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. | China warned on Saturday that Washington’s announcement of arms sales to Taiwan would badly hurt ties between the two global powers, widening rifts in their far-reaching relationship.
The swift and sharp protest came from Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei, who said his government was “strongly indignant” about the proposed US sale of weapons to Taiwan, which China considers |
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. | The United States is expediting the deployment of missile defenses against Iranian missile attacks in the Gulf, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
U.S. President Barack Obama recently decided to speed up the deployment of defense systems, placing special ships off the Gulf and missile defense systems in Arab states such as Qatar, the U.A.E., |
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. | The European Union (EU) is set to begin talks on ease of visa regime with Azerbaijan, Polish Foreign Ministry’s official, Anjey Cheshkovski told in his interview to «Gazeta Wyborcza». |
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. | He previously gave evidence to the Hutton inquiry, the Butler review and the Intelligence and Security Committee investigation – although the latter two into the pre-war intelligence took place behind closed doors.
Questions at the Hutton inquiry were restricted to events surrounding the death of government weapons scientist Dr David Kelly, rather than the political decisions behind the war |
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. | Symbol of Southern Azerbaijani National Movement distributed in streets of Marand (Photo) |
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. | January 28, 1982 Los Angeles, California Two Armenian gunmen assassinate Turkish Consul General, Kemal Arikan, in his automobile while waiting at an intersection. Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG) claims responsibility. One of the assassins, Hampig Sassounian, a 19-year-old Armenian American member of the Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide |
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. | Gourgen Yanikian, an elderly U.S. citizen of Armenian origin, assassinates Los Angeles Turkish Consul General, Mehmet Baydar, and Vice Consul, Bahadır Demir, after inviting the Turkish diplomats to his hotel suite to present the Turkish Government with a “gift.” Soon after killing the diplomats, Yanikian surrenders to police, is tried in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Barbara, is convicted of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Ten years later, California Governor George |
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. | As the Afghan government drafts ‘Plan T,’ a full-fledged reintegration plan for moderate Taliban insurgents, regional leaders convene in Istanbul to grant their support to the efforts. ‘The Taliban who are not part of terrorist networks or al-Qaeda are the sons of the Afghan soil. They are thousands and they must be reintegrated,’ says Karzai.
The Afghan leadership has gained its neighbors’ support for efforts to persuade Taliban fighters to lay down arms and join the political process ahead of a key international |
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. | We have gotten used to Turkey being an agenda item during the World Economic Forum, or WEF, meetings for years in the Swiss town of Davos.
After all these years, Turkey is, for the first time, not participating in any of the panels on Turkey. Following the “one minute” incident last year, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced |
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. | Karroubi said the people’s choice was right, but added that he did not backtrack from his position concerning the problems of the country. He said he recognized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president. |
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. | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday challenged the military and supporters of alleged coup plans, asking whether they were on the side of coups or democracy.
“Look at the recent developments in the newspapers. You can’t be on the side of different searches. Do you want a coup or democracy?” Erdoğan said, referring to ongoing discussions about |
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. | Germany is the third largest supplier of troops in the country, with some 4,500 currently deployed there. Westerwelle, who will attend an international conference on Afghanistan later this week, said he believed many members of the Taliban were fighting for financial reasons.
“There are many hangers-on with the Taliban terrorists who do not share their fanatical beliefs but who, for economic reasons, are on the wrong path,” he told the German newspaper Bild |
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. | At least 46 passengers on board an Iranian airliner have been injured as the plane catches fire while trying to land in the Mashhad airport. The Taban Airlines passenger aircraft, which had departed from the southeastern Iranian city of Abadan, was trying to land at the airport at 07:20 local time (0350 GMT) Sunday morning when its tail caught fire. |
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. | A passenger train derailment in northeastern Iran killed at least 8 people and injured 12 others on Saturday, said state television.
Reportedly, a train running between the eastern city of Mashhad and the capital Tehran derailed near Shahroud town. Officials said there were 50 passengers on board and they fear the death |
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. | According to Southern Azerbaijanis Congress (GAK), 3 separate meeting held to remember the masscare of 20 January when Azerbaijani nationals killed by Russian armed forces and and Armenian terrorists in 1990. |
