Voter turnout at the referendum on amending the Azerbaijani Constitution hit 58.6percent (146,035 people) in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan as of 15:00 local time.The highest voter turnout in the NAR was registered in the constituency No 4 of Nakhchivan city (59.7 percent) and the lowest - in the Shahbuz-Babek constituency No 5 (57.6 percent).Today Azerbaijan is holding a r

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AFP)--Azerbaijan's Aliyev family is set to strengthen its dominance at a referendum Wednesday on lifting presidential term limits.President Ilham Aliyev is the scion of a family that rose from Soviet obscurity to being feted by world leaders as the key to the Caspian Sea and its CentralPraised by supporters for bringing stability and wealth to Azerbaijan, the Aliyevs were instrum

A referendum to change and amend the Azerbaijani Constitution has been organized well and electorates are actively voting at polling stations, Azerbaijani Constitutional Court Chairman Farhad Abdullayev believes."As to me, elections have been organized well and electorates are actively voting at polling stations," Abdullayev said while voting at the second polling station in the Sabail District of

Member of the UK parliament Mike Hancock is monitoring the referendum in Azerbaijan as part of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) mission.

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"Owing to a special attention of the president of Azerbaijan through a short period of time we conducted important measures aimed to form a defense industry of the country.

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Soon after taking office,President Barack Obama was asked about his predecessor's broad framing of the "war on terror" and responded that "the language we use matters".he global war doctrine adopted by the USA has been used to facilitatehuman rights violations, including against those subjected to detention, without the due process and other human rights protections required under international la

"Most leading states have changed their position regarding Azerbaijan's policy in the Karabakh issue", noted he."Thus in 1989, the US senate decided that Gorbachov must recognize the sovereignty ofNagorno Karabakh. The document fixed that Azerbaijan holds neighbor Georgia in blocade, that Azerbaijanis murder Armenians and Jews in Nagorno Karabakh.

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