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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan stories: 4 news summaries

 12 Killed in Azerbaijan 
 School Shooting 

13 wounded; gunman kills self

Apr 30, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(AP) - A gunman opened fire at Azerbaijan's prestigious oil industry academy today, killing 12 and wounding 13 before turning the gun on himself. The suspect, Georgian citizen Farda Gadyrov, entered the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in Baku and climbed five floors of the building, shooting everyone he met along the way,... More »

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Georgia • Azerbaijan • school shooting

 US to Expand Routes 
 Into Afghanistan 

Safer roads will depend on cooperation of Central Asian nations

Dec 31, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - More than four-fifths of the supplies for allied troops in Afghanistan travel via Pakistan along a treacherous route, prompting the US to plan new supply lines in the embattled region. The fragility of the current setup was laid bare after a Pakistani counter-militant offensive shut down the Khyber Pass yesterday,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Pakistan • Azerbaijan • army supplies • Turkmenistan • Khyber Pass • Uzbekistan • Tajikistan

 Cheney Set
 to Visit
 Georgia

VP to shore up ties with embattled nation, emphasize 'common security interests'

Aug 25, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney will visit Georgia next week to strengthen ties with the battered US ally, the AP reports. The vice president will also visit Azerbaijan and Ukraine to emphasize the US commitment to the former Soviet republics, a White House spokesman said today in announcing the trip, which is to... More »

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Russia • Dick Cheney • Georgia • Azerbaijan • Ukraine • sovereignty • invasion

Moscow
Backs Down
on Missile Shield

Putin's tough talk yields to unexpected compromise proposal

Jun 7, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of exchanging sharp criticism with US officials, Vladimir Putin today suggested a truce over a controversial missile shield in Eastern Europe. In talks with President Bush at the G8 summit, the Russian president reversed course and said Moscow would support US plans for the shield if it is... More »

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missile shield • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit • Azerbaijan • George W. Bush

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