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Azeri SOCAR to borrow $20 billion to boost exports to Europe
ReutersBAKU (Reuters) - Azeri state energy firm SOCAR plans to borrow more than $20 billion over the next five years to finance energy projects to help boost gas exports to Europe, a challenge to plans by neighboring Russia. SOCAR, one of the world's oldest oil...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Turkey, Singapore, Russia, Investments
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Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
Reuters* Russian foreign minister says votes 'stolen' in song contest * Russian singer placed fifth in a field of 26 * Azerbaijan says official result inaccurate By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with...Tags: Human Rights, Theft, Elections, Russia, Politics
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Russia says it was robbed in Eurovision song contest
MOSCOW — As might be expected, Russia's foreign minister spent his day Tuesday grappling with the biggest international crisis facing his country, an "outrageous incident" that has inflamed public passions. And Sergei Lavrov promised decisive...
Tags: American Idol (tv program), Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Theft, Russia, Television Networks
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Denmark wins Eurovision on ABBA's turf with folksy ballad
ReutersMALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won Eurovision on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, clinching the coveted crown of euro-pop with a folksy ballad backed by a wall of fire, flutes and drums. The...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Avicii (music group), Sweden, Bjorn Ulvaeus
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ABBA in the air as 26 countries fight for Eurovision glory
ReutersBy Mia Shanley MALMO, Sweden, May 18 (Reuters) - Singers from 26 countries began battling it out on Saturday night for the crown of glitzy pop in the Eurovision Song Contest, returning this year to the homeland of ABBA, the Swedish band it propelled to...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Avicii (music group), Sweden, Bjorn Ulvaeus
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RPT-INTERVIEW-South Stream pipeline is a reality, will be built -exec
Reuters(Repeats May 16 story with no change to text) * South Stream on track for 2015 kickoff -exec * Financing seen concluded by early 2014 -exec * Analysts, diplomats have questioned economic validity By Barbara Lewis and Geert De Clercq BRUSSELS, May 16...Tags: Germany, International Organizations, Electricite de France S.A., Italy, Russia
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Rights groups condemn Azerbaijan over Internet defamation bill
Reuters* OSCE, Amnesty International criticise Aliyev government * Amnesty suggests move timed to presidential vote * Imprisonment of journalist also condemned By Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 15 (Reuters) - Human rights groups criticised Azerbaijan on...Tags: Human Rights, Baku (Azerbaijan), Elections, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics
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The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei
Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Baku (Azerbaijan), Caucasus, Islam
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Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack
MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...
Tags: Caucasus, Elections, Russia, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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Mexicans cart away statue of late Azerbaijan leader
MEXICO CITY — Adios, Heydar Aliyev, late strongman of distant Azerbaijan. Now that your statue has been hauled away from the Paseo de La Reforma, the Mexican capital’s grand boulevard, where will Mexicans go now when they want to meditate on...
Tags: Human Rights, George W. Bush, WikiLeaks, Mexico, Sculpture
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten
Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, West Bank, Defense, Mikhail S Gorbachev
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Mexico City committee: Boot out statue of Azerbaijan strongman
MEXICO CITY -- That big, hulking statue of the Caucasian strongman has got to go. Such was the recommendation Friday of a special committee appointed to resolve one of the odder controversies to beset this capital. At issue: the city government’...
Tags: Mexico, Sculpture, Arts, Mexico City, Arts and Culture
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