News for 28 April 2010

Your Corner

28 April 2010 [14:00]

Your Corner: Rexroth - "The Poetry of Relevance"

"Your Corner" is exactly what you think it is - your stories, pictures, art, and pretty much everything else you can share with the rest.

World news

28 April 2010 [14:31]

Military servicemen killed in Turkey

Last night, the Turkish army's sergeant and soldiers were killed in a shootout in the south-eastern Turkish province of Hakkari. The two more soldiers wounded in the incident.
28 April 2010 [13:42]

Hillary Clinton: "The U.S. will seek to apply new tougher sanctions on Iran"

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States will seek to apply new tougher sanctions on Iran.

Analytics

Weird / Interesting

Politics

28 April 2010 [17:44]

Azerbaijani President receives delegation headed by Korean National Assembly member

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by a member of the Korean National Assembly.
28 April 2010 [17:35]

Azerbaijan and Stavropol sign cooperation agreement

Azerbaijan and Stavropol signed an agreement on trade and economic, scientific and technical, as well as cultural cooperation on April 28.
28 April 2010 [16:54]

"The European Union welcomes Azerbaijan-Turkey agreement on gas transportation"

The European Union welcomes Azerbaijan-Turkey agreement on gas transportation, said EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger.
28 April 2010 [15:56]

Explanatory Memorandum to be added to PACE Monitoring Committee's report on Azerbaijan

PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs Andres Herkel and Joseph Debono Grech offered at the meeting of the committee on Tuesday to add Explanatory Memorandum to their report.
28 April 2010 [15:35]

"Armenia is not a military threat to Azerbaijan"

Interview with well-known Russian journalist, political expert and publicist Leonid Radzikhovsky.
28 April 2010 [14:39]

Azerbaijan-Egypt relations praised

Secretary General of the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with CIS countries has hailed his country`s relations with Azerbaijan.
28 April 2010 [12:46]

Azerbaijani Finance Ministry considers increasing compensation amount for human trafficking victims

Azerbaijan has prepared a package of proposals in order to increase the amount of compensation for human trafficking victims.
28 April 2010 [12:20]

"Good relations with Turkey are more important for the White House, than the hurt feelings of the Armenian Diaspora"

Azerbaijani General Council in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov speaks out about the possible future of the region countries, and the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
28 April 2010 [09:05]

Azerbaijani President received Stavropol governor

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Governor of Stavropol Krai Valery Gaevsky on April 27.

Business

28 April 2010 [15:05]

SOCAR to assess proposals on reconstruction

SOCAR holds negotiations with foreign companies having rich experience in reconstruction of the gas distribution system to conduct similar operations in Azerbaijan.

Daily Laugh

Society

28 April 2010 [17:15]

The book "Karabakh Khanate" presented in Baku

Today at Ataturk Centre in Azerbaijan a presentation of Tofig Mustafa’s book "Karabakh Khanate” was held.
28 April 2010 [15:44]

World Cyber Games 2010 Azerbaijan launches registration

The registration of participants to the 5th national championship in computer games World Cyber Games (WCG) 2010 Azerbaijan Preliminary launched, the Azerbaijani cyber-sports portal reported.
28 April 2010 [15:28]

Algeria to begin student exchanges with Azerbaijan?

The Algerian Religious Affairs Ministry intends to develop an agreement on the exchange of students with Azerbaijan, Minister Bu Abdullah Gulam Allah said.
28 April 2010 [15:13]

More bullets and bodies: Citizens of Azerbaijan opened fire in Moscow

The conflict in Moscow cafe ended with the use of weapons and firearms. One person was injured.
28 April 2010 [13:25]

Winners of school essay contest announced in Baku

On Wednesday, winners of the school essay contest on the theme "Mother - top of sanctity", timed to the birthday of a prominent scientist-ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva were announced.
28 April 2010 [12:55]

People dead in mass brawl between the Azeris and thugs from Dagestan in Moscow

Unpaid restaurant bill on Tuesday night became the reason for the mass brawl in the South of Moscow and the death of 25-year old native of Dagestan.

Arts & Entertainment

28 April 2010 [18:08]

The Azerbaijan film goes to Cannes