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July 29, 2005
Azerbaijan: YeS vs. Yesterday's Men?

An antigovernment demonstration in mid-June As in 2000 and 2003, Azerbaijan's various opposition forces appear reluctant, if not unable, to close ranks in a single bloc to participate in the 6 November parliamentary elections. Both the "traditional" opposition parties and the more recent "liberal" forces have made their insistence that the election process and vote be free and fair a key tenet of their respective election platforms.

July 28, 2005
U.S. Says Azerbaijan Should Act On Election Fraud

An opposition demonstration in Baku (file photo) 27 July 2005 -- The United States says authorities in Azerbaijan should do more to battle recent voting fraud if they are to build trust in the voting process ahead of a November parliamentary poll.
July 27, 2005
Mediators Report Optimism On Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute

An ethnic Armenian fighter in Karabakh Baku, 27 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky, who is on a visit to Baku, today said international mediators were cautiously optimistic a breakthrough could be reached soon in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
July 27, 2005
U.S. To Finance Exit Poll In Azerbaijan Election

27 July (RFE/RL) -- The United States plans to finance an exit poll in Azerbaijan's November parliamentary elections to ensure a free and fair ballot.
July 26, 2005
U.S. Concerned By Energy Deals With Iran, Sudan

26 July 2005 -- A senior U.S. State Department official has expressed concern over China and India's willingness to make energy deals with countries he says are "pursuing policies that are harmful to global stability."
July 23, 2005
Hundreds In Baku Rally For Fair Parliamentary Vote

23 July 2005 -- Hundreds of Azerbaijani opposition supporters rallied in the capital, Baku, today to call for November's parliamentary elections to be free and fair.
July 23, 2005
Azerbaijan: Will The Real Closet Liberals Please Stand Up?

President Ilham Aliyev (file photo) Conventional wisdom assumes that a covert struggle is under way between "conservatives" and "liberals" within the Azerbaijani leadership. But that assumption may be an oversimplification that fails to acknowledge a faction that advocates a managed transition to a more liberal political system, but one with an Islamic component.
July 20, 2005
Azeri Villagers Picket In Georgia Over Missing Mullah

20 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- A group of ethnic Azeri villagers from southern Georgia picketed the State Chancellery in Tbilisi today to demand that an official investigation be launched into the disappearance of their religious leader, local media reported.
July 13, 2005
Azerbaijan: West Maintaining Strong Pressure For Democratic Ballot

Madeleine Albright speaking to RFE/RL in Baku Ilham Aliyev, who took over Azerbaijan's presidency from his father, Heidar Aliyev, in controversial 2003 elections, has only recently allowed opposition protests to take place, amid heavy international pressure. As the two-day visit to Baku of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suggests, pressure is mounting on Aliyev's administration to oversee free and fair parliamentary elections in November, or risk international isolation.
July 13, 2005
U.S. Seeks Resolution To Karabakh Dispute

13 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says that the United States is eager to see a speedy resolution to the Azeri-Armenian conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, RFE/RL reported.
July 12, 2005
Hope Seen For Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement

12 July 2005 -- International mediators involved in the territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan said today there is hope for a settlement.
July 12, 2005
Officials Say Karabakh Deal Close At Hand

By Harry Tamrazian http://gdb.rferl.org/BF74D03C-E9E1-4251-8FFD-0A0FF8216553_w203.jpg Azeri soldiers near Nagorno-Karabakh (file photo) 12 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to hammering out a peace accord on Nagorno-Karabakh that will allow its ethnic Armenian residents to decide their status in an internationally supervised referendum, according to sources in Yerevan privy to the negotiating process.

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Monday 1 August 2005

Azerbaijan: YeS vs. Yesterday's Men?

U.S. Says Azerbaijan Should Act On Election Fraud

Mediators Report Optimism On Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute

U.S. To Finance Exit Poll In Azerbaijan Election

U.S. Concerned By Energy Deals With Iran, Sudan

Hundreds In Baku Rally For Fair Parliamentary Vote

Azerbaijan: Will The Real Closet Liberals Please Stand Up?

Azeri Villagers Picket In Georgia Over Missing Mullah

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