According to the information in the report, harsh decline in the average life expectancy in the republic was observed in mid-90-s, but the obverse process is taking place since 1999.

The party founders are former prominent figures of the People's Party, who left the latter's ranks because of disagreement with its present leader Stepan Demirchian.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will join the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan later.

At a press conference yesterday Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian emphasized Armenian leadership welcomed Heydar Aliyev's statement that the Karabakh conflict could be settled peacefully in the course of the next year.

NKR population natality for the mentioned period made 937 persons, which 27,3% exceeds the same index last year.

Commenting on the statements of some of the Armenian politicians about the talks being senseless, Guliyev estimated them as "an extremely wrong position."

Deputy of Azeri Milli Mejlis Asim Mollazade, who represents the country Parliament in PACE, stated in an interview to one of Baku newspapers that the appeared disagreement between the main Armenian lobbyist structures of America are to Azerbaijan's liking.

Concerning the coming meeting of the Foreign Ministers of OSCE member countries December 3-4, Guliyev said he did not expect any fundamental changes in the Karabakh settlement issue.

The other day Azerbaijani national defense ministry stated about the arrest of terrorist organization member, suspected in participation in the 11 September terrorist acts in Washington D.C. and New York. It is informed that the unit, the member of which is the arrested, is based in Cairo and the terrorist is the citizen of Egypt. Immediately after the arrest he was sent to Cairo. A special "Egypt Airlines" plane was sent to Baku for the flight of the accused, convoyed by Egyptian soldiers, to Cairo. Journalists were invited to make this demonstration action widely known. The arrested got on the airplane in a black mask, the fact that was making the situation false mysterious. It is kept the terrorist's name secret for some reason and Azerbaijani special services do not make clear the arrest particulars because of "investigation interests"…