BAKU/03.09.10/TURAN: Last night a storm tore the biggest, the highest and the best flag in the world. The State Flag of Azerbaijan installed yesterday on the newly built square could not stand the first wind. The tax payers have paid 20 million AZN for this fun. The torn flag has been removed from the flagpole after a while. Today Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev planned to show the flag to his guest, Russian President, during the stroll along the boulevard. The project has been designed by the U.S. Trident Support company and implemented by Azerbaijani Azenko company. The area of the square is 60 hectares and its upper part occupies 31,000 sq.m. The flagpole is 162 meters high. It weighs 220 tons, flag weighs 350 kilo and it is 35 meters wide and 70 meters long. Laser show and fireworks have been demonstrated on occasion of hoisting of the state flag. On November 17, 2007 President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to build the State Flag square in Baku and on November 17, 2009 - on establishing of the State Flag Day. From now November 9 is celebrated as the State Flag Day.-0-
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One Indian citizen was killed, and another was injured in an incident at a company in the Absheron district. The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported the incident on January 13.
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Weather in Baku will be changeable on Tuesday. Light precipitation in places during the day. Fog at night and in the morning. Wind is north-western, gusty. At night +2+6, in the afternoon +7+9. Humidity 70-80%.
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Azerbaijan’s National Hydrometeorology Service under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has released the weather forecast for January 13, anticipating mild conditions across the country.
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On Sunday, 12 January the variable cloudiness, cloudy at times, mostly without precipitation is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula.
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