Azerbaijan, the largest country in the Caucasus region, won the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Saturday night. The next event in 2012 will bring an often forgotten country that has seen its fortunes rise in recent years with its riches of Caspian Sea natural gas into the spotlight. Amy Cotton of Antigonish, N.S., gathered some valuable qualification points for the London Olympics, finishing as the top Canadian judoka in the Baku Grand Prix tournament in Azerbaijan, in the under-78 kg weight class. Barr and Wray has secured a EUR900,000 (£795,000) deal for the design and installation of new spa and pool facilities at the new Four Seasons Hotel hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan.{poll_summary} Once again the speed of the internet makes it difficult for governments to hide their actions. A young girl is arrested along with her mother for… BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 19 (UPI) -- The consortium managing the Nabucco natural gas pipeline expects financial investment decisions soon but it depends on supply agreements, a director said. BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18 (UPI) -- Police in Azerbaijan cordoned off parts of a main square in Baku and arrested dozens of supporters of an opposition group, witnesses said. ("AsiaNews," April 13, 2011) Baku, Azerbaijan - The authorities have prohibited three religious from coming together to pray in Gyanja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan. Forum 18 news agency says that Christians, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, confirmed the repeated threat of police to arrest those who continued to meet for Sunday service. BAKU (Reuters) - Azeri police arrested dozens of opposition activists who tried to stage a protest rally in the center of the oil-producing Muslim country's capital Baku on Saturday. Hajiaga Nuri, an elder in an impoverished village north of Azerbaijan's capital of Baku, is part of the region's first Islamic push against a pro- Western leader after similar regimes were ousted in the Middle East. BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia on Thursday exchanged prisoners detained by the two sides after the conflict over the breakaway Nagorno- Karabakh region, in a gesture of good will between long-term foes. A selection of the best images from around the world Fifty protesters calling for the resignation of Azerbaijan's president were arrested in Baku, the nation's capital, on Saturday. BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan security forces detained at least 25 people on Friday after anti-government activists used social media to call for street protests inspired by the Arab uprisings in the oil-producing Muslim state. Report finds oil company did not do enough about reported human rights abuses against Turkish landowners The government has censured BP for failing to investigate alleged human rights abuses along the route of the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline from the Caspian to the Mediterranean. Environmental and human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth, claimed victory in the long-running case, after the government upheld a complaint that the oil company failed to act on evidence of intimidation by Turkish security forces along the 1,768km BTC pipeline, more than half of which runs through Turkey. BP did set up a formal grievance procedure but campaigners said that was not enough, because landowners affected by the pipeline, many of them from Turkey's Kurdish minority, were often too scared to file an official complaint. The report, by the UK "national contact point" for the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which lays down guidelines for the operation of multinationals, upheld this claim, though it exonerated BP on four other points. "The company failed to identify specific complaints of intimidation against affected communities by local security forces where the information was received outside of the formal grievance and monitoring ... BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Natural gas production in Azerbaijan is expected to double within the next decade, a deputy energy official said from Baku.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Can Baku Rock You Azerbaijan Wins Eurovision Canadian Cotton finishes fifth at judo tournament News Barr and Wray secures contract Young girl detained in police crackdown Nabucco sees 2011 as key year strikes out against proreformists unregistered Christians forbidden to pray together Police break up opposition rally Iran Influence May Unsettle BP’s Oil Investments Armenia exchange prisoners 24 hours pictures Arrest Antigovernment Protesters At least 25 protest bid BP failed act on reports of intimidation along Turkish pipeline Azeri gas production double by 2020
