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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Azerbaijan News.Net http://www.azerbaijannews.net/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:39 -0400 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:39 -0400 30 Lagos, July 5 (Xinhua) Eight players and two officials of the Amputee Football Association of Nigeria (AFAN) will participate in the Uzbekistan 2008 Cup of Independence beginning, July 14. http://www.azerbaijannews.net/story/378889 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:49 -0400 Azerbaijan News.Net http://www.azerbaijannews.net/story/378889 ULAN BATOR: Mongolia Saturday was set to lift a state of emergency imposed after deadly election riots engulfed the capital Ulan Bator, but residents feared renewed violence. http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983243&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:29:21 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983243&cat=929bcf2071e81801 (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)The pack passes a bridge on the outskirts of Brest during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Brest and Plumelec, western France, Saturday July 5, 2008. http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15984212&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:44:29 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15984212&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ULAN BATOR - Troops began pulling back from the streets of the Mongolian capital on Saturday and political leaders called for calm ahead of the lifting of emergency rule that was declared after riotin... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983242&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:24:27 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983242&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ASTANA - Turkish President Abdullah Gul had meetings with his Georgian and Tajik counterparts in Kazakh capital of Astana on Saturday. Gul, who is currently in Kazakhstan for the ceremonies to mark th... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983169&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:04:15 -0400 Turkish Press http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15983169&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mongolia lifts its four day state of emergency, but relatives are still waiting for news of those detained in the post-election riots that prompted the imposition of emergency rule.Some 700 people wer... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15981440&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:54:11 -0400 SBS http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15981440&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mongolia's top politicians are in talks to try to work out their differences after allegations of electoral fraud caused deadly riots in the capital. The talks come ahead of the lifting of a four-day... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15981439&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:40:52 -0400 RTE http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15981439&cat=929bcf2071e81801 United Nations human rights officials have called on authorities in Mongolia, where a state of emergency has been imposed in the wake of post-electoral violence, to exercise restraint and ensure that ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15979485&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:13:13 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15979485&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ASHKABAD: Russia is to boost the volume of gas it imports from key producer Turkmenistan, the chief executive of gas giant Gazprom said yesterday, amid growing competition for the ex-Soviet country's ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15978664&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:05:51 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15978664&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ISTANBUL - TDN with wire dispatches Mongolian officials cleared away debris left by a night of deadly riots as the General Election Committee declared yesterday that the ruling Mongolian People's Revo... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15963285&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:54 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15963285&cat=929bcf2071e81801 As of Thursday, July 3, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes eight milit... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15956016&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:14 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15956016&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev concluded July 3 talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev by pronouncing Baku to be Moscow’s "strategic partner." Meanwhile, the ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15948471&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:03 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15948471&cat=929bcf2071e81801 The smell of smoke hung in the air Thursday as people swept up in Mongolia's capital on the second day of a state of emergency called after at least five people died in rioting brought on by alle... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15942801&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:16:48 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15942801&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) — Rifle-toting soldiers and armored vehicles guarded Mongolia's capital Wednesday, one day after at least five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of fraud ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15937457&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:08:37 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15937457&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Calm has returned to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar after rioting in the wake of election fraud allegations left five dead, but there is still no official result from the weekend's parliamentary po... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15934954&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:25:11 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15934954&cat=929bcf2071e81801 BEIJING : Armed soldiers enforced martial law on the streets of Mongolia's capital on Wednesday, a day after five people were killed as hundreds angered by election results rioted, Mongolian stat... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15934958&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:12:46 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15934958&cat=929bcf2071e81801 PRESIDENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID VOTE PROTEST The president of Mongolia has introduced a four-day state of emergency in the capital Ulan Bator in response to violent protests over Sunday's a... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15931574&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:10:54 -0400 IFEX http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15931574&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Dubai: The Al Nasr volleyball team headed to Kazakhstan yesterday for a two- week training camp. The camp is being organised to prepare the teams for the Asian Clubs volleyball tournament, to be held ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15931572&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:04:08 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15931572&cat=929bcf2071e81801 The Canadian Press July 2, 2008 - 3:28 p.m. VANCOUVER - Deadly riots sparked by allegations of election fraud in Mongolia erased market gains for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), the Vancouver-based com... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924450&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:33 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924450&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sunday's elections . Reports state that 5 people have been killed, and over 300 injured. The injured were police and protesters alike, suffering from smoke poisoning, rubber bullets, and stoning. Amon... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924451&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:57:34 -0400 Wikinews http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924451&cat=929bcf2071e81801 BEIJING -- The capital of Mongolia remained under a state of emergency today after five people were killed in post-election violence amid allegations of voter fraud. The crisis erupted late Tuesday... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924448&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:36 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924448&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article Simmering tension between Turkey’s secular establishment and popular religious-minded government is reaching the boiling point. Some experts are expressing concern that Turkis... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924868&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:46:30 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924868&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is set to embark on a potentially pivotal diplomatic tour during which he will strive to settle the contest to develop and export Caspian Basin en... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924937&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:46:29 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15924937&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Five people were killed in a riot over alleged election fraud in Mongolia, where President Nambariin Enkhbayar has declared a four-day state of emergency, the government said Wednesday. The state of ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15917299&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:07:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15917299&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ULAN BATOR - Agence France-Presse Thousands of people staged a violent protest in Mongolia's capital yesterday as they voiced outrage over what they claimed were rigged elections, forcing police to fi... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15913856&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:58:03 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15913856&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Entire areas of the capital of Mongolia have been isolated by police and are currently under surveillance following the president;s declaration of a four-day state of emergency. The decision was ma... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15913855&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:38:22 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15913855&cat=929bcf2071e81801 House rejects Michigan casino bills The Army so far has spent $83 million to clean up 33 of the 51 contaminated sites at Fort Meade. Another $25 million has been pledged, said http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15915836&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:01:34 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15915836&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Ulan Bator -Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared a four-day state of emergency Wednesday amid violent riots in the capital Ulan Bator, that killed at least four and injured up to 100, acco... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15911489&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:39:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15911489&cat=929bcf2071e81801 President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's made the call after protesters stormed the headquarters of the ruling political party alleging fraud in last weekend's parliamentary election.Mr Enkhbayar's decree allow... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15908576&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:55:28 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15908576&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Ulan Bator -Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared a four-day state of emergency Wednesday amid violent riots in the capital Ulan Bator, that killed two and injured up to 100, according to a... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15908573&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:18:12 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15908573&cat=929bcf2071e81801 The president of Mongolia declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital early Wednesday after angry protesters clashed with the police and stormed the headquarters of the governing political p... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899533&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:42 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899533&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Alexei Miller, the chief executive of Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled energy company, held talks Tuesday with President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan on energy agreements in advance... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899530&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:42 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899530&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ].The Committee to Protect Journalists, an international advocacy group based in New York, welcomed the court ruling and called on the Armenian government to allow the station to resume broadcasting. ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899880&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:23:00 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899880&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article In public and in even in its diplomatic dealings, Iran has adamantly opposed the partition of Iraq, variously deriding the idea as a "diabolical plot," a "colonial s... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899487&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:22:59 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15899487&cat=929bcf2071e81801 President Nursultan Nazarbayev as well as a number of prominent human rights activists and opposition groups.Cardin said he spoke with Nazarbayev about his hopes that Kazakh authorities will carry out... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15897495&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:25 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15897495&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Ulan Bator - Protesters ransacked and set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) on Tuesday, two days after parliamentary elections which saw the oppositi... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15894287&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:33:44 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15894287&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse angry protesters who mobbed the headquarters of the ruling political party Tuesday, alleging fraud in a weekend electio... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15894288&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:16:40 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15894288&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Inner Mongolia in north China is mobilizing 33,000 people, including 1,100 technical staff, to wipeout a plague of locusts in the past two weeks, Gao Wenyuan, the regional Grassland Work Office's dire... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15887104&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:10:40 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15887104&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Soviet Union disbanded)Some governments, such as Sweden's, undertook nuclear weapons research programs but did not begin to build weapons. South Africa is the only country known to have built and then... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15878474&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:50:04 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15878474&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article After decades of stalemate, a new peace process in Cyprus may finally be moving the two sides on the divided island towards reunification, analysts say. But failure this time aroun... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15873508&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:31:12 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15873508&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article States in the South Caucasus are following a trend in the former Soviet Union, under which abundant energy wealth is helping to grease the wheels of a decline in democratic value... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15874067&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:31:12 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15874067&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mongolians are awaiting the results of a general election that saw the country's two main parties neck-and-neck.The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and the Democratic Party were both con... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15861096&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:34:44 -0400 SBS http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15861096&cat=929bcf2071e81801 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) began its 17th annual parliamentary meeting Sunday in the Kazakh capital Astana, reports reaching here said. Goran Lennmarker, president ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15861097&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:31:43 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15861097&cat=929bcf2071e81801 (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)In this Sept. 7, 2007 file photo, fashion model Ruslana Korshunova wears a design during a presentation of The Cynthia Rowley 2008 spring/summer collection in New York. Korsh... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15852220&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:46:43 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15852220&cat=929bcf2071e81801 From an FBI press release:Over $9 Million in Fraudulent District of Columbia Checks Deposited into Account of Former IRS Employee Robert O. Steven; Used Funds to Purchase ... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15848476&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:26:37 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15848476&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Polls have opened in Mongolia, for the first general election in four years. Voters started queuing well before polling stations opened, many riding into villages on camel and horseback to cast their... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15845950&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:09:32 -0400 BBC http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15845950&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Astana: Kazakhstan and a consortium of Western oil companies developing the huge Kashagan oilfield have agreed to put off the start of production until 2013, a senior Kazakh government official said o... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15844057&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:47:46 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15844057&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Posted on: Saturday, 28 June 2008, 12:02 CDT Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has said his country is ready to provide drinking water from its lake to people in Central Asia. In his speech at a Tajik-h... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15841836&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:38:15 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15841836&cat=929bcf2071e81801 (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)A huge advertisement is shown at a Rotten Robbie gas station in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Oil futures fell sharply Wednesday after the Energy Department said th... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15830462&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:56:38 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15830462&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article The venue for Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s first official visit abroad -- Moscow -- came as no surprise. But, in a potential sign of a fresh Armenian foreign policy ini... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15824106&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:34:20 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15824106&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Email this article Driven by "petro-authoritarianism," the countries of Central Asia are thoroughly throttling democratization, according to an annual survey conducted by the watchdog group... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15822292&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:26:30 -0400 Eurasianet http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15822292&cat=929bcf2071e81801 A confirmation of sorts of that dark assessment came this week when the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a prestigious German organization, announced the suspension of a 1 million euro ($1.57 million) Euro... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15818432&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:12:54 -0400 Radio Free Europe http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15818432&cat=929bcf2071e81801 British oil giant BP PLC (BP) has started drilling the fifth well at its Shah Deniz gas condensate development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea, the company said Monday. The drilling, wh... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15816466&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:09:21 -0400 Neftegaz http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15816466&cat=929bcf2071e81801 ASHGABAT, June 27 (Itar-Tass) - In 2009 Turkmenistan will be exporting natural gas from the right bank of the Amu Darya River through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China, Turkmen President Gurbanguly B... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15816349&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:03:53 -0400 Itar Tass http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15816349&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets of Baku as military aircraft flew overhead in what news agencies described as a show of force aimed partly at neighboring Armenia.Aze... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15807252&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:57:34 -0400 VOA http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15807252&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Scott is in Kazakhstan ahead of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) meeting next week in Astana, Kazakhstan, an event that will mark the firs... http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15797879&cat=929bcf2071e81801 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:50:26 -0400 Radio Free Europe http://feeds.azerbaijannews.net/?rid=15797879&cat=929bcf2071e81801