News for 25 August 2010
World news
25 August 2010 [17:55]
Armenian companies have proposed exporting red meat to Turkey to satisfy growing demand in the country despite border disputes between the two countries.
25 August 2010 [16:33]
Iran officially opens the production lines of two domestically-built high-speed vessels, one capable of launching missiles.
25 August 2010 [10:27]
A top Iranian military official says the country produces highly efficient radar systems even capable of spotting very small targets.
25 August 2010 [10:07]
Another armed incident have occured at a military unit in Armenia.
25 August 2010 [09:12]
Weird / Interesting
25 August 2010 [17:25]
They are the two magic words which for generations have been the cornerstone of good manners.
25 August 2010 [16:10]
A 21-year-old woman with a fear of bananas has been diagnosed as suffering from Bananaphobia.
25 August 2010 [15:15]
The World's longest traffic jam – in China – has now reached the 10-day mark.
25 August 2010 [14:30]
Police in New York have captured an alligator after it was spotted emerging from a storm drain.
25 August 2010 [13:43]
25 August 2010 [12:07]
A Polish man in Germany took five years to realize that he had been shot in the head, as he was drunk when it happened.
25 August 2010 [10:45]
THE world's first dating site for ugly people has been launched in the UK.
Politics
25 August 2010 [17:45]
Azerbaijani and Turkish regional MPs have begun to bolster relations, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TurkPA) Ramil Hasanov said.
25 August 2010 [17:35]
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25 August 2010 [16:55]
The Central Election Commission's (CEC) system on consideration of electoral complaints proves effective, the CEC Secretary Natig Mammadov said today.
25 August 2010 [16:40]
Azerbaijan's two opposition parties have created an electoral bloc under title "Garabagh".
25 August 2010 [15:35]
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25 August 2010 [13:16]
The Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TurkPA) announced plans today to observe the elections in its member states.
25 August 2010 [12:55]
Azerbaijan is studying military agreement signed between Russia and Armenia on lease of the military base in Gyumri.
25 August 2010 [12:25]
25 August 2010 [12:15]
Baku will host an informal meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA).
25 August 2010 [11:50]
25 August 2010 [09:55]
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will help to secure the return of the body of Azerbaijani warrant officer Mubariz Ibrahimov.
25 August 2010 [09:45]
A roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office in Baku on the role of media in the run-up to forthcoming parliamentary elections started in Baku on Aug. 24.
Business
25 August 2010 [15:45]
Azerbaijan was second among Georgia's foreign trade partnes in January-July, 2010.
25 August 2010 [14:58]
25 August 2010 [12:45]
Tariffs for internet access have reduced in Azerbaijan.
25 August 2010 [12:35]
Azerbaijan invested $29.8 mln in Georgia's economy in 2009, Georgian National Statistics Service said.
25 August 2010 [11:08]
A BP-led consortium of foreign companies starts drilling of the new wells in East Azeri platform from the block of oil fields "Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli" (ACG).
25 August 2010 [10:35]
Society
25 August 2010 [16:48]
The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has approved changes to the Law "On road traffic rules", the Cabinet said.
25 August 2010 [15:55]
Azerbaijani scientist Rashid Aliyev, who was released from prison in Iran on August 11, held a press conference today.
25 August 2010 [14:42]
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25 August 2010 [11:30]
Quadruplet, three baby girls and one baby boy, was born at a maternity house No. 1 in Baku on Tuesday.
25 August 2010 [10:55]
A fire took place at a cemetery in Potu village of Azerbaijan's Goychay region on Tuesday, Azerbaijan Emergency Situations Ministry Firefight Unit said.
25 August 2010 [09:23]
Sports
25 August 2010 [15:07]
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25 August 2010 [09:35]
UEFA Hat Trick program manager Joseph Clement and expert Marcus Keller are visiting Azerbaijan's capital.
25 August 2010 [09:00]
Arts & Entertainment
25 August 2010 [16:21]
25 August 2010 [14:18]
Expert in Japanese dolls' Mrs. Mika Mori delivered a lecture on "History of Japanese dolls and the dolls movement", in Baku, Embassy of Japan to Azerbaijan said.
25 August 2010 [13:55]
American "Brazzaville" rock band gave its concert in Baku Jazz Center organized by US Embassy to Azerbaijan.
