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	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan, a nation in the Caucasus of Turkic Muslims, has been an independent republic since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Critics of the government of Azerbaijan consider it to be a Kleptocracy.
		Politically, this area is now divided into the Iranian provinces of West Azarbaijan[?] (Azarbayjan-e Gharbi) and East Azerbaijan[?] (Azarbayjan-e Sharqi).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/az/Azerbaijan.html (157 words)

	Azerbaijan Politics, Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Republic of Azerbaijan is a secular democracy, with the government based on the separation of powers among its three branches.
		The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan establishes this form of government and is the supreme law within the republic.
		Political parties are free to participate unhindered, in the political process, according to the laws and Constitution of Azerbaijan.
	www.azeriusa.com /azerbaijan-politics.html (231 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan is a republic with a presidential form of government.
		During the year, there were no reports of political killings by the Government or its agents; however, some prison inmates and detainees died in part as a result of prison conditions and mistreatment by law enforcement personnel.
		The percentage of minorities in government or politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population, although There are no restrictions on the participation of minorities in politics.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8225.htm (10776 words)

	Latest Events in the Region
		The political atmosphere in Azerbaijan became animated with the sudden surgery of president Aliyev in Cleveland, United States.
		The violence against the reporters led to the widespread protests in Azerbaijan, and these attacks are believed to have been undertaken with the clear purpose of silencing the independent reporters.
		Azerbaijan can turn into a gas exporter in another 4-6 years, however, the Turkish demand for gas is now.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/usazerb/431.htm (1031 words)

	azerbaijan.neweurasia.net » Religion in Azerbaijani Politics
		This article was invoked during the last year’s parliamentary election of November 6 when the State Election Commission annulled registration of the Chairman of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), Hajiaga Nuri, on the grounds that IPA is not registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice.
		Azerbaijan’s secular course received an additional boost as a result of growing economic and political rivalries with its southern neighbor, theocratic Iran.
		Azerbaijan has made its airspace available to the coalition’s air forces during the military operations, and deployed peacekeeping troops in both countries.
	azerbaijan.neweurasia.net /?p=75 (1284 words)

	Going to Azerbaijan !
		Zoroastrianism originated in Azerbaijan and was inspired by the fires that shoot from the soil in the country, a phenomena that the Zoroastrians consider a divine symbol.
		Azerbaijan’s geography and precious petroleum resources has led it to suffer much political manipulation, as regional superpowers such as Iran and Russia have played diplomatic chess in the oil-rich region.
		The pipeline is fast turning Azerbaijan into a Kuwait of the Caspian, as an estimated $150 billion will flow to Azerbaijan over the next two decades, big money to a country where many war refugees have been living in train cars and pensioners exist on paltry pensions of $30 (US) a month.
	goingtoazerbaijan.blogspot.com (2144 words)

	Top20Azerbaijan.com - Your Top20 Guide to Azerbaijan!
		Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: AzÉrbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with a coast on the Caspian Sea.
		Some opponents of the name Azerbaijan assert that it is anachronistic to use it in a historical context before 1918, because, they say, the term was first introduced by the national intelligentsia in early 20th century and later was endorsed by the Bolsheviks, with intention of claiming the northern province of Persia.
		The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a member of the Oguz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republicâs population, as well as about a third of the population of Iran.
	www.top20azerbaijan.com (1739 words)

	Azerbaijan - MN-FILES - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan was settled by Persians in the pre-Christian period.
		Azerbaijan is an economy in transition, in which the state continues to play a dominant role.
		Azerbaijan is considered one of the most important spots in the world for oil exploration and development.
	www.mosnews.com /mn-files/azerbaijan.shtml (1785 words)

	Azerbaijan: Land of Everlasting Flame
		The Republic of Azerbaijan is a nation of the south Caucasus that has been independent since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Azerbaijan lies on the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea at the southern extremity of the Caucasian isthmus.
		Azerbaijan has a very rich history and the importance of its geographical situation between the great civilizations of West Asia and Europe has caused the land to be embroiled in many of the great occurrences of the past.
	www.etsu.edu /writing/adcomp_f05/studentwriting/azeri.htm (2137 words)

	Politics of Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on August 30, 1991, with Ayaz Mutalibov[?], former First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party, becoming the country's first President.
		Among its reforms, the PFP dissolved the predominantly Communist Supreme Soviet and transferred its functions to the 50-member upper house of the legislature, the National Council.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the U.S. is at 927 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005; tel: 202-842-0001; fax: 202-842-0004; http://www.azembassy.com.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Azerbaijan.html (791 words)

	Azerbaijan - Legislative Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Because of the Supreme Soviet's complicity in the effort to bring Mutalibov back to power in May 1992, the APF forced the Supreme Soviet to convene, elect APF official Isa Gambarov as acting president, dissolve itself, and cede its power to the Melli-Majlis pending new parliamentary elections.
		Having repeatedly postponed the elections, the Melli-Majlis remained the sole legislative authority within Azerbaijan in early 1994.
		More about the Government and Politics of Azerbaijan.
	countrystudies.us /azerbaijan/29.htm (226 words)

	Azerbaijan - Land of Opportunity
		Azerbaijan, a nation with more than seven million inhabitants, achieved its independence in 1991 after almost 80 years of being an integral part of U.S.S.R. The industrial base before "the change," was tied closely to other socialist republics and to nations in Eastern Europe.
		Azerbaijan, a nation with almost eight million inhabitants, achieved its independence in 1991 after almost 80 years of being an integral part of U.S.S.R. The nation's major industrial trading partners before "the change," were made up of other Soviet Socialist republics, and the aligned nations of Eastern Europe.
		Ten major problem areas that Azerbaijan is facing, as viewed by local and foreign researchers, are discussed and deserve the attention of those who are in charge of developing and administering various international assistance programs.
	www2.una.edu /gcrawford/Ludmilla (1926 words)

	Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Turkic Crimes Against Humanity, Karabagh
		General Ravil Rzaev, the commander of Azerbaijan's air force, told journalists in Baku on 13 August that the country's air defense forces will shoot down Iranian and other foreign aircraft that violate Azerbaijan's airspace "if the life of our citizens is endangered," Turan and Interfax reported.
		Azerbaijan is fertile ground for a new Iranian political movement.
		If Iranian Azerbaijan were to take a sharp turn toward the United States, a new pipeline linking the Caspian fields with the Iraqi oil delivery system would be constructed in a trice.
	www.geocities.com /master8885/index.html (3265 words)

	Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
		Azerbaijan is known as a relatively secular Muslim country, but too-harsh of a crackdown under the pretense of too-unfree elections could bring this element about.
		After the government of Azerbaijan accused the opposition of being funded by Armenian intelligence and NDI for a coup, the political progress in the country seems to be degrading quickly.
		Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor-General’s Office announced on 4 August the arrest of Ruslan Bashirli, leader of the opposition youth movement Yeni Fikir (New Thinking), on charges of plotting to overthrow the Azerbaijani leadership at the instigation of Armenian intelligence operatives.
	www.publiuspundit.com /index.php?cat=61 (14405 words)

	Politics of Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The two largest political parties are the Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista or PJ) which evolved out of Juan Peron 's efforts in the 1940s to expand role of labor in the political process Peronism) and the Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical or UCR) founded in 1890.
		Repudiated by the public after a of military rule (1976-83) marked by human violations economic decline and military defeat in 1982 Falkland/Malvinas Islands conflict the Argentine military today is a volunteer force focused largely on international peacekeeping.
		This is an academic look at the organization of middle-aged Argentine mothers that began in the wake of widespread political and state sponsored terrorism in the period of 1976-1982, more commonly called the Dirty War.
	www.freeglossary.com /Politics_of_Argentina (1003 words)

	OnlineWomen: Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan is one of the oldest oil producing countries in the world.
		There are no legal restrictions on women's participation in politics; however, they are underrepresented in elective offices, since traditional social norms restrict women's roles in politics.
		The chief justice of Azerbaijan's supreme court is a woman.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /azerbaijan/azermain.htm (642 words)

	Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the mid-1990s, Azerbaijan began implementing a national system for registering and protecting intellectual property rights with the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), of which it is a member.
		Azerbaijan is a party to the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property, and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
		Azerbaijan is not yet a member of the World Trade Organization, but the Ministry of Economic Development has retained an advisor to assist in preparing Azerbaijan's bid for accession.
	www.emich.edu /ict_usa/AZERBAIJAN.htm (1620 words)

	Alphabet in the Boiling Pot of Politics by Abulfazl Bahadori
		After the Revolution of 1917 and the fall of the Tsarist Empire, Azerbaijanis established their own independent Republic which survived from 1918 until 1920 during which time the government continued publishing all its offcial correspondence in the Arabic alphabet and the issue of Latinization was offcially never raised.
		The frst signs of this new political openness in Azerbaijan became evident by the enormous number of articles in Azeri newspapers criticizing the colonialist nature of the Cyrillic alphabet and the need to revive the old alphabet (Arabic).
		In many of these seminars and conferences, the arguments set forth were extremely political: "A common alphabet is essential for bringing together all the Turks of the world." In other words, that which the Arabic alphabet had already done for many centuries was now expected from Latin.
	www.azeri.org /Azeri/az_english/13_folder/13_articles/13_alpha_az.html (2187 words)

	Nagorno-Karabakh: The Crisis in the Caucasus - Council on Foreign Relations
		The region’s attempt at secession was rejected by Azerbaijan and sparked a bout of violence that created hundreds of thousands of refugees.
		In Armenia, national politics are intermixed with that of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, which technically remains part of Azerbaijan (the international community does not recognize the republic’s claim for independence).
		Azerbaijan also suspects Russia of being too pro-Armenia; for instance, Russia’s Defense Ministry was caught supplying a large amount of military hardware to Armenia from 1994-96.
	www.cfr.org /publication/9148/nagornokarabakh.html (1292 words)

	Blogrel » Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As the latest developments in the UN are showing, Azerbaijan is shifting its attention towards forming bigger alliances and burying the essence of the Karabakh problem under the global contradictions around energy security, anti-Russian moods and ducking behind the scandalous image of Mikhail Saakashvili, the president of Georgia.
		Teams of political analysts are located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict.
		Azerbaijan, which has not passed an advanced law yet, is further behind the other two States.
	www.blogrel.com /category/azerbaijan (3679 words)

	Politics of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Azerbaijan takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government.
		In July of 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits.
		Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Washington
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Azerbaijan (1377 words)

	Azerbaijan Elections 2005
		The task of YAP MPs in the meantime is to “make the international community recognize Armenia as an occupying force,” he continues.
		“The restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity will occur when the Armenians of Karabakh see the creation of a positive democratic model in Azerbaijan.” While a strong Azerbaijani army and economy must also be part of any peace strategy, the country’s “international reputation” in this matter hinges on respect for democratic values, he says.
		The candidate advocates that Azerbaijan rely on itself for a peaceful outcome to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
	www.eurasianet.org /azerbaijan/policies/nagorno.html (637 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian news, links, maps etc.
		Azerbaijan is to stop the free transmission of Russian television on its territory, an Azeri official said Thursday, in a move seen by analysts as linked to a gas dispute between the two countries.
		Azerbaijan will this winter provide gas to Georgia, which has been in dispute with its chief supplier Russia, under a deal reached Monday by leaders of the two Caucasus states.
		Azerbaijan will become Georgia’s major gas supplier in 2007, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli told the government session on December 20.
	www.bakutoday.net /cat.php?h=2 (374 words)

	EurasiaNet Business & Economics - Electoral Politics in Azerbaijan Could Complicate Pipeline Loans
		Lenders worry that electoral politics connected with the October 15 election could prompt fresh delays in arranging financing for pipeline construction.
		Hesitation on the part of international lenders could force Azerbaijan’s continued reliance on its State Oil Fund www.oilfund.az to cover construction costs, Nazli said.
		"The key challenge facing Azerbaijan over the medium term will be to ensure that the projected boom in oil exports is managed effectively and in a manner consistent with sustainable non-oil growth and poverty reduction," the IMF remarked in a June summary of discussions with Azerbaijani authorities.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/business/articles/eav091603.shtml (857 words)

	Blogrel » Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The political debate that is going on now is a dead end.
		Whats interesting is Azerbaijan did get a seat on this council, yet Georgia fared worse than any of the caucusus, with just 35 votes.
		According to an NGO based in Europe, Armenia and Azerbaijan were declared unfit to join the council anyway, because of their goverments’ apparent poor human rights records, along with China and Russia, and others.
	www.blogrel.com /category/politics (3024 words)

	On Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of International Relations at the Institute of Political Sciences and Social Administration in 1997.
		In 1999, Fatullaev received a master's degree from the Department of Foreign Policy at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Azerbaijan.
		From 1997-99, he served as an adviser to Azerbaijan's minister of labor and social protection.
	www.rferl.org /specials/50radioliberty/fatulla.asp (150 words)

	Amazon.com: Politics of Language in the Ex-Soviet Muslim States: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Politics of Language in the Ex-Soviet Muslim States offers a unique and timely analysis of language policies in the central Asian states of the former Soviet Union.
		It also addresses efforts in each state to elaborate the local variety of Turkic or Iranian for use as public discourse in administration, law, business, and politics, including teaching the language to its nominal speakers, and considers the relation between these languages and those of local ethnic minorities.
		Jacob M. Landau is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
	www.amazon.com /Politics-Language-Ex-Soviet-Muslim-States/dp/0472112260 (783 words)

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