Iran, Tehran, 25 November /corr. Trend News A.Namdari / The Supreme Religious Leader of Iran called up thecommanders of the military units to the combat preparedness. Ayatollah Khamenei ordered the commanders to be ready for sudden militaryintervention. Commander of the

About 75 million children globally, over half of them girls,do not receive education, including one third of primary school age children insub-Saharan Africa, the UN's education, science and culture agency saidTuesday. The lack of education and inequalities in schooling systems

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev started Tuesday in Rio deJaneiro a two-day official visit to Brazil that includes a meeting withBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, dpareported. According to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Lula and Medvedev were set todiscuss current

The continued fighting between Israel and Palestinianmilitants has become the "biggest challenge" to the political talksaimed at resolving the conflict, the United Nations said Tuesday. "Recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israelunderscores that the gap between the

Azerbaijan, Sheki, 25 November /corr. TrendNews S.Fataliyev / On 25 November, the former soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, Abdullayev Ruslan, born in 1986, who returned from the military service in the beginning of October 2008, hung himself in the basement

Georgia, Tbilisi, 25 November /corr. Trend News N.Kirtskhalia / The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, David Bakradze, named lie the statement of the former Ambassador of Georgia to Russia, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, that the actions of force of Tbilisi in

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon orderedTuesday an accelerated reconfiguration of the organization's mission in Kosovo,which declared independence from Serbia earlier this year and is now recognizedby more than 40 countries, dpa reported. The UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has ceased

More than 5 million people have signed apetition to support the UN campaign to end violence against women, a programmespearheaded by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, the UN said Tuesday. The petition was presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Azerbaijan, Baku, 26November /Trend News / Fifth tour's matches of UEFA'sChampions League finished. Turkish Fenerbahçereceived Portuguese Porto in Istanbul. At 19th minute of the match Lopez Lisandroopened scoring of the match 1:0 to Porto. In ten minutes Lopez Lisandro doubledthe

Most Middle East stock markets rebounded onTuesday, propelled by a US plan to rescue the Citigroup conglomerate, a 30-billion-dollar British stimulus plan and improving oil prices, financialanalysts said. Jordanian shares rose for the first time in 10 days, encouraged by

Azerbaijan, Baku, 26 November /corr. Trend News E.Ostapenko/ Official visit of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to Italy started Tuesday. In the exclusive interview to Trend News Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berluscni told about outlooks ofpolitical and economical cooperation with Azerbaijan

searchlink]SMAP[/searchlink] leader [searchlink]Masahiro Nakai[/searchlink] and actress [searchlink]Yukie Nakama[/searchlink] will host the 59th Red and White Singing Contest on New Year s Eve, it was announced at a press conference Monday. It will be the fifth time and third year in

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Fuji TV has announced a broadcast date for its "[searchlink]Code Blue[/searchlink]" drama special. The episode is scheduled to air on January 10 at 9:00pm.The special is a continuation of the "Code Blue" drama series from this past summer, which starred

Actress-singer [searchlink]Anna Tsuchiya[/searchlink], 24, finished her KachiAtsui! national tour Sunday night with a performance at the SHIBUYA-AX live house.She flung off her jacket at the start of the show and performed in pink and black tights. There were cries of

A study of consumers in China, India, and Japan shows that despite the economic downturn, a strong majority think it is important to purchase products and brands they perceive to be socially responsible (China 90%, India 90% and Japan 64%).

ArmInfo. The adherence of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the OSCE Minsk Group format on the Karabakh peace process contradicts Russia's interests, Head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan told journalists, Monday. "When signing the Moscow

ArmInfo. "Since our independence Armenia and the United States have very good relations and we are committed to continue working together with new U.S. administration to deepen, expand and enrich our friendly partnership", Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian says

ArmInfo. On November 24, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan left for Dresden (Germany) to personally attend the last round of the 38th World Chess Olympiad where the Armenian national team contending for gold medals will play with the team of China.The