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Azerbaijan: Expensive donkey

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In Mutatione Fortitudo comments on news that a donkey costing $18,500 has been purchased using funds from the Azeri State Budget. The blog says that $179,700 was spent on such purchases last year and wonders why.

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# 2009-07-15 at 14:11 pm

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