News for 24 July 2010

World news

24 July 2010 [10:45]

Israel set to release Turkish aid ships

Three Turkish boats seized by Israel in the wake of a May 31 raid are to be returned to the country following an official decision to release them as an apparently reconciliatory gesture, according to diplomatic sources.
24 July 2010 [10:25]

Iran to send man to space by 2019?

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Islamic Republic has plans to launch its first shuttle into the space by 2019.

Analytics

Weird / Interesting

24 July 2010 [13:08]

Meteorite Man: I am targeted by aliens

A man has claimed to be a victim of alien attacks after his home was repeatedly hit by meteorites over a three-year period.
24 July 2010 [12:45]

Quantum time machine 'allows paradox-free time travel'

Quantum physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe it is possible to create a time machine which could affect the past without creating a "grandfather paradox".
24 July 2010 [11:45]

"Darth Vader" attacks and robs a bank in New York

The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
24 July 2010 [11:27]

2 old nuns escape from the convent, over threat to be sent to retirement home

Two fugitive nuns in their 80s have gone on the run in France to escape being sent to a retirement home by their Mother Superior.
24 July 2010 [10:55]

Driver manages to "park" car into the house roof

Maria Rizzo, 34, stopped to admire the spectacular view from the street above the house in Alassio in northern Italy.

Politics

24 July 2010 [10:08]

Young Azerbaijani political scientists participate in OSCE summer school in Kygryzstan

The young political scientists from post-soviet countries are attending the International Summer School "Regionalism & Security" on 18-31 July 2010 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
24 July 2010 [09:55]

"Pakistan supporting Azerbaijan on return of Azeri territories illegally occupied by Armenia"

On Firday, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan is keen to further strengthen its close brotherly relations with Azerbaijan, based on historical, cultural and religious common realities.
24 July 2010 [09:45]

Nakhchivan's Supreme Parliament chairman meets Hungarian ambassador

Chairman of the Supreme Parliament of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Vasif Talybov met Hungarian ambassador Jeno Boros.
24 July 2010 [09:35]

Kuwait Times newspaper publishes Azerbaijani ambassador's articles

Kuwait Times newspaper has published, in its July 20 and 21 editions, Azerbaijani former ambassador to Kuwait Shahin Abdullayev`s articles entitled “Kuwait-Azerbaijan ties a ‘role model’” and “Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict: Aggression and occupation”.
24 July 2010 [09:27]

Baku hosts 6th meeting of intergovernmental commission on Azerbaijan-Georgia economic cooperation

The 6th meeting of intergovernmental commission on Azerbaijan-Georgia economic cooperation was held in Baku on July 23.

Business

24 July 2010 [11:17]

SOCAR-Turcas gets license for building refinery in Turkey

On July 23, Ankara hosted a ceremony to grant a license to SOCAR-Turcas JV to build a new refinery in Turkey, SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) reported on July 23.

Photo Galleries

Society

24 July 2010 [11:55]

Photo exhibition "Agdam – Caucasian Hiroshima and a Ghost town" launched in Baku

A photo exhibition “Agdam – Caucasian Hiroshima and a Ghost town” organized by "Inam" pluralism center opened in Azerbaijan Artists' Union.
24 July 2010 [10:35]

Traffic to be blocked in Baku

Sports