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Fire occurs in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca city, 14 people injured

24 July 2014, 10:22

A fire has occurred in Islam's holiest site Kaaba in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city, Saudi Arabia's SPA news agency reported on July 24. The fire occurred...

GM Uzbekistan increases car production by 6.3 percent in January-June
OSCE Minsk Group expresses serious concern about increase in tensions and violence along Line of Contact and Armenian-Azerbaijani border
Israel scrambles to restore foreign flights to Tel Aviv
Azerbaijan, ICRC to make statement on fate of Azerbaijani allegedly killed in Kalbajar

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Georgian Economy Ministry to hold talks with TAV Georgia company in Turkey

24 July 2014, 10:54

A delegation of Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development will hold negotiations with the Georgian company TAV, which is the operator of the Tbilisi International Airport, Georgian Economy Minister Giorgi...

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AZERBAIJAN

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Underwater earthquake jolts Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea

24 July 2014, 11:13

An underwater earthquake hit the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, the Republican Seismological Service Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) said on July 24. The earthquake was recorded at 00:38...

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SOUTH CAUCASUS

Newly elected mayors in Georgia to enter upon their duties in early August

23 July 2014, 20:57

The mayors and administration heads that have won in the second round of the municipal elections held on July 12 in Georgia, will enter upon their duties on August 2. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia...

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IRAN

Iran’s natural gas output to increase significantly in coming years

24 July 2014, 09:43

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its annual report about Iran's energy sector released on July 22 predicted that Iran's natural gas production will be increased in the coming years. FGE projects that...

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CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan develops new model of wage payment for civil servants

24 July 2014, 10:39

Kazakhstan has developed a new model of wages for civil servants, which will be introduced in July 2015, the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan told Trend. "The new model of wage...

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MIDDLE EAST & TURKEY

Turkey pushes hard for Gaza truce

24 July 2014, 09:55

Turkey is pushing hard for an immediate cease-fire amid Israel's continuous military onslaught in Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Anadolu Agency reported. "Turkey will continue to raise its voice...

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Policing in Azerbaijan

08.07.2014

The average number of the crimes per 100,000 people in Azerbaijan has reached 231 over the last ten years, which is among the lowest indicators...

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COMMENTARY
- Some 36 percent of Iranian females marry while underage
  
  In its new report published on July 22, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned about prevalence of the child marriage around the world. Worldwide, more than 700 million women alive today got married as children, the report said, underlining that more than 1 in 3 - or some 250 million - of them were married before the age of 15. Almost half of all child brides worldwide live in South Asia; 1 in 3 are in India, the report remarked. Middle East and North Africa share 5 percent of women who were married before age 18. The latest statistics released by Iran's National Organization...
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- OSCE MG almost lost its significance, Azerbaijani deputy PM says
  
  The OSCE Minsk Group would be better to teach trust Armenia, rather than Azerbaijan, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said. He made the remarks at the commemoration ceremony in connection with the 21st anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan's Aghdam region by Armenia. Hasanov underscored that throughout the history, the Azerbaijani people have been in trusting relations with its neighbors. "The OSCE Minsk Group has almost lost its significance and the Azerbaijani people don't trust it any more", the deputy prime minister...
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- Media outlets face new tasks in current reality, top official says
  
  Today, Azerbaijan is the only country where journalists are provided with apartments at the state's expense, Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Public and Political Issues Department, Ali Hasanov said. He made the remarks at the event dedicated to the 139th anniversary of the National Press Day in Azerbaijan on July 22. "As is known, a separate building with around 156 apartments was built for journalists in accordance with the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev 'On measures taken to strengthen the social security of the Azerbaijani press workers' dated July 22,...
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- Iran once again self-sufficient in gas oil production
  
  By Dalga KhatinogluIran says it has stopped importing gas oil in the current year. Mohsen Mazloum Farsibaf, director for planning affairs of the oil ministry, told SHANA News Agency on July 22 that the country has not imported any gas oil since the beginning of the current Iranian fiscal year (which started on March 21). He said that the oil ministry is trying to boost gas supply instead of liquid fuel to the power plants, so the country has stopped importing gas oil. A year after ex-President Mohammad Khatami took the office in 1997 Iran not only became self-sufficient in producing gas oil...
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