Astara Rayonu (Azerbaijan)

Astara: ‘The Tijuana of the Caspian’

worldhum.com
19-Nov-2009 1 related
 

The Atlantic’s Peter Savodnik has a fascinating, brief dispatch from the Azerbaijan-Iran border, where a small Azerbaijani town has become a sort of Sin City for Iranians looking to escape the strictures of the Islamic Republic...

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SOCAR inks gas MOU with Iran

upi.com
12-Nov-2009 8 related
 

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Tehran and Baku signed a memorandum of understanding to supply 17.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas to Iran each year from 2010. Both countries sit on vast natural gas reserves. Baku is...

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The Tijuana of the Caspian - The Atlantic (December 2009)

interglacial.com
11-Nov-2009
 

Image credit: Aslon Arfa At 8:45 a.m., the Azerbaijani cabbies were clustered in the courtyard next to the customs terminal, waiting for the Iranians to walk through a narrow, rusted door. They do this every morning in the town...

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Another Suicide In Azerbaijan's Army

usc.edu
16-Sep-2009
 

ANOTHER SUICIDE IN AZERBAIJAN'S ARMY Aysor Sept 15 2009 Armenia Tofik Aliyev, 19-year-old soldier in the Azerbaijani army, had committed suicide by shooting himself. According to soldiers' uncle, Yadigyar Aliyev, the Military...

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Iran's Construction Sector Struggling

zawya.com
17-Aug-2009
 

Iran's construction sector is set to continue to expand over the forecast period, although growth will fall to 3.63 percent in real terms in 2009. The collapse of oil prices has dented Iran's main revenue stream and it is...

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4,400km Railroad Under Construction in Iran

zawya.com
22-Jun-2009
 

Deputy minister of road and transportation said some 4,400 kilometers of railroad is currently under construction nationwide. Mohammad Reza Barzegar told IRNA that among the important railroad projects are Khosravi border point...

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