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15 October 2009 [17:43]
A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in kidneys and other organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, according to a joint study by the United Nations and the Council of Europe released Tuesday, AP reported.
15 October 2009 [17:30]
Connecting of Azerbaijani Internet to Backbone network in north direction is implemented through temporary constructed optic line.
15 October 2009 [15:50]
Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade received First Vice President of Iran Rahim Mashaie on Oct. 15.
15 October 2009 [14:48]
About 35 employees of road police were held accountable in Azerbaijan over the nine months, head of Public Relations Department of the Central State Traffic Police Department of the Interior Ministry Arastun Majidov said.
15 October 2009 [14:32]
APA's interview with UEFA President Michel Platini after Turkey-Armenia match in Bursa Ataturk stadium.
15 October 2009 [10:27]
Days of Jordan Culture will be held in Azerbaijan in Oct., press office of Culture and Tourism Ministry said.
15 October 2009 [09:52]
Azerbaijani and Russian national football teams met as part of the World Cup 2010 qualifier in the Republican Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku on Oct. 14. The match ended with 1:1.
15 October 2009 [09:28]
15 October 2009 [09:19]
World Cup qualifier match Turkey-Armenia ended with the victory of the Turkish team - 2:0, Cihan news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijan’s national football team have been held to a 1-1 home draw by Russia in the 2010 world cup qualifier on Oct. 14.
14 October 2009 [16:33]
The ministers of culture of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states continue to discuss the projects in their 6th meeting in Baku.
14 October 2009 [14:32]
Representatives Russian Football Union visited the school ? 160 in Baku.
14 October 2009 [14:16]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held next monitoring to study rate of contamination of trans-boundary Kura and Aras Rivers over the first decade of October, the ministry said.
14 October 2009 [13:18]
32-year-old Azerbaijani Rufat Musayev has been killed in Moscow.
14 October 2009 [12:30]
The world has wrong idea about a Muslim woman, Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Hijran Huseynova said.
14 October 2009 [12:11]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement shows that Moscow prefers not to risk harming its relations with Iran more than harming relations with the U.S. at this time, American expert on Iran Mark N. Katz said.
14 October 2009 [11:03]
Prior to the qualifying match between Turkish and Armenian football teams, Bursa Mayor’s Office has adopted a new decision.
14 October 2009 [10:02]
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan strengthened security on the boundary waters and coastal area to ensure security of Azerbaijan’s sector on the Caspian Sea and infrastructure of oil and gas production and transportation.
14 October 2009 [09:38]
14 October 2009 [08:45]
The World Health Organization is planning to send anti-A/H1N1 vaccines to Azerbaijan, said Deputy Health Minister Elsever Aghayev.
14 October 2009 [08:33]
Sevastopol city authorities promised to restore the monument erected in honor of memory of the Azerbaijani soldiers who fell victim for the liberation of Crimea from the fascists at the Great Patriotic War.
14 October 2009 [08:21]
Board of Supervisors of the Fund of Government Support to Media under the President of Azerbaijan announced results of the project competition launched on Oct. 2, the fund sources said.
13 October 2009 [17:31]
Day.Az interview with Hijran Aliyeva- Strauch, head of Azerbaijan Culture and Information Center and House of the Caucasus based Poland.
13 October 2009 [16:21]
The Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF) plans to expand its activities in Azerbaijan.
13 October 2009 [15:28]
13 October 2009 [14:41]
In 2011, Baku will host a forum on intercultural dialogue initiated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said on Oct.13.
13 October 2009 [14:32]
13 October 2009 [12:51]
13 October 2009 [12:22]
"People worldwide expect the Muslim countries to take steps and now we have a good chance to discuss the future of Islam," Syrian Culture Minister Riad Nasan al-Agha said in his remarks in the sixth conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states that began in Baku on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [12:07]
The 23rd case of swine flue has been revealed in Georgia.
13 October 2009 [11:54]
13 October 2009 [11:35]
Azerbaijan is ready to continue efforts to promote intercultural dialogue, said the welcome letter from President Ilham Aliyev to the participants of VI Conference of Culture Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference member states that began in Baku on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [11:12]
The pilgrimage from Azerbaijan will be organized only by the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), Chairman of the CMO Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade told reporters.
13 October 2009 [10:09]
13 October 2009 [09:56]
We offer Today.Az readers photos of Minchechevir Reservoir, the largest artificial reservoir in Azerbaijan.
12 October 2009 [15:46]
Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their work in economic governance, AP reported.
12 October 2009 [15:22]
We lace a great importance to TURKSOY.
12 October 2009 [14:38]
12 October 2009 [11:46]
The Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Ministry has devised and submitted to the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration a draft proposal for the agency of alternative and renewable energy, Deputy Industry and Energy Minister Gulmirza Javadov said on Oct.12.
12 October 2009 [10:11]
10 October 2009 [12:19]
Eleven U.N. peacekeepers died on Friday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mountainside in Haiti during a routine patrol, U.N. officials said.
10 October 2009 [10:27]
Leaders and representatives from 170 media organizations worldwide on Saturday adopted a joint statement before concluding a three-day World Media Summit, Xinhua reported.
10 October 2009 [10:07]
10 October 2009 [09:58]
Students of non-Georgian language-schools in Georgia will pass exams on general skills in their native language, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Nika Gvaramia said.
10 October 2009 [09:24]
Public Union of Azerbaijan Campaign against Mines started new project for the mine victims in the country, the union’s chairman Hafiz Safikhanov said.
10 October 2009 [09:11]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova made an initiative to hold the Month of Children's Rights under the motto "Let us listen to children, ensure their participation" from Oct. 20 to Nov. 20, the press office of the Office of the Ombudsman said.
10 October 2009 [08:57]
Sabayel district court held the next hearing on the case of arrested bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade.
09 October 2009 [15:10]
The 9th International Education Fair will take place in Baku on Oct. 10, Baku Education Information Center said.
09 October 2009 [14:11]
09 October 2009 [13:42]
The head of Baku and All-Caspian Eparchy Alexander notes the high level of tolerance in Azerbaijan.
09 October 2009 [13:26]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources examined modern water-purification facilities in Yevlakh region on Oct. 9, press-service of the ministry said.
09 October 2009 [13:11]
Jacques Rogge has been re-elected president of the International Olympic Committee for a final four-year term, AP reported.
09 October 2009 [12:46]
Under the grant program "Grass Roots and Human Security", the Japanese government is funding other six projects in the social sphere in Azerbaijan.
09 October 2009 [12:25]
The embassy of Russia in Azerbaijan has announced the third competition for young journalists and students of journalism in in the country, the embassy said.
09 October 2009 [11:50]
A car bomb blew up on Friday next to a bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing 30 people, a provincial government minister said, Reuters reported.
09 October 2009 [11:35]
In the children's prisons, those who have committed crimes are not divided into into orphans and young people who grew up in a family, Chief of Healthy Life Style Department of the Azerbaijan Youth and Sports Ministry Narmina Bagirova said.
09 October 2009 [11:13]
Korean Education Exhibition will be held in Baku at the initiative of the Embassy of Korea in Azerbaijan on Oct. 20, Azerbaijan Education Ministry said.
09 October 2009 [10:59]
Armenian Armed Forces began military exercises in Uzundara area of Azerbaijan’s Agdam region on Oct. 9.
09 October 2009 [09:58]
System of passenger transport in Baku will undergo changes soon, said Samir Hasanov, Spokesperson for Bakisarnishinnaqliyyat, responsible for passenger transport in the capital.
09 October 2009 [09:38]
The Geology Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences intends to announce intellectual competition for young researchers, named “Development of Science and new accomplishments”, the Geology Institute said.
09 October 2009 [08:53]
Caucasian Muslims Office clarified the reduction of the Hajj quota and application of the age limit.
08 October 2009 [17:25]
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will visit Azerbaijan on Nov.6-7 to attend the 60th anniversary of the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, which will be celebrated in Baku soon.
08 October 2009 [16:41]
Bursa-based Turkish non-governmental organizations are going to distribute as many as 15,000 Azerbaijani flags before the football match between Turkish and Armenian national teams on Oct. 14 in sign of support to Azerbaijan.
08 October 2009 [16:24]
Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, honored for work that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed," the Swedish Academy said, AP reported.
08 October 2009 [15:59]
The competition for the best scientific-research work in Arabic philology has completed.
08 October 2009 [15:15]
Senior official of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Problems of Family, Women and Children Aynur Karimova spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
08 October 2009 [14:06]
Azerbaijan's national football squad is in Switzerland to prepare for the upcoming Oct. 10 match against Liechtenstein in the qualifying round at the World Championship 2010.
08 October 2009 [13:49]
It is difficult to ban smoking in public places, chairman of the committee social policy of the Azerbaijani parliament said.
08 October 2009 [13:19]
Heavy rains that began last night caused great damage in Oguz region of Azerbaijan.
08 October 2009 [12:51]
More than 1.5 million people watched gigantic puppets parade in the German capital at the weekend as part of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, AFP reported.
08 October 2009 [12:17]
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan has issued a statement on flood disaster in Hajigabul region, public relations department of the ministry said.
08 October 2009 [11:39]
Ukrainian authorities will restore monument to Azerbaijanis desecrated by vandals in Crimea, Ukrainian embassy in Azerbaijan said.
08 October 2009 [11:23]
Heavy rains in the Azerbaijani Hajigabul region (110 km outside Baku) have flooded nearly 800 homes.
08 October 2009 [11:08]
The Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister considers it necessary to increase soccer schools to develop football in the country.
08 October 2009 [09:55]
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