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/ 5 May 2006

Iranian president pledges mass atomic-fuel production

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Friday that Iran would pursue its contested nuclear programme until it could mass-produce atomic fuel, and branded those trying to stop it as ”bullies”. ”We intend to continue our activity … until we manage industrial-scale production of nuclear fuel for our atomic power stations,” Ahmadinejad said.

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/ 9 November 2005

Thousands call on Azerbaijan govt to resign

A crowd of at least 15 000 Azerbaijanis rallying on Baku’s Victory Square on Wednesday under a forest of orange flags called on the government to resign after reported vote fraud in weekend elections. Azadliq, the country’s largest opposition force, has demanded authorities order a re-vote or face regime change.

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/ 7 October 2003

A ‘fight without end’

Shamil knows one of two things will happen this month when he crosses from Azerbaijan to Chechnya to wage jihad: either the Russian infidels will leave his native Chechnya or he will join Allah in trying to force them out. He is one of a 6 000-strong Chechen diaspora in limbo in Baku.