The New York Times

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

ELLEN BARRY

BAKU, Azerbaijan — In a mostly empty Soviet-era building here on a recent morning, a 29-year-old woman pressed her eye against the scope of a sniper rifle, brown hair spilling over her shoulder, and...

Today's Zaman Friday, May 27, 2011

ZAUR SHIRIYEV

In his influential book “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century,” George Friedman uses a historical-comparative method of examining the world system to challenge people living in this...

Hurriyet Daily News

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The winners of the 56th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Germany's Dusseldorf last weekend, showed their support for Turkey after it was eliminated in the semi-finals by waving Turkish flags onstage. 'I don't think...

Los Angeles Times

Sunday, May 15, 2011

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Azerbaijan won the annual Eurovision Song Contest with the romantic ballad "Running Scared" on Saturday, watched by a television audience of more than 100 million people. The song...

CNN

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Azerbaijan took top prize in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, snagging the country's first-ever win. Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, known as Ell/Nikki, won for "Running Scared," a romantic love ballad. They performed...

Euronews Sunday, May 15, 2011

More than one hundred million people watched Azerbaijan win the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with the song “Running Scared” sung by duo Ell-Nikki.

Italy came second, and Sweden took third place at the finals...

The Washington Post Saturday, May 14, 2011

DUESSELDORF, Germany — A mother of two and an international relations student from Azerbaijan beat out the much-hyped Irish twins and 23 other finalists Saturday to secure their nation’s first-ever win in the...

The Montreal Gazette

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Thousands of people partied through the night in central Baku early Sunday after ex-Soviet Azerbaijan's first-ever Eurovision Song Contest win, ignoring heavy rain as they danced, chanted and waved...

Hurriyet Daily News

Sunday, May 8, 2011

ELSHAN ABDULAZIMOV

For the last few years, the Azerbaijan government has implemented wide-ranging reforms to improve economic sustainability. The result of the macroeconomic reforms has been a more than threefold...

Huffpost World Monday, April 25, 2011

AZEEM IBRAHIM

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to give a speech to a group of inspiring young people. The group was in fact a delegation of the First Convention of the Global Youth Movement for the Alliance of...