03]
An Azerbaijani was kidnapped by Armenians compactly living in Georgian village of Sadakhli.
22 January 2010 [18:57]
Council of Ministers accepted a strategy to strengthen fight against corruption as well as increase transparency.
22 January 2010 [18:49]
22 January 2010 [18:39]
22 January 2010 [18:34]
Georgia will officially leave CIS Parliamentary Assembly today.
22 January 2010 [18:20]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian says his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki will arrive in Yerevan on Jan. 26.
22 January 2010 [18:17]
22 January 2010 [18:04]
Turkish search and rescue team AKUT pulled a woman alive under the rubble of a supermarket eight days after the Haiti earthquake.
22 January 2010 [17:50]
22 January 2010 [17:35]
The fight against illegal immigration must become a "priority issue" in the European Union's ties with Turkey, an EU candidate country, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson said Thursday.
22 January 2010 [17:23]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated Khorassan Steel Company's 550,000-ton sponge iron producing unit on Friday.
22 January 2010 [17:16]
On Jan. 21, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.
22 January 2010 [17:10]
The raids in 16 provinces including Istanbul followed the arrest earlier this week of 25 suspected al Qaeda members.
22 January 2010 [16:37]
Iran's army chief has brushed aside recent warmongering remarks by US military commanders, describing them as crude and unsophisticated.
22 January 2010 [16:33]
Turkey's Constitutional Court overturned a law allowing the military to be put on trial in civilian courts.
22 January 2010 [16:22]
On Jan. 21, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree to remove Armen Smbatian from post of Armenian ambassador to Russia, Armenian Presidential Press service said.
22 January 2010 [16:04]
The Georgian government intends to send its monitors for the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine to be held on Feb. 17.
22 January 2010 [15:38]
Turkey's higher education authority has lifted a compulsory test for foreign students to receive higher education in universities in Turkey.
22 January 2010 [15:24]
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22 January 2010 [14:59]
The citizen of Georgia, Simon Shamanauri, who was injured in the Haiti earthquake, has his leg amputated.
22 January 2010 [14:39]
Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a bill requiring a full workday for university and health personnel.
22 January 2010 [14:26]
22 January 2010 [14:20]
EU, OSCE and the UN envoys will arrive in the occupied Tskhinvali region on Jan. 22.
22 January 2010 [14:17]
Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a bill requiring a full workday for university and health personnel.
22 January 2010 [13:57]
Iran has invited Islamic and Arab countries to collaborate on producing a film on the illegitimate occupation of Palestine.
22 January 2010 [13:40]
22 January 2010 [13:27]
The Government of Armenia approved an agreement between Germany and Armenia on financial cooperation during the meeting held on Jan. 21.
22 January 2010 [13:14]
Ukrainian group Privat became the proprietor of Georgian ski resort of Gudauri.
22 January 2010 [12:53]
22 January 2010 [12:35]
Iran will remove three zeros from its national currency, the rial, so it can recover value lost in recent years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
22 January 2010 [12:23]
On Jan. 21, Armenian Deputy Culture Minister David Muradyan was removed from his position.
22 January 2010 [12:17]
This year the government of Georgia doesn't plan to increase expenditures on military purposes.
22 January 2010 [12:15]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received EU representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby on Jan. 21.
22 January 2010 [12:07]
Iran has restricted individuals from taking out more than $15,000 in cash from banks per day as part of efforts to battle money-laundering.
22 January 2010 [11:44]
Prosecutors and investigators of the Hague international Tribunal will arrive in Georgia in early February to investigate circumstances of the beginning of war in South Ossetia in August 2008.
22 January 2010 [11:39]
Turkey's president ratified a law on free trade zones on Thursday.
22 January 2010 [11:35]
22 January 2010 [11:16]
Labour Party of Georgia calls upon the UN Security Council to hand over president Saakashvili to the Hague Tribunal for the scandal of Georgian observers in Ukraine.
22 January 2010 [11:08]
Cubukcu met with her Azerbaijani counterpart Misir Mardanov within the scope of her two-day visit to Azerbaijan.
22 January 2010 [11:00]
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22 January 2010 [10:25]
On Jan. 21, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
22 January 2010 [10:14]
22 January 2010 [09:53]
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says current regional and global developments are in "the interest of independent and justice-seeking countries."
22 January 2010 [09:48]
The statement said people also assist through internet or by making donations to banks.
Weird / Interesting
22 January 2010 [18:53]
22 January 2010 [17:39]
Police in Michigan say a dispute between two sisters turned into a Mike Tyson title fight... no one lost an ear, but 27-year-old Bobbie J. Smith is accused of chomping off her sister's nose.
22 January 2010 [16:10]
Politics
22 January 2010 [20:48]
Azerbaijan is perplexed at Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s recent statement, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
22 January 2010 [19:53]
22 January 2010 [17:45]
Russia actively supports the dialogue between Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
22 January 2010 [17:00]
OSCE failed to hold monitoring on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces due to technical problems, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
22 January 2010 [16:18]
22 January 2010 [15:45]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold a winter session in Strasbourg on January 25-29.
22 January 2010 [15:30]
Day.Az interview with Professor at Political Science Department of Russia’s Graduate School of Economics and political scientist Fyodr Shelov-Kovedyaev.
22 January 2010 [15:07]
22 January 2010 [14:51]
Famous actor and film director Yuli Gusman has praised Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's role in building relations between Russia and Azerbaijan.
22 January 2010 [13:48]
22 January 2010 [13:32]
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the statement on their recent trip to the South Caucasus region, the organization's official Web site said.
22 January 2010 [13:05]
"Azerbaijan has decided to donate $500,000 to Haiti relief efforts," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
22 January 2010 [12:47]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani political expert Zardusht Alizade.
22 January 2010 [12:00]
Day.Az interview with member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (parliament) and Deputy Chairman of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Ismet Buyukataman.
22 January 2010 [11:31]
22 January 2010 [09:21]
Business
22 January 2010 [18:10]
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev advised to study Azerbaijan's experience in associated gas revenues.
22 January 2010 [17:05]
Inflation is expected to reach 5-7 percent in Azerbaijan at the end of 2010, compared to 1.5 percent in 2009, said Arif Veliyev, chairman of the State Statistical Committee.
22 January 2010 [10:55]
Azerbaijan, which started industrial production of gold in July 2009, keeps on developing gold extraction.
22 January 2010 [09:34]
Director of Urban Services of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Matthew Westfall will arrive in the capital of Azerbaijan on Jan. 22.
Photo Galleries
22 January 2010 [16:52]
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There are so many amazing things on Earth that a man just marvel given how all this differs from what is familiar to him.
Society
22 January 2010 [19:10]
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Russian culture minister Alexander Avdeeev has praised his country`s relations with Azerbaijan.
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22 January 2010 [11:23]
“Mugham in Montana” documentary has won another prize this time in the 'Mountains-Environmental' category at the Sierra Nevada Film Festival.
22 January 2010 [10:06]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Turkish education minister Nimet Cubukcu on Jan. 21.
Sports
22 January 2010 [18:14]
Arts & Entertainment
22 January 2010 [20:35]
The Romancing The Stone star reveals how he keeps the passion burning with a combination of Viagra and willpower.
22 January 2010 [20:20]
Johnny Depp has revealed how he never leaves the house.
22 January 2010 [19:40]
The Eight Mile actress' husband, Simon Monjack, has launched an attack at Hollywood for allegedly causing her death.
22 January 2010 [18:44]
A funny thing happened to Paul Reubens on the way to his twilight years: He rediscovered the child within.
22 January 2010 [18:25]
Kylie Minogue ditched her glamorous pop star image for a night and was snapped make-up free in London.
22 January 2010 [17:58]
The Two Singers Join Star-Studded Guest List Already Including Brad Pitt, Taylor Swift and Denzel Washington.
22 January 2010 [17:29]
Jason Momoa is the new Conan the Barbarian.
22 January 2010 [16:44]
US talk show host Conan O'Brien has reportedly agreed a pay-off of more than £15.8m as he looks set to leave NBC's Tonight show.
22 January 2010 [16:29]
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22 January 2010 [14:44]
Samuel L Jackson and Josh Duhamel have signed on to supernatural thriller Sympathy For The Devil, from director Boaz Yakin.
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