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Official newspapers published a decree on the establishment by Ilham Aliyev of Baku International Centre for Multiculturalism , allocating 4.3 million manat for the construction of the road Yardymly - Deman - Arvana, as well as rewarding employees of the state publishing houses Azerbaijan and Azerneshr .
Azadlig writes about the conflict in the Interior Ministry and the difficult position in which the head of the Interior Ministry Ramil Usubov got after the son of the Chief Directorate for Combating Drugs beat police officers.
Metropolitan Municipality refused to let opposition forces hold an action in support of political prisoners, citing lack of party affiliation of the organizers.
In the Yasamal district of the capital the authorities demolished a self-built premise where Nur activists gathered. Now they have moved into the house next door.
The newspaper reports of the arrest of the former commander of the military unit in Beylagan, Major General Mahmoud Hamzaev.
Express with reference to the expert reports that capital expenditure of the Baku -Tbilisi- Erzurum gas pipeline will increase and will reach $ 1.25 billion.
95% of Lake Urmia has dried up. In the next few days the rest of the lake will dry too.
Novoye Vremya writes that General Elbrus Orujov who yielded Shusha to the enemy has been appointed chief of operations in the Defense Ministry.
Yeni Musavat
The President of the Court of Geranboy Vidadi Nasirov was dismissed for blunders. The same fate befell the judges of the Administrative Economic Court of Ganja Javad Ibrahimov and Rafig Mamedov.
Henceforth, information on cargo passing through customs will be provided by the service ASAN. The newspaper calls it "a king move" by the President against the customs mafia.
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- 16 May 2014 13:00
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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