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| Oct. 15 |
Azerbaijan |
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Presidential Election| The incumbent Ilham Aliyev was nominated by the New Azerbaijan Party for a second term on 3 August 2008 | |
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| Mar.21 |
Azerbaijan |
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Bird flu kills five| WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February | |
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| Feb.10 |
Azerbaijan |
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Bird flu reaches Azerbaijan Health officials say the deadly H5N1 strain has been found in dead birds from the country's Caspian sea coast
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| Dec.24 |
Azerbaijan |
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23 dead recovered from air crash The bodies of all aboard a turboprop plane that crashed near Baku have been recovered from the wreckage
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| Dec.23 |
Azerbaijan |
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Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23 An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed along the coast of the Caspian Sea, killing all passengers and crew
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| Nov.26 |
Washington |
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US condemns Azeri rally policing The US has censured the use of force to disperse crowds in Baku who were protesting about parliamentary elections
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Azerbaijan |
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Police break up mass rally| Police in Baku have used truncheons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse a protest over the election results | |
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| Nov.6 |
Azerbaijan |
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Ruling party 'wins' polls| The electoral body: New Azerbaijan Party won 58%, while opposition parties were in single figures | |
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Azerbaijan |
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Voting begins The parliamentary vote got under way before international monitors
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| May.25 |
Azerbaijan |
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Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens| Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened | |
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| Dec.12 |
Ohio |
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Former president of Azerbaijan dies Geidar Aliyev was a KGB general and Communist Party chief. He brought stability to a nation plagued by war
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| Oct.16 |
Azerbaijan |
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Son of Leader Set to Secure Dynasty The son of Haydar Aliyev appeared well on his way to runaway victory in a presidential election
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| Oct.22 |
Azerbaijan |
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Ship capsizes in Caspian Sea The Mercury II was sailing from Kazakhstan to the Azeri capital, Baku, with 51 people on board
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| May.22 |
Azerbaijan |
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Pope begins visit John Paul II appeals for an end to religious wars and praises Azerbaijan as a society that holds tolerance
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| Nov.26 |
Azerbaijan |
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Massive earthquake Earthquake, measured 6.3 on Richter scale, may have killed 24 people
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