http://www.en.baybak.com BayBak, Voice of a Nation Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en http://www.en.baybak.com/un-court-charges-ex-spokeswoman-with-revealing-milosevic-secrets.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/un-court-charges-ex-spokeswoman-with-revealing-milosevic-secrets.azr#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:34:12 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/un-court-charges-ex-spokeswoman-with-revealing-milosevic-secrets.azr . Florence Hartmann, a French national, has been ordered to appear before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on September 15 to answer two counts of contempt of court, the ICTY said. She could face a punishment of seven years in jail or a fine of 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) if found guilty.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/un-court-charges-ex-spokeswoman-with-revealing-milosevic-secrets.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-talks-with-libyas-gaddafi.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-talks-with-libyas-gaddafi.azr#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:31:18 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-talks-with-libyas-gaddafi.azr . "It demonstrates that when countries are prepared to make strategic changes in direction, the United States is prepared to respond," she told reporters on the way to Tripoli. Ms Rice's meeting with the Libyan leader began when Mr Gaddafi, wearing a white robe decorated with a broach in the shape of Africa, welcomed her and her aides. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-talks-with-libyas-gaddafi.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/us-drops-some-sanctions-against-belarus.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/us-drops-some-sanctions-against-belarus.azr#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:29:55 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/us-drops-some-sanctions-against-belarus.azr . Washington has dangled a carrot in front of the Belarusian authorities by dropping sanctions against two firms just ahead of the country's September 28 parliamentary elections. The move to drop the sanctions for six months appears to be a reward for Minsk's release of a prominent political prisoner last month, but stops short of ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/us-drops-some-sanctions-against-belarus.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-set-for-presidential-poll.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-set-for-presidential-poll.azr#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:57:48 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-set-for-presidential-poll.azr . Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister and leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is widely expected to win the parliament vote on Saturday and replace Musharraf, who resigned on August 18 under threat of impeachment.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-set-for-presidential-poll.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-opposition-leader-if-gul-goes-to-armenia-then-let-him-lay-wreath-on-genocide-monument.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-opposition-leader-if-gul-goes-to-armenia-then-let-him-lay-wreath-on-genocide-monument.azr#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:15:18 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-opposition-leader-if-gul-goes-to-armenia-then-let-him-lay-wreath-on-genocide-monument.azr . Leader of Turkish opposition Deniz Baykal sharply criticized Abdullah Gul, who is going to visit Yerevan: "If he goes to Armenia, then let him lay a wreath on genocide monument. Thus he will make the people, making him agree to visit Yerevan, happier." Deniz Baykal recalled Gul's speech in parliament in 1993. "Abdullah Gul's speech in 1993 was so instructive. Those what he said 15 years ago ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-opposition-leader-if-gul-goes-to-armenia-then-let-him-lay-wreath-on-genocide-monument.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/sergey-lavrov-%e2%80%9cthere-is-no-similarity-between-the-situation-in-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-and-the-situation-in-nagorno-karabakh%e2%80%9d.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/sergey-lavrov-%e2%80%9cthere-is-no-similarity-between-the-situation-in-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-and-the-situation-in-nagorno-karabakh%e2%80%9d.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:51:28 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/sergey-lavrov-%e2%80%9cthere-is-no-similarity-between-the-situation-in-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-and-the-situation-in-nagorno-karabakh%e2%80%9d.azr . “There is no similarity between the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the situation in Nagorno Karabakh,” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told today the press conference on the outcomes of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/sergey-lavrov-%e2%80%9cthere-is-no-similarity-between-the-situation-in-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-and-the-situation-in-nagorno-karabakh%e2%80%9d.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-condemns-us-over-raid.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-condemns-us-over-raid.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:50:33 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-condemns-us-over-raid.azr . The criticism on Thursday is the first time Pakistan has accused its ally of an attack on its soil since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. About 20 people including civilians ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/pakistan-condemns-us-over-raid.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/wests-puppy-abdullah-gul-said-15-yrs-ago-how-can-one-shake-hands-with-armenian-president-who-has-territorial-claims-against-turkey.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/wests-puppy-abdullah-gul-said-15-yrs-ago-how-can-one-shake-hands-with-armenian-president-who-has-territorial-claims-against-turkey.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:57:21 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/wests-new-puppy-abdullah-gul-said-15-yrs-ago-how-can-one-shake-hands-with-armenian-president-who-has-territorial-claims-against-turkey.azr . Condemning Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s arrival in Ankara to attend the funeral of the deceased President Turgut Ozal, Abdullah Gul said it was inadmissible to establish any relations between the two countries. “Look, what capitulatory policy the government pursues, Armenian president dares to attend the funeral of our president. He knows that you run for your interest, will behave cowardly when the question is the state interests of Turkey and are compliant and that’s’ why he dares Abdullah Gul, who said this 15 years ago, will leave for Yerevan to watch Armenia-Turkey football match on September 6. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/wests-puppy-abdullah-gul-said-15-yrs-ago-how-can-one-shake-hands-with-armenian-president-who-has-territorial-claims-against-turkey.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/bashar-al-assad-next-round-of-israel-syria-peace-talks-canceled.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/bashar-al-assad-next-round-of-israel-syria-peace-talks-canceled.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:47:44 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/bashar-al-assad-next-round-of-israel-syria-peace-talks-canceled.azr . A "crucial" round of indirect talks between Syria and Israel has been postponed because of the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, who took part in the negotiations, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday. Assad was speaking at the start of a four way summit in the Syrian capital with the participation of France to discuss efforts for a peace deal between Syria and Israel. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/bashar-al-assad-next-round-of-israel-syria-peace-talks-canceled.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-cabinet-approves-referendum.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-cabinet-approves-referendum.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:42:01 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-cabinet-approves-referendum.azr . There were reports saying the proposed vote will be on whether Samak Sundaravej, the Thai prime minister, should stay in office. But Somsak Kiatsuranont, the culture minister, said the issue to be voted on was still unclear although the cabinet "has agreed in principle to hold a referendum".]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-cabinet-approves-referendum.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/the-visit-to-detained-generals-signal-a-change-in-turkish-army%e2%80%99s-stance.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/the-visit-to-detained-generals-signal-a-change-in-turkish-army%e2%80%99s-stance.azr#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:40:13 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/the-visit-to-detained-generals-signal-a-change-in-turkish-army%e2%80%99s-stance.azr . The garrison commander of Turkey's Kocaeli province paid a visit to two retired generals arrested during the controversial "Ergenekon operation", the army said in a statement on Wednesday. Observers say the visit is a signal of a change in the army's stance on the controversial issue. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/the-visit-to-detained-generals-signal-a-change-in-turkish-army%e2%80%99s-stance.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-president-to-visit-armenia.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-president-to-visit-armenia.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:03:26 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-president-to-visit-armenia.azr . Abdullah Gul gave positive answer to Sargsyan's invitation. Turkish President Abdullah Gul announced his final decision on visit to Armenia. The President gave positive answer to Sargsyan's invitation, Turkish media]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-president-to-visit-armenia.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/azerbaijan-night-friday-september-5-2008-north-california.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/azerbaijan-night-friday-september-5-2008-north-california.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:55:43 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/azerbaijan-night-friday-september-5-2008-canada.azr . He presented his controversial paper entitled “Northern Azerbaijan or Aran? Southern Azerbaijan or Iranian Azerbaijan? Rhetoric of Conflicting Politics in Transition.” Dr. Sultan-Qurraie will share the content of his speech in the convenience with us and will explain that the choice of names, terms and epithets by a given people, “Self,” is an intrinsic and emic perspective and the most authentic contrasted with the “Other’s” assigning a name for the same people. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/azerbaijan-night-friday-september-5-2008-north-california.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/shots-fired-at-pakistan-pms-convoy.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/shots-fired-at-pakistan-pms-convoy.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:26:43 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/shots-fired-at-pakistan-pms-convoy.azr . Yousuf Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, has escaped an apparent assassination attempt after shots were fired at his motorcade in Rawalpindi, officials said. Kamal Shah, Pakistan's interior secretary, said Gilani and his staff were not in the car when the shots were fired at the bullet-proof car.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/shots-fired-at-pakistan-pms-convoy.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/ukraine-president-threatens-to-dissolve-parliament.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/ukraine-president-threatens-to-dissolve-parliament.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:26:00 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/ukraine-president-threatens-to-dissolve-parliament.azr . Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to dissolve parliament following the collapse of the pro-Western ruling coalition. In a televised address, Yushchenko said he would use his right to dissolve parliament and call early elections if a new coalition is not formed within 30 days. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/ukraine-president-threatens-to-dissolve-parliament.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turk-greek-cypriot-leaders-meet-to-launch-last-ditch-reunification-talks.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turk-greek-cypriot-leaders-meet-to-launch-last-ditch-reunification-talks.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:13:35 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turk-greek-cypriot-leaders-meet-to-launch-last-ditch-reunification-talks.azr . Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders met Wednesday to launch last-ditch reunification talks, seen as the best chance in years of ending the island's 44-year division. Turkish Cypriot Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot Demetris Christofias met in no-man's-land dividing their capital Nicosia, in what diplomats and analysts ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turk-greek-cypriot-leaders-meet-to-launch-last-ditch-reunification-talks.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-schedules-first-libya-visit-by-us-secretary-of-state-in-55-years.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-schedules-first-libya-visit-by-us-secretary-of-state-in-55-years.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:11:59 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-schedules-first-libya-visit-by-us-secretary-of-state-in-55-years.azr . U.S.-Libyan bilateral relations, which were broken off in 1972, have been rebuilt step-by-step. The final hurdle to Rice's visit was cleared last month when the two sides agreed on a financing mechanism to clear away remaining claims from terrorism cases, notably the 1988 bombing of a U.S. Pan Am jetliner over Scotland that killed 270 people. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/rice-schedules-first-libya-visit-by-us-secretary-of-state-in-55-years.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-protesters-defy-emergency-law.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-protesters-defy-emergency-law.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:06:37 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-protesters-defy-emergency-law.azr . Thousands of anti-government protesters have continued to occupy the grounds of the Thai prime minister's office as the threat of a public sector strike spread 24 hours after a state of emergency was declared in the capital. Samak Sundaravej, the ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/thai-protesters-defy-emergency-law.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/us-vice-president-arrives-in-azerbaijan.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/us-vice-president-arrives-in-azerbaijan.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:04:58 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/us-vice-president-arrives-in-azerbaijan.azr . His brief tour of the region would also see him offer support to US allies Georgia and Ukraine, amid chilly relations with Russia over its military conflict with Georgia. He would also attend an economic forum in Italy. Cheney was scheduled later Wednesday to have talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country sits on substantial oil and gas reserves and is also part of a major corridor for energy pipelines]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/us-vice-president-arrives-in-azerbaijan.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/earthquake-shakes-tebriz.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/earthquake-shakes-tebriz.azr#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:35:37 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/earthquake-shakes-tebriz.azr . no damage been made by the quake and there is no report of any life loose, but the danger still remains. Report says that people are planning to sleep out in city parks to night.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/earthquake-shakes-tebriz.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/bangkok-under-state-of-emergency.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/bangkok-under-state-of-emergency.azr#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:55:03 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/bangkok-under-state-of-emergency.azr . Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has declared a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok, after clashes left at least one person dead. Dozens more were hurt in the fighting early on Tuesday. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/bangkok-under-state-of-emergency.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/anti-russian-protesters-take-to-tbilisi-streets.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/anti-russian-protesters-take-to-tbilisi-streets.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:41:16 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/anti-russian-protesters-take-to-tbilisi-streets.azr . In Georgia's capital Tbilisi, 100,000 protesters have crammed into the city’s main avenue as part of an anti-Russian demonstration. Hand-holding protesters formed human chains in an echo of the so-called Baltic Chain of 1989, in which residents of then-Soviet Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/anti-russian-protesters-take-to-tbilisi-streets.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/fukuda-resigns-as-japan-pm.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/fukuda-resigns-as-japan-pm.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:38:15 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/fukuda-resigns-as-japan-pm.azr . Yasuo Fukuda, Japan's prime minister, has resigned in what he says is an effort to break a political deadlock in the country. Fukuda made the surprise announcement on Monday evening at a news conference.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/fukuda-resigns-as-japan-pm.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/former-uzbek-spy-accuses-government-of-massacres-seeks-asylum.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/former-uzbek-spy-accuses-government-of-massacres-seeks-asylum.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:41:43 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/former-uzbek-spy-accuses-government-of-massacres-seeks-asylum.azr . His decision is the culmination of a long and risky journey: from an intelligence officer who reported directly to Karimov to the realization that he no longer wanted "to work for the executioner." His credibility rests on nearly a decade as an SNB officer, including two years as a member of the president's National Security Council (NSC). ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/former-uzbek-spy-accuses-government-of-massacres-seeks-asylum.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turkeys-istanbul-shows-ramadans-cultural-side.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turkeys-istanbul-shows-ramadans-cultural-side.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:19:22 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turkeys-istanbul-shows-ramadans-cultural-side.azr . Folk dancers, poets and famed local and foreign musicians will perform in Istanbul during the month of Ramadan as part of efforts to embrace the cultural side of the traditionally family-oriented Muslim celebration that involves daily fasting and prayer, the Turkish Daily News (TDN) wrote on Monday. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turkeys-istanbul-shows-ramadans-cultural-side.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/india-flood-victims-swamp-hospitals.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/india-flood-victims-swamp-hospitals.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:15:04 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/india-flood-victims-swamp-hospitals.azr . Many were out of essential drugs and equipment and promised relief had yet to arrive. Mukesh Puri, a Unicef emergency specialist, warned of the risk of disease and predicted it would take time for the flood waters to drain away.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/india-flood-victims-swamp-hospitals.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turkey-to-impose-commercial-embargo-on-russia.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turkey-to-impose-commercial-embargo-on-russia.azr#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:13:55 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turkey-to-impose-commercial-embargo-on-russia.azr . Kursat Tuzmen, the Minister of State in charge of Customs and Foreign Trade visiting China underlined that Russia’s imposing embargo on Turkish goods caused damage to both sides. “This is]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turkey-to-impose-commercial-embargo-on-russia.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/millions-brace-for-hurricane-gustav.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/millions-brace-for-hurricane-gustav.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:36:53 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/millions-brace-for-hurricane-gustav.azr . Millions of people across the US Gulf coast are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, described as "the storm of the century". The category-three storm's 200kph winds are expected to strengthen on Sunday and more than 11 million residents in five US states could feel the impact of the storm, forecasters said.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/millions-brace-for-hurricane-gustav.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/four-soldiers-killed-4-others-injured-in-pkk-attack-in-eastern-turkey.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/four-soldiers-killed-4-others-injured-in-pkk-attack-in-eastern-turkey.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:31:35 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/four-soldiers-killed-4-others-injured-in-pkk-attack-in-eastern-turkey.azr . Four Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded early on Sunday in an armed attack carried out by outlawed PKK separatists on a gendarmerie station in an eastern province of Turkey, Dogan News Agency reported. Two PKK separatists were also killed in the clashes that ocurred after the attack. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/four-soldiers-killed-4-others-injured-in-pkk-attack-in-eastern-turkey.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/15-years-have-passed-since-occupation-of-azerbaijan%e2%80%99s-gubadli-region-by-armenian-forces.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/15-years-have-passed-since-occupation-of-azerbaijan%e2%80%99s-gubadli-region-by-armenian-forces.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:18:03 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/15-years-have-passed-since-occupation-of-azerbaijan%e2%80%99s-gubadli-region-by-armenian-forces.azr . There were 21 secondary and 15 incomplete secondary schools, as well as 15 primary and 7 kindergartens in the region with 33 800 population. 1280 teachers were working in the schools. There were 111 cultural-educational centers, including 60 libraries, 10 cultural houses, 28 clubs and 6 auto-clubs. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/15-years-have-passed-since-occupation-of-azerbaijan%e2%80%99s-gubadli-region-by-armenian-forces.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-foreign-minister-meets-his-georgian-counterpart-in-istanbul.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-foreign-minister-meets-his-georgian-counterpart-in-istanbul.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:03:58 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-foreign-minister-meets-his-georgian-counterpart-in-istanbul.azr . Turkey's foreign minister Ali Babacan met Sunday his Georgian counterpart Eka Tkeshelashvili in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The two are expected to discuss the latest developments in Georgia, regional issues and the bilateral ties between Turkey and Georgia. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/turkish-foreign-minister-meets-his-georgian-counterpart-in-istanbul.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/august-31-is-the-night-of-measure-and-september-1-is-the-first-day-of-ramadan.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/august-31-is-the-night-of-measure-and-september-1-is-the-first-day-of-ramadan.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:15 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/august-31-is-the-night-of-measure-and-september-1-is-the-first-day-of-ramadan.azr . Caucasian Muslims Office Shura (Council) of Gazi has issued Fatwa on occasion of starting Holy Ramadan month. According to the fatwa August 31 is the Night of Measure and September 1 is the first day of Ramadan. Lailat-al-Qadr (Night of Decree) and Ehya (Night of Vigilant) are on September 18, 20, 22, 26.]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/august-31-is-the-night-of-measure-and-september-1-is-the-first-day-of-ramadan.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/olmert-to-press-abbas-to-accept-framework-for-two-state-solution.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/olmert-to-press-abbas-to-accept-framework-for-two-state-solution.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:18:15 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/olmert-to-press-abbas-to-accept-framework-for-two-state-solution.azr . Olmert will seek to convince the Palestinian leader to accept an agreement of principles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that will represent a framework for a two-state solution. As far as Olmert is concerned, the talks with Abbas have entered the "final straight" and there are about two weeks left to reach an agreement before the prime minister steps down. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/olmert-to-press-abbas-to-accept-framework-for-two-state-solution.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/border-villages-being-russified.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/border-villages-being-russified.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:55:30 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/border-villages-being-russified.azr . Major military clashes have ended in Georgia, but for villagers living in or near the country's breakaway territories, a new kind of nightmare is just beginning. The United Nations refugee agency on August 29 said thousands of people living near the administrative border dividing Georgia and its breakaway region ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/border-villages-being-russified.azr/feed http://www.en.baybak.com/deadly-hurricane-roars-into-cuba.azr http://www.en.baybak.com/deadly-hurricane-roars-into-cuba.azr#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:36:31 +0000 BayBak, Azerbaijan http://www.en.baybak.com/deadly-hurricane-roars-into-cuba.azr . Hurricane Gustav, a highly dangerous Category 4 storm, is lashing Cuba with torrential rain after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean. The eye of the storm has hit Cuba's Isle of Youth and is approaching the mainland, with maximum winds of nearly 230km/h (145mph), US monitors say. ]]> http://www.en.baybak.com/deadly-hurricane-roars-into-cuba.azr/feed