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 Baku metro plans to put into operation additional exit of 'May 28' metro station on the street of Salatyn Askerova in December, a source in the metro said on October 31. "Operations are being held. Additional exit is planned to be put into operation in December 2009, a source said. |
 Despite Turkey's attempts to become an active participant in the peace dialogue in the Middle East, the U.S. will remain a key player and mediator in the Arab-Israeli peace process. Experts believe that an obstacle for Turkish ambitions in the Middle East can become a rapprochement with Syria and Iran, as well as tensions in the relations with Israel. |
 Iran has imposed quarantine on 370 schools at the Iranian Isfahan province under the appropriate measures to prevent spread of the swine flue, the Iranian Mehr news agency reported. So far, about 70 pupils infected with this virus were hospitalized in this province. Moreover, the number of the people infected with A/H1N1 has reached 50 in the Kashan city and about 250 schools were closed because of this. |
 Turkey and Iran signed an intergovernmental memorandum on energy which envisages not only making of the Turkish investment in the Iranian gas projects, but also transportation of the Iranian gas to Turkey and to Europe, as well as transportation of the Turkmen gas to Turkey via Iran. Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz and Iran's Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi signed this document during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Iran visit. |
 A new law "Science" will be discussed in working groups of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) and the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences soon, president of the academy Mahmud Kerimov told Trend News on October 29. He said that the draft of the corresponding law has been prepared. |
 Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Paris on November 6 as guest of his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner, French officials said on Thursday, Anadolu reported. Davutoglu and Kouchner will discuss bilateral relations, Turkey's EU membership process, regional issues and the activities of ongoing cultural event "Season of Turkey" in France. |
 Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal on Thursday, Iranian media said, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia, Reuters reported. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which had requested a reply by last Friday, said its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, had now received an "initial response" from Tehran. |
 As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with the H1N1 virus between April and late July, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, offering the clearest picture yet of how quickly and widely swine flu can spread, Reuters reported. Researchers used computer models to estimate the number of people who have contracted swine flu, which began infecting Americans in April. |
 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan early Friday morning, said the National Seismological Network of China, Xinhua reported. The quake happened at 1:44 a.m. |
 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on December 7, Erdogan's office said in a statement on Thursday, Anadolu reported. Erdogan will travel to the United States at the invitation of Obama, the statement said. |
 The computing center of the Institute of Physics of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), which will be connected to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), was opened in Baku On Oct. 29. The CERN is the world's largest particle physics laboratory and its current project is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. |
 Only 12.5 percent of the Kazakh people have access to the Internet, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov said at the international conference "E-government initiatives" in Astana on Oct.29. Under the latest census of the country's population, only 55 percent of the people use the personal computer," Masimov said. |
 The Institute of Information Technologies of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences considers the proposal of the Korean Polytechnic Institute to introduce biometric passports in Azerbaijan, director of the Institute of Information Technologies of the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences, Rasim Aliguliyev, told Trend Capital. |
 Deputy chairman, executive secretary of Azerbaijani ruling party thinks that it is unnecessary to establish united municipality in Baku. "This action is likely to be wrong amid Azerbaijani society's current attitude towards municipalities' activity," deputy chairman, executive secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party, Ali Ahmadov, told official website of the ruling party on October 29. |
 The European Union monitoring mission confirmed the violation of so-called the administrative border between Georgia and South Ossetia by 16 Georgian citizens who were detained by Russia's border guards, the website of the mission reported. |
 The talks to solve Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict have been held still on the basis of major principles, Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov told media on October 29. The meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers with participation of Georgian foreign minister and EU representatives was held during the breakfast in Luxembourg on October 26. |
 "Azerbaijan's position is simple. We support establishment of independent Palestinian state both within UN resolutions and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. We believe that independent Palestinian state will be established," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov said at a joint press-conference with his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad Al-Maliki on October 29 Azerbaijan is ready to mediate in the Middle East conflict within existing opportunities, minister said. |
 The international sanctions gave impetus to the development of Iran, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi said noting that he is proud of the county's scientists. The world has repeatedly imposed sanctions on Iran after the Islamic revolution (1979) and 80 percent of the country's achievements is connected with the internal potential, Rahimi said, the Iranian news agency Irna reported on Oct.29. |
 The deputy chairman and executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) supports competition in the municipal elections with serious rivals. "I am confident that we will win this competition. This belief has been formed as a result of the repeated elections and a great experience and the resources at our disposal. However, I regret to note that participation opposition parties of Azerbaijan is not very interested in several elections, including - municipal," the NAP Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary, Ali Ahmadov said to the official website of the NAP on Oct. 29. |
 On Oct. 29, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva familiarized themselves with the park after renowned ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva, AzerTaj state news agency reported. The President was told that all favorable conditions were created in the park for residents to have rest. |
 The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has announced two tenders under the Mazdok-Kazimagomed main gas pipeline, said the official website of Gazprom. The first tender was announced to implement land management work for the construction of the facility under the reconstruction of Makat-North Caucasus main gas pipeline and the second phase of the Mozdok-Kazimagomed main gas pipeline. |
 On Oct. 28 the price of AZERI LT CIF Augusta was $76.79 per barrel, or $1.86 per barrel down, compared to the previous day's price, according to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), which has produced Light Oil since 1997. Azeri Light oil is produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli offshore fields, which is developed under BP's operations. It is directly delivered to the Turkish port of Ceyhan via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline, to the Georgian port of Supsa via the Baku-Supsa pipeline and to the Georgian port of Batumi by railway. |
 On Nov.1, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will launch transportation of the Azerbaijani oil via the northern Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline, a source in SOCAR said on Oct. 29. It is scheduled to transport 240,000 tons of the Azerbaijani oil in November. According to the target, oil transportation scheduled for November will finish by Nov.26, the source said. |
 Russian and Turkish business in Armenia will rather differ in origin, structure, tasks and objectives if the Armenian-Turkish border is opened. They are unlikely to create competition to each other, Russian expert on the South Caucasus, Sergey Markedonov, said. |
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