News for 02 March 2010
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02 March 2010 [10:44]
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World news
02 March 2010 [20:57]
Foreign Minister Murray McCully of New Zealand will pay a formal visit to Turkey from March 3 to 5.
02 March 2010 [20:41]
One should not endanger the Turkish-American relations, considering resolution on so-called "genocide" of Armenians in the U.S. Congress, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
02 March 2010 [20:35]
A criminal case filed on the daughter of Rafsanjani, Faiza Hashemi and his son Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian Justice Minister Murtaza Bakhtiari said.
02 March 2010 [20:16]
World's third largest plant genetic resource bank will be opened in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [20:10]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned that the international community is moving too slowly to follow Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
02 March 2010 [19:53]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is in Egypt on a formal visit, met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el Sheikh on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [19:48]
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday there was still room for diplomacy rather than sanctions to produce a solution to the dispute with Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [19:35]
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would visit London in March.
02 March 2010 [19:24]
Japan made a new offer to Iran to sell 20-percent enriched uranium Iranian Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee member Zohra Ilahiyan said.
02 March 2010 [19:11]
02 March 2010 [19:03]
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday urged Turkey and Armenia on behalf of the European Union to speed up stalled reconciliation efforts.
02 March 2010 [18:53]
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested at his residence and transferred to an unknown location.
02 March 2010 [18:37]
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin will go to Italy on Wednesday upon an invitation from Gianfranco Fini, the president of Italian House of Representatives.
02 March 2010 [18:32]
The 23rd International Conference of Islamic Unity has opened in the Iranian capital, Tehran, with focus on major challenges facing Muslims across the globe.
02 March 2010 [18:27]
02 March 2010 [18:15]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that he was misunderstood in his criticism of the media last week and that he never pressured Turkish media owners to dismiss journalists.
02 March 2010 [17:56]
China has called for more negotiations over Iran's nuclear program after Russia suggested it may consider new sanctions against Tehran.
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02 March 2010 [17:13]
Turkey could pull its troops off Cyprus if there was a deal, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [17:00]
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02 March 2010 [16:47]
A Turkish general and a prosecutor have been charged with belonging to an alleged network aiming to discredit the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government and prompt a military coup.
02 March 2010 [16:24]
02 March 2010 [16:19]
Georgia has held political consultations with Poland.
02 March 2010 [16:13]
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the Raver town in the Kerman province of Iran this morning.
02 March 2010 [16:05]
02 March 2010 [15:38]
Dozens of Iranians gathered in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Tehran on Monday to protest against Oslo's interventionist policies in regard to Iran's internal affairs.
02 March 2010 [15:29]
The leader of the Protect Georgia, Levan Gachechiladze, is waiting for his colleagues to determine his role and place in the united opposition.
02 March 2010 [15:23]
Turkish General Staff announced that military prosecutors relaunched the investigation into suspected military plot to topple the government.
02 March 2010 [15:16]
An official at Austrian major gas company OMV says the transport of Iranian gas via the Nabucco pipeline would be interesting in the long term.
02 March 2010 [15:02]
02 March 2010 [14:45]
Armenia has presented its proposals on uncoordinated items on the Madrid principles to co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told press conference.
02 March 2010 [14:42]
U.N. Secretary General has a new representative in Georgia.
02 March 2010 [14:37]
02 March 2010 [14:34]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it could take several months to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [14:17]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to France on March 9-11.
02 March 2010 [14:08]
Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkey supported the Turkish Cypriot cause regardless of who the president is.
02 March 2010 [13:52]
Head of Iranology Section of the Oriental Studies Center at Russian Academy of Sciences, Nina Mamedova says sanctions would not affect Iran at all as Iranians have got used to western sanctions since 1979.
02 March 2010 [13:39]
02 March 2010 [13:19]
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) demands early presidential and parliamentary elections in Armenia this summer, stated ANC central office Coordinator Levon Zurabyan.
02 March 2010 [13:04]
02 March 2010 [12:53]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [12:31]
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02 March 2010 [12:07]
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was named on Monday winner of the inaugural prize of the UN Habitat, which was established in honour of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
02 March 2010 [11:58]
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) insists that Tehran is "fully" cooperating with the nuclear watchdog.
02 March 2010 [11:50]
Georgians consider Mikheil Saakashvili, the present-day President of Georgia, the most power-loving politician.
02 March 2010 [11:22]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Tehran to protest Bishkek's denial that terrorist leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested on one of its airliners on February 23.
02 March 2010 [11:14]
Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc attended a ceremony in which the Damascus office of TRT-Turk was opened on Monday.
02 March 2010 [10:52]
02 March 2010 [10:39]
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the late first President of Georgia, has stopped his hunger strike, announced his attorney Keti Bekauri.
02 March 2010 [10:33]
Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Monday that nuclear disarmament is an important and sensitive international issue.
02 March 2010 [10:23]
02 March 2010 [10:13]
On March 1, opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) staged a rally in Yerevan.
02 March 2010 [09:54]
On March 3-4, the EU delegation, headed by Ángel Moratinos, the Foreign Minister of Spain, the EU chair country, will visit Georgia.
02 March 2010 [09:46]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan will travel to Saudi Arabia next week to receive "King Faisal International Prize", Erdogan's office said in a statement on Monday.
02 March 2010 [09:35]
IRI foreign minister said here Monday US should explain agenda of the aborted meeting with international terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi.
Analytics
02 March 2010 [14:30]
Weird / Interesting
02 March 2010 [18:09]
In what is surely one of the oddest twists of fate, the Hwang sisters, identical quads, have all gotten nursing jobs and are working at the very same South Korean hospital where they were born twenty-one years ago!
02 March 2010 [17:33]
Children in two Nepalese villages have reportedly celebrated the end of an annual ten-day "cursing festival".
02 March 2010 [15:43]
A Royal Observer Corps nuclear bunker has attracted a bid of £19,500 on eBay.
02 March 2010 [13:12]
He can wrap his ankles behind his head, wind his arms behind his back and wiggle his way through a tennis racket.
02 March 2010 [10:57]
An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.
Politics
02 March 2010 [20:50]
The Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister said Iran's law enforcement agencies should take measures in connection with disrespect shown to state symbols on the building of the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran.
02 March 2010 [20:03]
02 March 2010 [19:41]
UK energy minister Lord Hunt will pay a visit to Baku, the British Embassy reported today.
02 March 2010 [18:53]
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Baku as part of a regional visit to the South Caucasus March 2.
02 March 2010 [18:21]
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02 March 2010 [17:07]
Interview with Council of Europe (CE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg.
02 March 2010 [16:51]
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and National Coordinator on CIS Affairs Igor Shuvalov has launched his Azerbaijan visit today.
02 March 2010 [16:36]
02 March 2010 [16:32]
Day.Az interview with Oktay Vural, Deputy Chairman of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (parliament).
02 March 2010 [14:00]
Day.Az interview with senior consultant at Ukraine's National Institute of International Security Problems Elena Kotelyanets.
02 March 2010 [12:38]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani psychologist Azad Isazade.
02 March 2010 [11:25]
02 March 2010 [11:06]
Azerbaijani MP Asef Hajiyev says the issue of “Armenian genocide” must be debated not by politicians, but historians.
02 March 2010 [10:27]
Business
02 March 2010 [18:45]
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Daily Laugh
02 March 2010 [15:10]
Photo Galleries
02 March 2010 [15:49]
02 March 2010 [12:00]
Seventeen days after it began, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are now complete. A total of 258 medals were awarded, with the United States, Germany, and Canada collecting the most medals.
Society
02 March 2010 [19:18]
The 11th meeting of the Council of Heads of CIS State New Agencies started in Baku.
02 March 2010 [17:39]
Landslide has activated in Gusar region of Azerbaijan.
02 March 2010 [15:33]
The European Union is sure of great potential of Azerbaijan in terms of use of alternative energy sources.
02 March 2010 [14:55]
Bulgaria is preparing to get access to non-traditional for itself market of education services in Azerbaijan.
02 March 2010 [13:45]
Bulgaria's Culture minister Vezhdi Rashidov is likely to visit Azerbaijan earlier this April.
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Sports
02 March 2010 [14:25]
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Arts & Entertainment
02 March 2010 [16:43]
Brooke Mueller will file for divorce from Charlie Sheen when his upcoming domestic abuse courtcase is over, it has been reported.
02 March 2010 [15:59]
Bill Clinton has offered his support to Tiger Woods, according to People.
02 March 2010 [14:49]
Zac Efron woke up on a water bed of a different kind when his £650,000 Hollywood home was flooded by heavy rain.
02 March 2010 [13:27]
Katie Holmes is reportedly undertaking a Scientology 'audit' as part of preparations to have another baby.
02 March 2010 [12:23]
Lady Gaga has warned her fans to practice safe sex as she launches a campaign to raise awareness about HIV and Aids.
02 March 2010 [11:34]
Alicia Keys has credited her tough upbringing in New York for ensuring that she was never tempted by drugs.
02 March 2010 [10:06]
Jude Law has jetted to Florida to finally meet up with his lovechild and sort out how he is going to support his American daughter.
