News for 23 August 2010
World news
23 August 2010 [14:30]
Turket sent two mobile hospitals and 40 medical personnel to flood hit Pakistan to be deployed in Sind and Belucistan states.
23 August 2010 [13:24]
23 August 2010 [10:45]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed his special envoys for Middle East, Asia, Afghanistan and Caspian Sea affairs.
Weird / Interesting
23 August 2010 [11:40]
More than 41 thousand people gathered in a fast-breaking dinner hosted by Istanbul's Esenler Municipality in 7,020 tables measuring 10 kilometres.
23 August 2010 [10:34]
Politics
23 August 2010 [15:30]
Day.Az interview with Chairman of Islamic Committee of Russia, well-known political analyst Heydar Jamal.
23 August 2010 [15:10]
Executive power chiefs have received instructions in Azerbaijan due to upcoming parliamentary elections.
23 August 2010 [14:55]
Interview with adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Geybulla Ramazanoglu regarding possible opening of the Turkish-Armenian border.
23 August 2010 [14:17]
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov says it is impossible to further simplify procedures for registration of candidates under the current legislation.
23 August 2010 [13:16]
23 August 2010 [13:08]
Azerbaijan's Public Association Ireli (Forward) has launched a new website dedicated to country's Armenia-occupuied Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.
23 August 2010 [12:55]
23 August 2010 [12:06]
23 August 2010 [11:56]
Head of OSCE Baku Office Ali Bilge Cankorel sees a great number of international observers in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan as the country's success.
23 August 2010 [10:14]
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23 August 2010 [09:23]
23 August 2010 [09:00]
The conference on theme "Stability in Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus" will open at the University of Brussels on Oct. 9.
Business
23 August 2010 [17:16]
23 August 2010 [16:18]
At the latest Steering Committee meeting in Ankara, the Nabucco shareholders agreed on a modification of the feeder line concept, the Nabucco Consortium said.
23 August 2010 [11:07]
23 August 2010 [09:31]
Azerbaijan's capital will host the 1st Renewable Energy Caucasus Forum in September.
Society
23 August 2010 [17:54]
An apartment building in Baku blasted on Monday, Nasimi district police office said.
23 August 2010 [17:42]
The new mechanism of naming in Azerbaijan is not contrary to legal norms, Director of the Information Technologies Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA) Rasim Aliguliyev said.
23 August 2010 [17:30]
OSCE office in Baku will convene here a conference under the theme “The Role of Mass Media Representatives in Elections”.
23 August 2010 [16:55]
The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office issued a formal statement due to serious crime committed by the Justice Ministry's officer.
23 August 2010 [16:45]
A seminar in the frame of the Council of Planning of Internal Above-Ground Transport of NATO in the format of the Council of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership is expected to take place in the city of Skopje (Macedonia) on Oct. 26-28.
23 August 2010 [16:33]
The Azerbaijan-Europe Bike Week will take place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7 as part of the Year of Ecology.
23 August 2010 [16:10]
Azerbaijan will participate in a tourism exhibition "TOP RESA" in Paris on Sep. 21-24.
23 August 2010 [15:55]
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23 August 2010 [13:45]
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation has organized a psychosocial rehabilitation summer school for children with diabetes in Ganja.
23 August 2010 [13:35]
The last seminar on prophylaxis of the bird flu co-organized by FAO and Azerbaijan's Ministry of Agriculture took place in Baku.
23 August 2010 [12:35]
A citizen of Uzbekistan temporarily residing in Azerbaijan has committed suicide, Prosecutor's Office of Yasamal District of Baku said.
23 August 2010 [12:14]
A terrible murder took place in Azerbaijan's capital, Yasamal District Police Office said.
23 August 2010 [10:54]
Azerbaijan's national dishes will be showcased at this year's Expo-2010 exhibition in Shanghai, China.
23 August 2010 [09:14]
A conference on media coverage of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will be held here on Aug. 24.
23 August 2010 [09:06]
Following the United Nations, another authoritative organization – OSCE –recognized March 21 as an International Day of Novruz holiday.
Sports
23 August 2010 [17:09]
23 August 2010 [14:43]
Azerbaijan's female wrestlers will travel to Belarus capital Minsk for the training camp to gear for the world championship.
23 August 2010 [13:55]
Nearly 160 chess players have come together in Azerbaijan's capital for the Baku Open-2010 international tournament.
23 August 2010 [12:45]
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23 August 2010 [11:32]
Azerbaijani karate fighters will compete in the Sportaccord Martial Art and Combat Sports Games to take place in Beijing from late August.
23 August 2010 [10:23]
Arts & Entertainment
23 August 2010 [14:07]
Director of MTV Networks International (MTVNI) Events Division Neil Sharma is on a visit to Azerbaijan, Communications Director at MTVNI Lynne-Mei Lee said.
23 August 2010 [11:48]
23 August 2010 [11:24]
The Azerbaijan State Film Fund and Uzbek Film Fund will sign a memorandum on cooperation.
23 August 2010 [10:07]
23 August 2010 [09:44]
"One Step" by Azeri filmmakers will be screened at annual international Irpen festival in Ukraine.
