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  • Five Azerbaijan troops killed in road crash

    At least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned, the government said. The accident occurred early Saturday in Guba region, some 168 km from capital Baku, reported Xinhua citing Azerbaijan's internal ministry. Though an investigation was underway , police said bad weather as well as mechanical defects might have caused ...

  • Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Khalida Khalid and her driver released

    Azerbaijani citizens arrested in Iran have been released. The employee of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, researcher and publicist Khalida Khalid and her driver Shamkhal Huseynov have been released. The statement came from Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsun Pak Ayin. He said both citizens of Azerbaijan were released on 19 May ...

  • Greek premier arrives in Azerbaijan

    The Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras arrived in Azerbaijan on 19 May. At the International airport of Heydar Aliyev the premier was welcomed by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Industry and Energy, co-chair of the Azerbaijani-Greek intergovernmental commission Natiq Aliyev and other officials. A short protocol conversation between Antonis Samaras and Natiq Aliyev was held at the salon ...

  • Ethnically diverse Azerbaijan among most tolerant countries

    The ethnically diverse Azerbaijan where titular nation dominates, however, has included the country into the rating of the most tolerant societies. The results of the poll held in more than 80 countries (World Values Survey) were published on the website of The Washington Post. The poll aimed to draw parallels between economic development, as well as ethnic diversity of a country and tolerance ...

  • James Passin the American Who Invested in Mongolia

    The Mongolian Stock Exchange occupies a single room inside a gray building that once housed a children's movie theater, just off Skhbaatar Square in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. On any given day, it's quieter than the nearby National Library, as 20 or so traders in cubicles click away softly on their laptops. This muted bourse hardly seems a place to make a fortune, but James ...


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The X Files: Fight the Future [Blu-Ray]

The X Files: Fight the Future [Blu-Ray]

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  • Tajik president arrives for China visit

    Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon arrived in Beijing on Sunday afternoon, kicking off his China visit.During his stay in China, Rakhmon is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and meet with top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang and Vice Premier Zhang ...

  • Denmarks Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ahead of Azerbaijan Ukraine

    Gianluca of Malta performs his song "Tomorrow" with his band during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ...

  • Man in US quiet regarding Uzbekistan terrorism plot

    BOISE, Idaho--An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack ...

  • Aliyev said Azerbaijan needed support of international community to end Armenian invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Aliyev said Azerbaijan needed support of international community to end Armenian invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh. VIENNA - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev asked the international community to lend its support for ending the Armenian invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh.Armenia insists on not leaving Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, even after United Nations Security ...

  • Gazprom plans Ukraine bypass

    By Vladimir Socor On April 3, in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced a colossal series of gas projects. These involve an expansion of existing big projects or a reactivation of earlier, unimplemented proposals. Ukraine's start of gas imports from Europe, reducing dependence on Gazprom, triggered this Putin-Miller move. In a set-piece dialogue, they ...

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