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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 ...

  • 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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Blindness [DVD]

Blindness [DVD]

Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Jos Saramago, Fernando Meirelless Blindness is a harrowing, if sometimes overly hammering descent into the darkest depths of human nature. A sort of Lord of the Flies parable, it suggests an inexplicable and highly contagious epidemic that r ... ...

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  • Fitch Affirms Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund at BBB- Outlook Stable

    California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on ...

  • Skis replace bullets in Iraqi Kurdistan

    By Karlos Zurutuza PENJWIN, Iraqi Kurdistan - When 37-year-old Igor Urizar first happened upon the isolated mountain village of Penjwin, 300 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, he had a vision of this border-town - nestled in the pristine, snow-capped mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan - transformed into a haven for skiers. Today, after four years of hard work, Urizar is the proud founder of the ...

  • Uzbekistan A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History

    Eight years have passed after one of the worst massacres in the former Soviet Union since its collapse. On May 13, 2005, security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on protesters, the vast majority unarmed, killing hundreds of men, women and children as they tried to flee. No one has been held accountable, and the authoritarian president, Islam Karimov, has defied calls for ...

  • Uzbek national pleads not guilty to U.S. terrorism charges

    A Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance on Friday, on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized militant ...

  • Russia Tajikistan in lopsided alliance

    By Shavkat Kasymov Despite the optimism with which Tajik government officials hailed their country's accession to the World Trade Organization in January, there is a need for a more realistic assessment of the potential economic prospects in regards to membership of the world trading community. Tajikistan is a remittance-dependent country with strong political affinity to Russia, ...

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