News for 05 April 2010
Your Corner
05 April 2010 [17:41]
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World news
05 April 2010 [18:39]
Day of Remembrance for the victims of the so-called "Armenian genocide", the Turkish Group ASIMED will send a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama not to pronounce the "genocide" word.
05 April 2010 [18:05]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to France on Tuesday to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and take part at the closing ceremony of the "Season of Turkey" events in Paris.
05 April 2010 [17:54]
DHT Holding's Turkish-Azerbaijan joint venture company, DHT Metal, targets to sell 450,000 tons of iron-steel and reach 400 million USD of annual turnover.
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The deputy head of Iran's Privatization Organization has announced that the country aims to raise some $12.5 billion by privatizing more than 500 state-owned firms.
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Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Illia the Second asks Government to create the system more defending prisoners' rights.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is slated to meet the family of Hamid Masoumi-Nejad, a veteran Iranian reporter jailed in Italy on charges of arms trafficking, in Italy.
05 April 2010 [16:37]
Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul met with Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa of Ethiopia in Ankara on Monday.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Ankara on Monday.
05 April 2010 [15:42]
Georgia and five more countries will receive financial aid from the U.S. for participation in Afghan mission.
05 April 2010 [15:22]
Iran says the legality of its enrichment activities is “beyond reasonable doubt” as world powers explore ways to apply new sanctions on the country in a matter of weeks.
05 April 2010 [15:13]
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Fule will visit Tbilisi on Apr. 7-9.
05 April 2010 [14:51]
Authorities have identified the four men killed in a shooting at a San Fernando Valley restaurant, as the search for the gunman continues.
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Turkey's state-run Radio and TV Corp. (TRT) has launched a new TV channel broadcasting in Arabic.
05 April 2010 [13:06]
After the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) rejected the government's subsidy reform plan, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the legislative body to make a revision in the bill.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Tehran's international conference on nuclear disarmament has been widely welcomed.
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05 April 2010 [10:55]
After the Leader of the Islamic Revolution highlighted the significance of implementing the approved subsidy reform bill, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani vows to cooperate with the government.
05 April 2010 [10:46]
Turkish ambassador to Israel Oğuz Çelikkol has been replaced by Kerim Uras following the low seat crisis between Turkey and Israel.
05 April 2010 [10:19]
An Istanbul court ordered on Sunday the rearrest of 19 serving and retired military officers charged over an alleged plot to overthrow the government.
05 April 2010 [10:16]
Amid US calls for swift UN sanctions against Iran, a senior lawmaker says Western powers should have learned by now the "futility" of any economic measure against Tehran over its nuclear work.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Crown Prince Shaikh Tamim bin Tamim Hamad al-Thani of Qatar on Sunday.
05 April 2010 [09:15]
Iran has sent letters to five international sports organizations to complain about FIFA's decision to ban Iranian women footballers from wearing hijab.
05 April 2010 [08:53]
The President pardoned 431 convicts, 37 out of which are women on April 3.
05 April 2010 [08:45]
Debates on the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's constitutional amendment package will begin this week.
05 April 2010 [08:37]
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is planned to visit West Azarbaijan province next Wednesday to pay his third round of provincial tours there, an official said Monday.
Analytics
05 April 2010 [19:00]
Weird / Interesting
05 April 2010 [18:14]
The prudish reputation of Victorian women has been challenged by a long-forgotten sex survey, which reveals intimate details of the bedroom habits of 19th Century wives.
05 April 2010 [17:47]
Feathers have been flying around the world as thousands of people took part in mass pillow fights.
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About two dozen women drew a crowd of onlookers when they shed their shirts and marched downtown in Maine's largest city to promote what they call equal-opportunity public toplessness.
05 April 2010 [14:58]
Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday and said he felt he had danced with death.
05 April 2010 [13:33]
A Thai police force has begun taking a monkey dressed in officer's uniform on patrol each day to help improve relations with Muslim separatists.
05 April 2010 [12:14]
A man with only half a body has become the subject of a new documentary.
05 April 2010 [10:34]
A road sign warning of prostitutes is confusing motorists in an Italian town.
Politics
05 April 2010 [17:35]
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Interview with member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) Aydin Mirzazade.
05 April 2010 [15:57]
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On Monday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) launched monitoring of the district election commissions' activity, the CEC press-service said.
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Interview with Alikber Alikberov, head of the Center for the Study of Central Asia, Caucasus and Ural-Volga region at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies.
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Business
05 April 2010 [13:13]
Azerkimya state company's joining SOCAR is appropriate at this stage, Minister of Industry and Energy Natiq Aliyev said.
Daily Laugh
05 April 2010 [14:15]
Photo Galleries
05 April 2010 [12:25]
Society
05 April 2010 [15:30]
A mobile phone shop has been robbed in the Sabail District of Baku.
05 April 2010 [14:32]
Landslide occurred in Gulazi village of Guba region located in northern Azerbaijan.
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Sports
05 April 2010 [18:47]
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Two members of Azerbaijani national boxing team were excluded from the national team.
05 April 2010 [13:22]
Azerbaijani boxers will take part in two international tournaments Apr.6-12, the Ministry of Youth and Sports said.
05 April 2010 [12:37]
Arts & Entertainment
05 April 2010 [18:31]
Azerbaijani singer participates in the annual competition of French songs for authors, composers and performers held in Belgium every two years.
05 April 2010 [17:59]
Exhibitions
05 April 2010 [12:55]
On Apr, 6, Baku will host an international educational exhibition, the Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Ministry reported.
