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02 March 2010 [14:08]
Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkey supported the Turkish Cypriot cause regardless of who the president is.
02 March 2010 [13:52]
Head of Iranology Section of the Oriental Studies Center at Russian Academy of Sciences, Nina Mamedova says sanctions would not affect Iran at all as Iranians have got used to western sanctions since 1979.
02 March 2010 [13:39]
02 March 2010 [13:19]
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) demands early presidential and parliamentary elections in Armenia this summer, stated ANC central office Coordinator Levon Zurabyan.
02 March 2010 [13:04]
02 March 2010 [12:53]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [12:31]
02 March 2010 [12:15]
02 March 2010 [12:07]
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was named on Monday winner of the inaugural prize of the UN Habitat, which was established in honour of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
02 March 2010 [11:58]
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) insists that Tehran is "fully" cooperating with the nuclear watchdog.
02 March 2010 [11:50]
Georgians consider Mikheil Saakashvili, the present-day President of Georgia, the most power-loving politician.
02 March 2010 [11:22]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Tehran to protest Bishkek's denial that terrorist leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested on one of its airliners on February 23.
02 March 2010 [11:14]
Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc attended a ceremony in which the Damascus office of TRT-Turk was opened on Monday.
02 March 2010 [10:52]
02 March 2010 [10:39]
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the late first President of Georgia, has stopped his hunger strike, announced his attorney Keti Bekauri.
02 March 2010 [10:33]
Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Monday that nuclear disarmament is an important and sensitive international issue.
02 March 2010 [10:23]
02 March 2010 [10:13]
On March 1, opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) staged a rally in Yerevan.
02 March 2010 [09:54]
On March 3-4, the EU delegation, headed by Ángel Moratinos, the Foreign Minister of Spain, the EU chair country, will visit Georgia.
02 March 2010 [09:46]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan will travel to Saudi Arabia next week to receive "King Faisal International Prize", Erdogan's office said in a statement on Monday.
02 March 2010 [09:35]
IRI foreign minister said here Monday US should explain agenda of the aborted meeting with international terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi.
01 March 2010 [20:33]
01 March 2010 [20:26]
A Pakistani State Minister said on Monday that there was not enough business relation between Turkey and Pakistan, adding that the two countries should work to boost investments and commerce.
01 March 2010 [20:15]
01 March 2010 [20:07]
01 March 2010 [19:46]
After Iran's Bank Mellat reportedly won a preliminary court case against British sanctions, an Iranian parliamentarian says the move was an outcome of Tehran's pressure on London.
01 March 2010 [19:35]
01 March 2010 [19:09]
01 March 2010 [18:57]
The U.S. has built a new radar station near Gonio settlement in Ajaria.
01 March 2010 [18:51]
Iran's deputy foreign minister has officially apologized for intercepting a Kyrgyz passenger plane in Iranian airspace, Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry said on Monday.
01 March 2010 [18:43]
Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc met with the Deputy Secretary General of the Baas Party Mohammed Said Boukheitan in Damascus on Monday.
01 March 2010 [18:23]
Georgian President Saakashvili ruled out any scenario that would enable him to stay in power after his second and final presidential term expires in 2013.
01 March 2010 [18:12]
Iranian lawmakers have called for legal action against countries revealed to be sponsoring terrorism in Iran by channeling support to extremist groups such as Jundallah.
01 March 2010 [18:05]
Turkey's national air carrier has launched direct flights from Istanbul to Bologna, Italy, the airline said in a statement on Monday.
01 March 2010 [18:00]
Turkey and Armenia are cooperating to reconstruct a 10th-century bridge on the Arpacay River despite the faltering of the process of political reconciliation between the two countries.
01 March 2010 [17:44]
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze has hailed the re-opening of the Zemo Larsi exit point, the Northern border with Russia.
01 March 2010 [17:30]
01 March 2010 [17:21]
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has sent a letter to the U.S. Congress. The letter states the consideration of so-called "Armenian genocide" will negatively influence the peace in the South Caucasus region.
01 March 2010 [17:14]
Diplomats gathered Monday at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna to mull the agency's last Iran report which spelled out concerns about possible ongoing nuclear weapons work.
01 March 2010 [16:47]
The U.S. John Hall navy ship will enter the Batumi port, reported the U.S. Embassy in Georgia today.
01 March 2010 [16:38]
01 March 2010 [16:31]
Today is the second anniversary of March 1, 2008 events in the centre of Yerevan.
01 March 2010 [16:22]
01 March 2010 [15:47]
Turkey's exports in February increased 20.34 percent year-on-year according to figures of a Turkish exporters' association.
01 March 2010 [15:34]
Christian Democratic Movement objects to the re-opening of the Larsi check point, accusing government of Georgia of ignoring security guarantees for the residents of the border region.
01 March 2010 [15:26]
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01 March 2010 [14:47]
01 March 2010 [14:42]
Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Iakobashvili is satisfied with the discussion of the state strategy concept on occupied territories in UN.
01 March 2010 [14:25]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for promoted roles of academies in arts, culture and sciences.
01 March 2010 [14:05]
Two Turkish military officers were charged on Sunday over a plot to unseat the government.
01 March 2010 [13:34]
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has criticized the new Director of the UN nuclear watchdog for abandoning 'the standard verification language' in his latest report on Iran's enrichment work.
01 March 2010 [13:15]
Larsi-Kazbegi check point on the northern border of Georgia with Russia will open today.
01 March 2010 [13:07]
Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Murat Mercan left for working visit to the United States to prevent the consideration of so-called, "Armenian genocide" by the U.S. Congress.
01 March 2010 [12:56]
Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian says the Developing 8 Countries (D8) can increase their multilateral economic dealings through adopting identical customs proceedings.
01 March 2010 [12:27]
Turkey's national athlete, Elvan Abeylegesse, was ranked 4th in the World's Best 10 km race.
01 March 2010 [12:16]
Iran has offered condolences to Chile over Saturday's devastating earthquake, which has claimed the lives of more than 700 people in the Latin American country.
01 March 2010 [11:58]
Turkey's government will present proposed reforms of the constitution to parliament by the end of March, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, according to Turkish media reports.
01 March 2010 [11:53]
On March 1, the delegation of the European Union (EU) led by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Armenia.
01 March 2010 [11:47]
Ilia II, Catholicos Patiarch of All Georgia in his sermon in the Holy Trinity Cathedral past Sunday called on all Georgian emigrants to return.
01 March 2010 [11:40]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has left Tehran for Geneva to take part in the 13th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
01 March 2010 [11:35]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will leave for Egypt on Monday on a two-day official visit as the guest of his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit.
01 March 2010 [10:33]
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that it is humanitarian responsibility of the Islamic Republic of Iran to back the oppressed Palestinian nation under any circumstances.
01 March 2010 [10:23]
Turkey's government will present proposed reforms of the constitution to parliament by the end of March, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, Reuters reported according to Turkish media.
01 March 2010 [09:34]
01 March 2010 [09:30]
01 March 2010 [09:21]
Around 2000 people have demonstrated in Istanbul to voice their opposition to any attempt by the Turkish army to carry out a coup d'état.
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27 February 2010 [14:55]
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his government aimed to deliver Turkey to the club of most developed 10 countries in the world by 2023, for the 100th anniversary of the republic.
27 February 2010 [14:45]
The US administration says while keeping pressure on Tehran it still remains committed to a "diplomatic" resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue.
27 February 2010 [14:38]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey needed to face up to its problems in order to solve them.
27 February 2010 [14:19]
Despite the arrest of Jundallah ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi on a flight from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates has rejected reports that the terrorist had entered its territory.
27 February 2010 [14:05]
An Istanbul court on Friday arrested former 1st Army commander retired Gen. Cetin Dogan and retired Lieutenant General Engin Alan under the probe regarding "Balyoz Plan" allegations.
27 February 2010 [13:58]
The price of drugs has increased 30 percent in Iran following the Iranian border police tight control over the country's borders.