News for 21 February 2010
World news
21 February 2010 [19:10]
Azerbaijan's Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday in Tehran.
21 February 2010 [18:55]
Four Kurdish rebels belonging to the outlawed Komole group were killed on Sunday by Iranian security forces in north-western Iran.
21 February 2010 [18:45]
Turkey and Croatia were presented with the "Excellence Cruise Award" in a special ceremony held in Spain's City of Malaga.
21 February 2010 [18:17]
Iran's parliament speaker has advised the US president to "do something about" his secretary of state because she is jeopardizing US interests.
21 February 2010 [18:10]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will participate in the Madrid summit with 10 Turkish ministers.
21 February 2010 [13:50]
Throngs of mourners turned out on Saturday for a funeral of 21-year-old Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in a crash during practice run hours before the Vancouver Olympics on February 12.
21 February 2010 [11:27]
Iran has expressed condolences to the North African nation of Morocco over the collapse of a minaret at a 400-year-old mosque which left dozens of civilians dead.
21 February 2010 [11:10]
Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said any delay could not be legitimated regarding the negotiations aiming to find a solution to the Cyprus issue.
Weird / Interesting
21 February 2010 [14:00]
A major clinical trial will test whether the female sex hormone can minimise damage and improve recovery after brain injury.
21 February 2010 [13:25]
Geneva border guards were stunned when an X-ray revealed 1.7kg of cocaine in a drug mule’s stomach.
21 February 2010 [13:10]
Yep, a thief – who apparently loves a pun - has been hot-footing it around the capital of South Korea stealing hundreds of pairs of shoes.
Politics
21 February 2010 [17:30]
Daily Laugh
21 February 2010 [18:38]
21 February 2010 [13:40]
21 February 2010 [11:20]
Photo Galleries
21 February 2010 [14:20]
Society
21 February 2010 [10:50]
Weak quake jolted the western Azerbaijan on Saturday evening.
Arts & Entertainment
21 February 2010 [18:26]
Roman Polanski won the Silver Bear as best director for The Ghost Writer, his film starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor and Kim Cattrall, which premiered last week at the Berlin International Film Festival.
21 February 2010 [14:10]
Colin Firth has revealed that he enjoys growing older.
21 February 2010 [11:35]
Drew Barrymore will be honoured at the GLAAD Media Awards.
21 February 2010 [11:03]
A burlesque performer reportedly vomited on Susan Sarandon when the actress attended a show.
