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UK firm 'shocked' by claims it broke Iran sanctions
The document was written last March in the US embassy in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. The company, which employs 22 people at its plant in West Drayton, yesterday declared itself "shocked" and issued a flat denial of…
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The Hedonist: Baku
On our grander days, when service is all, and we expect – nay, need – every little detail attended to, then the grande-dame of the Baku scene, the Hyatt Regency (baku.regency.hyatt.com), fits the bill admirably. -
Kazuo Ohno: Dancer who co-founded the modern Butoh style and brought it…
He began training with two of Japan's modern dance pioneers, Baku Ishii and Takaya Eguchi; the latter had studied Neue Ohno continued performing even after illness ravaged his body. His solo performances were not only… -
Baku: The tourist's-eye view of an oil-boom city
Hidden away behind rickety wooden doors on one of the main streets in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is this down-at-heel centre where the great Baku is the centrepiece of these plans, an oil boom city that wants to see as… - View baku visually. Visit the NewsWall.
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Tony Adams, a mysterious tycoon and their grand plan for small-town Azerbaijan
The Independent was due to meet Tale Heydarov in Baku yesterday, but the interview was cancelled at the last minute, and a representative said that the club's young president would not answer any questions. -
Azerbaijan: Pumping oil and gas
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is booming: gross domestic product growth was more than 9 per cent last year; the hundreds of big, shiny commercial and residential buildings under construction are a result of its oil and gas wealth. -
Dom Joly: I've seen the Sugababes and the world's first fireplace
As we approached Baku – the site, my enthusiastic guide told me, of the first fireplace in history – the Caucasus Mountains fell away to reveal the peninsula jutting out into the Caspian on which the city sits. -
Blair is paid thousands of pounds to 'endorse' a fossil-fuel power plant
Speaking to local reporters in the capital, Baku, last week, Mr Blair said the He flew by private jet to Baku in June, at a cost to the taxpayer of £60,000. Mr Blair also faced criticism for holding private talks,… -
Entertainment on your doorstep: You don't need to travel far in the…
In Corralejo too, Baku (00 34 928 867 bakufuerteventura.com provides a walk on the wild side with an animal park and slip-slide water park. There are two main hubs on Gran Canaria the southern resort of Maspalomas and the… -
Pavlyuchenko transfer refuted by agent
I will fly with the team to Baku and hope to play, but a final decision will be made later on today," said Pavlyuchenko. We go to Baku for victory. The club are interested in signing the former Spartak Moscow striker this …
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Something To Declare: Spain without the plane; Siberia, the easy way;…
Vladivostok, Yakutsk (in the far north-east of Siberia), Yerevan and Baku, Brittany Ferries (0871 244 0439; brittanyferries.co.uk has a neat idea to fill its Pont Aven ferry from Portsmouth and Plymouth to Santander once the… -
Azeri witchhunt over Eurovision votes
All borders between the two countries remain closed and tensions remain high, even over such a seemingly insignificant event as Eurovision.Rovshan Nasirli, a resident of Azerbaijan's capital Baku, was one of 43 people in the… -
British teams learn Europa League fate
FK Baku v Basel The Toffees, who reached the FA Cup final last season and finished fifth in the Barclays Premier League, will be at home in the first leg against the side who knocked out Aberdeen in the third qualifying… - View baku visually. Visit the NewsWall.
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James Lawton: Terry has shown supreme devotion this summer – but not…
Baku at a cost of around £40,000 to satisfy a sudden yearning of the man who recently has been so reluctant to add to Stamford Bridge's playing strength. This reaction to John Terry's weekend statement that a move by him to -
Feeling low on energy? Have a bath in a barrel of crude oil
The country is so awash in oil that people are literally swimming in it – and Baku is cashing in. They speak Azeri, which is closely related to Turkish, although Russian dominates the capital, Baku.