Clinton cancels visit to UK, TurkeyNovember 1, 2011 - 11:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has cancelled a trip to London and Istanbul to be with her ailing mother, the State Department announced. The statement did not give any details on the health of Dorothy Howell Rodham, who is 92. Mrs Rodham reportedly has lived in Mrs Clinton's Washington home since 2006. "Due to illness with her mother, Secretary Clinton has cancelled her scheduled travel tonight to London and Istanbul and will instead remain in Washington," a senior State Department official said. Mrs Clinton changed her travel plans shortly before she was to have left the U.S. capital for Afghanistan to urge its neighbors to avoid meddling there and instead build economic ties with the war-torn state. Shortly after visiting Afghanistan and three of its neighbors, Mrs Clinton was to have held talks on Wednesday, November 2, in Istanbul with a broader group about how to boost peace and prosperity after US combat troops withdraw in 2014 and hand over to Afghan forces. On her way, she was scheduled to stop in London to join officials from 60 countries - along with internet pioneers Google, Facebook and Microsoft as well as Chinese technology firms - to discuss cyber security, The Telegraph reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children |