Date of Turkish Armed Forces Commander’s visit to Azerbaijan determined

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Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, General Isik Kosaner will visit Azerbaijan on Feb.16, a military source told Trend.

During the visit Kosaner will hold meetings in the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and other agencies. Within the visit the state of the military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey, as well as its perspectives will be discussed.

There is an agreement on bilateral military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey.

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Washington urges 'restraint' over protests in Algeria

The United States called on the Algerian authorities on Sunday to respect human rights and show restraint amid anti-government protests, the State Department spokesman said in a statement, RIA Novosti reported.

"We note the ongoing protests in Algeria, and call for restraint on the part of the security services," Philip Crowley said.

"We reaffirm our support for the universal rights of the Algerian people, including assembly and expression," he said adding: "These rights must be respected."

Over 400 protesters were arrested by police on Saturday at a mass rally in the capital, Algiers. The protesters, inspired by the recent anti-government demonstrations

Syria, Iraq express confidence in Egyptians' ability to restore country's role (UPDATE)

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani held on Saturday a session of talks in which they discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries, SANA news agency reported.

Presidents al-Assad and Talabani expressed satisfaction over the growing development of these relations.

Talabani voiced Iraq's desire to build strategic relations in the interests of the two brotherly peoples and the countries of the region, their security and stability, stressing his country's readiness for developing relations with Syria at all levels.

The talks also dealt with activating

ElBaradei: Egypt is a free and proud nation

Leading opposition figure Mohammed ElBaradei said Friday that Egypt is now a free and proud nation, dpa reported.

"Egypt today is a free and proud nation. God bless," wrote ElBaradei on Twitter just minutes after Hosny Mubarak resigned as president following 28 years in power.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency was a leading member of the opposition coalition calling for the ouster of Mubarak.

Google employee Wael Ghonim, who roused thousands to join protests this week after his release from prison, wrote on Twitter "I want to thank Mohammed ElBaradei as

Egyptian President announce no resignation

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak did not announce his resignation during a speech on national television on Thursday.

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MP: Azerbaijan records problems with enforcement of judicial decisions

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There are problems with enforcement of judicial decisions in Azerbaijan, Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Apparatus' Department for Legislation on State Building Latif Huseynov said.

He said 19 out of 45 decisions adopted by the European Court against Azerbaijan relate to a violation of the courts decisions' provided in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

"This suggests that there are problems in this area, and there should be taken acts to address them. It includes comprehensive measures relating to legislation, judicial practice and performance," Huseynov at

Turkmen president backs Iran’s right to nuclear energy

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has said that he acknowledges Iran's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, MEHRNews reported.

The president made the remarks in Ashgabat on Tuesday at a meeting with Hamid Baqaii, the special advisor to President Ahmadinejad in international affairs.

Berdimuhamedow stated that he always emphasize Iran's right to a peaceful use of nuclear technology at his meeting with foreign officials.

He also called Iran the "best" neighbor of Turkmenistan.

Baqaii also said that Tehran is eager to promote cooperation with Ashgabat in various areas, including scientific and cultural areas.

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EU's Ashton praises Southern Sudan vote as "historic moment"

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday hailed the independence referendum in Southern Sudan as a "historic moment", dpa reported.

Despite many obstacles, the vote had been "peaceful and credible," she said.

"The EU looks forward to further developing a close and long-term partnership with Southern Sudan," she continued.

Earlier Monday the results of a January referendum showed that an overwhelming 98.83 per cent of voters had voted in favour of independence from the north.

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Tunisian interior minister suspends former ruling party

Tunisia's Interior Minister Farhat Rajhi on Sunday suspended the country's former ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party, Xinhua reported.

In a statement read out on Tunisian television, Rajhi said that the RCD was suspended from all political activities and that all of its offices would be shut down, the first step towards the dissolution of the party by judicial authorities. 

The initiative was taken as violence erupted in the southern town of Sidi Bouzid and in El Kef, some 200 km northwest of the capital during the weekend, which killed six people. In both towns, police stations were set ablaze

Azerbaijani, Turkish foreign ministers meet in Munich

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on Saturday met with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on the sidelines of the international security conference in Munich.

The meeting discussed the preparation of Supreme Council for Strategic Cooperation of Turkey and Azerbaijan meeting, Cihan news agency quoted Davutoglu as saying.

Davutoglu said he has also met with Swiss Foreign Minister and they have discussed the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a joint document on the establishment of the Supreme Council for Strategic Cooperation at the Istanbul summit of

Berlusconi promises Putin to oversee Russian baby's treatment

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday pledged to take the medical treatment of a Russian baby under his personal control, RIA Novosti reported.

Berlusconi said this during a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. The two premiers also discussed trade and economic cooperation.

Two-year-old Vera Smolnikova from the city of Novosibirsk in west Siberia needs heart transplantation after she had pneumonia with a complication. On Thursday she was taken by a Russian emergencies ministry plane to the Italian city of Bergamo.

Russia's Health Ministry earlier agreed to include the girl in

IISS report: Iran could have nuclear weapon in two years

Iran could develop a nuclear weapon within two years, but the time span could be shorter if untested uranium enrichment methods were used, a report published by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Thursday, dpa reported.

"The totality of the evidence indicates beyond reasonable doubt that Iran also seeks a capability to produce nuclear weapons should its leaders choose to take this momentous step," said the strategic dossier on Iran's Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Capabilities.

Under the most likely scenario worked out by experts, it would take Tehran over two years to make a single atomic bomb, said the IISS.

However, one of the scenarios mapped out in its assessment showed that Iranian scientists would be able to produce enough weapons-grade enriched uranium for a weapon in just four weeks.

Iran's current stocks of low-enriched uranium would be

Report: One killed in unrest in Egypt, 500 injured

A military recruit was killed in unrest in Egypt Wednesday, according to a report by broadcaster al-Arabiya citing the health ministry.

Medics said at least 500 people were injured, with many were being treated in hospitals, dpa reported.

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Report: Mubarak to make statement on his future

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak is expected to make a statement late Tuesday on his political future and would not seek another term as president after 30 years in power, al-Arabiya reported.

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