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  • Ansari visits Samarkand Bukhara next stop before wrapping up Uzbekistan visit

    Vice President Hamid Ansari visited the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. He was received by Samarkand Governor Mirzaev Zoyir Toirovich. Both held discussions on issues of mutual interest. Ansari also paid a visit to Shah-e-Zinda, where Prophet Mohammad's cousin, Kusam ibn Abbas, was beheaded for refusing to abandon his faith. The Vice President later visited the mausoleum ...

  • New Indonesian Central Bank Chief To Focus on Inflation Amid Political Pressure

    Former Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo began a five-year term as Indonesia's central bank governor Friday, taking the reins as Southeast Asia's biggest economy faces the prospect of higher inflation and political uncertainty ahead of general elections scheduled for next year.Mr. Martowardojo's immediate priority will be maintaining price stability as the government prepares to ...

  • Azerbaijan Will Not Join NATO CSTO Says Aide

    BAKU, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Azerbaijan will join neither NATO nor the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), but is prepared to cooperate with both, a presidential aide said on Friday. "As Azerbaijan has been participating in NATO’s Partnership for Peace program since 1995 we envision our future security model within the framework of the Nonaligned ...

  • Asia stocks erratic Europe shares steady day after global selloff

    BANGKOK - Asian shares traded erratically Friday but European markets found their footing, a day after global stocks were routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei 225 index, which plummeted more than 7 per cent Thursday, posted a big morning gain and then took investors on a dizzying ride ...

  • YARAT promotes Azerbaijan at Venice Biennale

    Space of contemporary art YARAT! takes part in the Venice Biennale with exhibition - Love Me, Love Me Not. Love Me, Love Me Not is a unique exhibition of contemporary fine art in Azerbaijan and a number of neighbouring countries, featuring works by 17 artists from Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Russia and Georgia. The exhibition, produced by a non-profit organization YARAT! (curator is Dina ...


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Henry Fool

Have you ever met someone who can talk for hours and never actually say anything? A stream of words flows from the mouth, all of which sounds grandiose, weighty, and far reaching in deep, metaphorical importance, and yet semantically the entire tirade is meaningless? This is essentially a summation of the titular character of "Henry Fool," the arrogantly intellectual antihero at the center of Hal ... ...

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  • 95th anniversary of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic marked in Washington

    Azerbaijani embassy in the United States has organized a reception in Washington to mark 95th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The event brought together high-ranking officials from the US presidential office, a number of Congress members, representatives of the US army, diplomatic missions accredited in the US including those belonging to Azerbaijan, Turkey and also Jewish ...

  • Azerbaijans transport sector not facing problems with investment support

    The high credit rating allows international investors to trust Azerbaijan, easily issuing loans for the development of different major projects, including in transport. The statement came from head of the transport ministry's board of Azerbaijan Javid Najafov as part of the International Transport Forum in ...

  • Large families to be provided with apartments in Azerbaijan

    The families in Azerbaijan with three and more children will be provided with apartments as well as special mortgage preferences. Chief of the department for social support policy of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Elnur Sultanov told APA that this is fixed in a new, special bill 'On provision of state support to large families' developed by the Presidential Administration ...

  • The United States and Azerbaijan have built a vibrant partnership - John Kerry

    US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Azerbaijani people on the occasion of 28 May - the Republic Day. 'I am delighted to congratulate the people of Azerbaijan as you observe Republic Day this May 28. The United States and Azerbaijan have built a vibrant partnership, and we are committed to help buttress Azerbaijan’s independence, strengthening its democratic institutions ...

  • Mongolias long-awaited securities law paves way for giant mine

    finally passed a long-awaited securities law on Friday that will allow the state-owned firm mining the enormous Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit to launch a $3 billion initial public offering at home and ...

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