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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | yesterday
Turkey joined with two other regional leaders in a show of power yesterday in inaugurating the 76-kilometer Turkish section of a strategic railway that bypasses Armenia, which has long opposed the
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Registan.net (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
One would certainly be forgiven for thinking so, given his invocation of James Giffen, accusations of money laundering by Kazakhstan’s royal family, and corrupt links to U.S. lobbying interests (even Frank Giustra—remember him'—makes an appearance). Of course, none of this is new information. The very crimes Griffen stands accused of would indicate the Nazarbayev family has [...]
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MediaChannel (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
By Radio Free Europe Today is National Press Day in Azerbaijan, but independent journalists in the South Caucasus country have little reason to celebrate.
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs welcome the constructive engagement of Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan following their June 6 meeting in St. Petersburg.
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
War is in the air in Caucasus. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili threatens to take back Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Ilham Aliyev doesn't want to fall behind either and pledges to resolve the Karabakh conflict by use of force. The situation is complicated and unpredictable. Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the Caucasus department at the Institute of CIS Studies, presents his vision of the region to...
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Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV Energy profits are emboldening the government of Azerbaijan. As a result, officials in Baku are now more likely to disregard the advice of Western states, in particular the United States, on matters concerning democratization and human rights.
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The presidents of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan are set to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday of a strategic railway line linking the Turkish city of Kars to Central Asia,
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
If Azerbaijan wasn't warned of the secret talks between Turkish and Armenian high-ranking officials, Baku should take retaliatory measures as regards its ally, Turkey, according to an Azeri political scientist.
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Harper's Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
> > · · · · · · · · · · Lobbyist-arranged Op-eds'By Following up on that Sunday Times of London story about its , regarding the former administration official caught seeking to sell access to the White House, The Times posted a confidential brochure prepared by Payne’s firm, Worldwide Strategic Partners, which detailed its alleged prior activities on behalf of the government of Azerbaijan.The brochure...