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Azerbaijan: US Election Conference

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 @ 09:43 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan, U.S.A.
Topics:: Media, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

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Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal reports that it will be visiting Azerbaijan next month for a conference on the U.S. Presidential Election and locally related matters. The blog also solicits questions from its readers which can be put to senior government officials in the country as well as religious leaders and business executives.

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