News for 10 February 2010
World news
10 February 2010 [20:22]
Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin and Georgia's Parliament Speaker David Bakradze had a tete-a-tete meeting at the Turkish parliament, and then chaired the meeting between two delegations.
10 February 2010 [20:11]
Georgia's state commission for coordination of integration into NATO endorsed the Annual National Program of cooperation with NATO [ANP] for 2010.
10 February 2010 [20:03]
Former Iranian deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh was handed a five-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his lawyer said Wednesday.
10 February 2010 [20:00]
Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan met with Turkey's commercial attaches serving in Europe on Wednesday.
10 February 2010 [19:31]
Another deportation of Georgian citizens from Poland is planned for today.
10 February 2010 [19:16]
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul visited Taj Mahal in Agra, India together with his spouse Hayrunnisa Gul.
10 February 2010 [19:00]
The Foundation for Human Rights & Freedoms & Humanitarian Relief (IHH) is continuing to help people in Haiti which was hit by a severe earthquake.
10 February 2010 [18:53]
In 2009, total amount of private remittances to Armenia reduced by 30.6 percent compared to 2008, making $1.576 bn.
10 February 2010 [18:32]
10 February 2010 [18:05]
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met the Executive Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research Camille Grand in Paris on Feb. 9.
10 February 2010 [17:57]
A Sunni cleric in the northwestern Iranian city of Sardasht has warned about attempts by Israeli Jews to purchase 'Muslim lands' in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
10 February 2010 [17:43]
Visiting Spanish businessmen will hold meetings with Georgian businessmen on Feb. 10.
10 February 2010 [17:19]
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10 February 2010 [17:00]
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) plans to begin drilling in phase 11 of Iran's South Pars gas project in March to evaluate reserves, an official says.
10 February 2010 [16:55]
10 February 2010 [16:33]
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Armen Harutyunyan is not preparing to take over the post of General Prosecutor in Armenia.
10 February 2010 [16:25]
Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the letter sent by Serzh Sargsian to his Turkish counterpart Gul was a routine message sent by leaders while flying over Turkish territory.
10 February 2010 [16:12]
Advisers to Iran's Opposition Leader Mir Hussein Mousavi, Alireza Behisti and Mohammadreza Tajik, were released.
10 February 2010 [15:47]
Georgia has become a vice president of the education bureau of UNESCO.
10 February 2010 [15:26]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Turkey has been conducting silent diplomacy for a couple of weeks to ease tension due to Iran's stepping up uranium enrichment.
10 February 2010 [15:14]
A senior Iranian oil official says Iran is ready to provide Switzerland with about one million cubic meters of natural gas per day.
10 February 2010 [14:45]
10 February 2010 [14:34]
At a plenary sitting on Tuesday, after long discussions, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Constitution in the second reading.
10 February 2010 [14:27]
Turkish energy minister said that Germany would become one of the most important partners of Turkey in the area of energy.
10 February 2010 [14:06]
Iran has already started producing 120 - millimeter and 130-millimeter cannon and tank shells.
10 February 2010 [13:53]
In the second half of March, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a return visit to Syria.
10 February 2010 [13:44]
The Parliament of Georgia strongly criticized France's selling Mistral, the helicopter carrier ship, to Russia.
10 February 2010 [13:38]
The Turkish head of ISAF's regional command in Kabul met Tuesday with a group of media members at the Kabul headquarters.
10 February 2010 [13:11]
US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has announced that the international community is willing to help Iran procure medical radioisotopes from foreign countries.
10 February 2010 [12:53]
Share of Armenian companies has decreased by 38 percent in IT sphere.
10 February 2010 [12:42]
Four people were killed and another person was missing in Turkey after floods and severe storms swept through its Mediterranean coastal region.
10 February 2010 [12:23]
Georgian journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze, head of the studio ‘Reporter’, asks the Swiss government for a political asylum.
10 February 2010 [12:12]
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Ali-Akbar Salehi says the door to talks on a nuclear swap deal with the West is still open.
10 February 2010 [12:05]
Turkish foreign minister said that Armenia holds back on Ankara-Yerevan protocols.
10 February 2010 [11:24]
10 February 2010 [11:18]
Chairperson of Defence and Security committee of parliament of Georgia Givi Targamadze may encounter problems in parliament.
10 February 2010 [11:06]
Brazil has warned against imposing a new round of UN sanctions on Iran, saying that the dispute over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through peaceful means.
10 February 2010 [10:55]
Muammer Yıldız, Istanbul’s provincial director of education, said 10,000 more classrooms are needed in the city in order to attain international education standards.
10 February 2010 [10:13]
Armenian delegation headed by Deputy FM Arman Kirakosyan arrived in Syria on Feb. 9.
10 February 2010 [10:07]
Georgian former PM Zurab Nogaideli’s Movement for Fair Georgia and Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow on Feb. 9.
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Analytics
10 February 2010 [18:15]
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Weird / Interesting
10 February 2010 [19:23]
Nothing much usually happens in workings men’s clubs. The odd raised voice over a game of dominoes, perhaps. Maybe a shout of glee at a bull check-out at darts.
10 February 2010 [17:25]
10 February 2010 [14:15]
A girl of 12 is fighting to divorce her 80-year-old husband in a landmark test case in Saudi Arabia.
10 February 2010 [13:25]
A thief in Germany robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee, authorities said on Tuesday.
10 February 2010 [10:43]
Politics
10 February 2010 [18:24]
On Feb. 9, Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov received newly-appointed ambassadors of Canada, Mali and Serbia to Azerbaijan Mark Bailey, Brahima Kulibali and Vladimir Jurgus respectively.
10 February 2010 [17:28]
“Ahmet Davutoglu should once and for all understand that the border with the enemy should never be opened,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said.
10 February 2010 [16:05]
According to the NATO-Azerbaijan Individual Partnership Action Plan, the Arabic Course will be organized in Abu Dhabi, UAE from Feb. 14 to May 5, 2010, press service of the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry said.
10 February 2010 [14:56]
Azerbaijani MP says Armenia already realizes that it pursues wrong policies.
10 February 2010 [14:00]
10 February 2010 [13:08]
Member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Asaf Hajiyev says policies of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan have resulted in a deep economic crisis in Armenia.
10 February 2010 [13:00]
Israeli FM has praised his country's relations with Azerbaijan.
10 February 2010 [11:00]
10 February 2010 [10:00]
Israel hopes that all the agreements reached within the OSCE Minsk Group will be implemented, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said.
10 February 2010 [09:21]
Photo Galleries
10 February 2010 [19:30]
Society
10 February 2010 [19:50]
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10 February 2010 [16:42]
Audience in Azerbaijan's capital will have an opportunity to watch movies by Iranian filmmakers this weekend.
10 February 2010 [13:31]
10 February 2010 [11:47]
President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Executive Order to finance Azerbaijani PhD candidates' studies in Europe.
10 February 2010 [10:37]
Polish Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski has praised tolerance in Azerbaijan during a talk with chief of the country's state committee for the work with religious associations Hidayat Orujov.
Sports
10 February 2010 [17:37]
Azerbaijan's chess grandmaster Rauf Mammadov has made a successful start to Aeroflot Open annual international tournament in Moscow after defeating Philippine's Darvin Laylon.
10 February 2010 [15:32]
Azerbaijan's national badminton team have won bronze medal in an international tournament in Tehran, Iran.
Arts & Entertainment
10 February 2010 [19:43]
10 February 2010 [18:45]
Lisa Marie Presley contacted the spirit of her late husband Michael Jackson in a séance, it has been claimed.
10 February 2010 [17:07]
10 February 2010 [15:09]
Jessica Alba has reportedly spoken out about her views on romantic dates.
10 February 2010 [12:36]
The winner is no one you know. For now.
10 February 2010 [11:33]
Actor Louis Gossett Jr has reportedly been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
10 February 2010 [10:22]
10 February 2010 [09:56]
Sienna Miller is said to be "seriously considering" moving in with her ex-partner Jude Law.
