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Architect's illustration of the new Heidar Aliyev Cultural Center in Baku, now being built by Turkish-Azerbaijani partnership Dia Holding
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Grand Ambitions In Azerbaijan
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Architect's illustration of the new Heidar Aliyev Cultural Center in Baku, now being built by Turkish-Azerbaijani partnership Dia HoldingArchitect's illustration of a proposed business and entertainment center in downtown BakuChildren stand in front of a newly built Olympic complex in Mashtaga, outside of BakuAn Olympic sports complex in the southern town of Masalli, estimated to have cost $22 millionPortraits of President Ilham Aliyev, who previously headed Azerbaijan's Olympic Committee, and his late father, Heidar Aliyev, watch over an empty gymA reporter poses outside the crumbling soccer stadium in Masalli Workers sort through garbage at a dump in Baku