News for 09 March 2010
World news
09 March 2010 [20:25]
09 March 2010 [20:17]
Turkey said on Tuesday it will not send its ambassador back to Washington until it gets a clear sign on the fate of a U.S. resolution on Armenian 1915 allegations.
09 March 2010 [20:00]
Turkish prime minister said, "that Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria and we will assess it."
09 March 2010 [19:40]
At its March 9 sitting, the interagency commission in charge of the 2009 Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Program reported that the program was effectively implemented.
09 March 2010 [19:35]
Iran successfully tested the missile system NUR of ground-to-ground class in the Persian Gulf, located on recently commissioned destroyer Dzhamaran.
09 March 2010 [19:30]
Turkish State Minister Cevdet Yilmaz departed for Algeria on Tuesday.
09 March 2010 [19:20]
Movement for Just Georgia leader Zurab Noghaideli again headed for Moscow.
09 March 2010 [19:05]
The Iranian Culture Ministry's Media Control Department warned 17 known pro-governmental and opposition periodical printed publications.
09 March 2010 [18:52]
09 March 2010 [18:47]
In February, Iran's Navy launched the first indigenously designed and developed guided missile destroyer Jamaran in the presence of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
09 March 2010 [18:36]
Greek Cypriot intransigence is hindering a solution to the island’s problems, the prime minister of northern Cyprus said during a press conference in Istanbul on Tuesday.
09 March 2010 [18:23]
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09 March 2010 [18:09]
Turkey will continue consultations concerning the resolution on "Armenian genocide" approved by the committee of the U.S. Congress, by excluding any compromise on this issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said at a press conference in Ankara.
09 March 2010 [17:55]
09 March 2010 [17:43]
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday criticized Germany for releasing the leader of the terrorist group Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK).
09 March 2010 [17:38]
The police chief of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul identified the gunman at the Ukrainian Consulate General as 29-year-old Volkan Ozbudak.
09 March 2010 [17:15]
People, who have any other citizenship in addition to the Georgian one, will not be able to occupy state positions.
09 March 2010 [17:10]
On Tuesday, Sweden's foreign minister said all parties involved in the Iranian nuclear issue must switch focus from sanctions to diplomacy, according to report.
09 March 2010 [16:50]
Turkish Embassy in Brussels condemned recent attack on a business place belonged to a Turkish person following detention of suspected PKK members in the country.
09 March 2010 [16:45]
Two employees of the border police and their accomplice were arrested in Georgia over abuse of power and falsification of documents.
09 March 2010 [16:36]
Armenia's Court of Appeal rejected today the suit filed by defenders of Nikol Pashinyan, arrested editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily, but declared amnesty toward the editor-in-chief.
09 March 2010 [16:28]
09 March 2010 [16:21]
Turkish State Minister Hayati Yazici left for Georgia on an official visit.
09 March 2010 [15:55]
One person was killed and six wounded in a blast that occurred in Kumuri settlement, Vani region of Georgia.
09 March 2010 [15:35]
09 March 2010 [15:24]
A man trying to get into the Ukrainian Consulate in Istanbul's Bakırköy district was shot by the premises’ security officer Tuesday morning.
09 March 2010 [15:17]
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk will be making an official four-day visit to the South Caucasus.
09 March 2010 [15:03]
Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, will visit Georgia in the course of his regional tour of to South Caucasus.
09 March 2010 [14:44]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Afghanistan Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said Tuesday.
09 March 2010 [14:25]
Turkey and South Korea signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding to establish a cooperation mechanism in contracting and technical consultancy services in third countries.
09 March 2010 [14:06]
The ambassadors of Italy and Germany will be summoned to the Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy under the Iranian parliament.
09 March 2010 [13:42]
09 March 2010 [13:26]
Georgian Government has finalized a six-month contract with one of the most authoritative lobbying companies in Washington Podesta Group in January 2010.
09 March 2010 [13:05]
Turkey may contribute police force to the United Nations' mission in quake-hit Haiti, said a chief aide to the UN secretary-general on Monday.
09 March 2010 [12:53]
Iran's leading female poet has told the BBC she has been barred from leaving the country by the government.
09 March 2010 [12:35]
09 March 2010 [12:17]
The NATO-Georgia commission will hold a session at the NATO headquarters, Brussels on March 12.
09 March 2010 [11:58]
09 March 2010 [11:47]
Iran's gas exports will show a 35-percent rise in the current Iranian calendar year (ending March 20) compared with last year, says a senior energy official.
09 March 2010 [10:55]
09 March 2010 [10:46]
Turkey’s prime minister emphasized Monday his opposition to discrimination against dress style in addressing a women’s rights summit hosted by the women’s branch of the ruling party.
09 March 2010 [10:34]
The Iranian security forces have arrested 30 suspects in connection with Goldquest, a controversial network marketing company which has allegedly defrauded thousands of people worldwide.
09 March 2010 [10:06]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is likely to visit Armenia within coming days, an informed source in Moscow said.
09 March 2010 [09:55]
President of the parliamentary assembly of the OSCE Joao Soares will pay a two-day visit to Georgia on March. 9.
09 March 2010 [09:45]
Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties plans to launch a $1.5 billion real estate project in Istanbul, company's CEO in Turkey said on Monday.
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Analytics
09 March 2010 [16:13]
Weird / Interesting
09 March 2010 [19:10]
An African sand dog named Rascal has won the Del Mar Fairgrounds Ugly Dog Contest at its first attempt.
09 March 2010 [18:27]
09 March 2010 [17:50]
A company in Australia has launched pants made from bananas.
09 March 2010 [15:43]
09 March 2010 [14:37]
Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.
09 March 2010 [11:36]
A car crash in Florida is being blamed on the fact that the driver was attempting to shave her pubic hair while at the wheel.
09 March 2010 [10:23]
A thirsty four-year-old boy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting his hand stuck in a vending machine for more than an hour in New Zealand.
Politics
09 March 2010 [20:10]
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NATO is holding discussions with Azerbaijan in the defense sector, democratic reforms and the preparation of military doctrine, U.S. representative to NATO Jennifer Davis told media in Baku.
09 March 2010 [18:00]
Day.Az interview with Director of Azerbaijan-based Center for Political Innovations and Technologies Mubariz Ahmadoglu.
09 March 2010 [15:10]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received outgoing Iraqi ambassador Arshad Omar Ismail, AzerTAj State News Agency reported.
09 March 2010 [14:14]
Day.Az interview with member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament), Deputy Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (NMP) parliamentary faction Mehmet Sandir.
09 March 2010 [12:44]
Azerbaijani Internal Troops Commander General-Lieutenant Zakir Hasanov stated that combat readiness of the Azerbaijani armed forces is at a high level and it is able to liberate the occupied lands.
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Business
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Daily Laugh
09 March 2010 [20:34]
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Photo Galleries
09 March 2010 [17:34]
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Society
09 March 2010 [19:45]
Representatives of Azerbaijani media outlets will attend Middle East countries' Media Forum, Turkey-based Yeni zaman (New Time) newspaper chief editor Shakir Habiloglu said.
09 March 2010 [19:15]
Day.Az interview with member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) and publicist Elmira Ahkundova.
09 March 2010 [18:43]
09 March 2010 [18:32]
Azerbaijan's representative to the Eurovision 2010 Safura Alizadeh is currently in Sweden.
09 March 2010 [18:04]
Soldier of the Azerbaijani Army has killed his fellow soldier.
Sports
09 March 2010 [17:23]
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Arts & Entertainment
09 March 2010 [18:17]
The rumour mills of the Eurovision Song Contest are at full swing and the current hot story is about the connections between the Ukrainian and Azerbaijani representatives of 2010.
09 March 2010 [17:28]
Sharon Osbourne wants to sell her fake breasts on eBay, saying that she's not happy with her implants and wants to go under the knife again.
09 March 2010 [14:51]
Gerard Butler just can’t escape Hollywood’s famous women when he hits the red carpet as he is linked to Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe.
09 March 2010 [13:34]
09 March 2010 [13:14]
The singer, 36, who had a long battle with drink, drugs and depression, told the Radio Times that it was "a shame" that the drug "doesn't mix well with me".
09 March 2010 [11:15]
"Avatar" may have failed to repeat the Academy Award success for "Titanic," but James Cameron's latest hit film proved once again: nothing draws eyeballs to the Oscars like the nomination of a blockbuster.
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Exhibitions
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