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Investigative Stories Produced by ICFJ-Baku Participants
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by Elkhan Salahov
Five months before Azerbaijan’s presidential elections, controversy is surrounding recent claims by President Ilham Aliyev that his government oversaw the creation of 650,000 new jobs by the end of 2007.
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 Baku residents living next door to a new Sports Complex being built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs claim that the construction poses a threat to their lives and health, but an independent civil-engineer says the threat has nothing to do with the construction.
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 The government of Azerbaijan is moving ahead with plans for its election on Oct. 15, but opposition candidates already are casting doubt on its fairness.
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Under national rules all mass transit bus drivers must undergo a daily medical examination; however, it appears the rules are being ignored on a regular basis – potentially affecting the safety of the system’s two million passengers.
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by Nushaba Fatullayeva
As she holds her four year old son in her arms, Zeynab Guliyeva dashes off the Ganja-Baku bus upon arrival in Baku and races to the nearby restroom. Moments later, returning from the restroom to claim her luggage from the bus, Guliyeva blames the bus driver for causing her pain and discomfort.
To read this story in Azeri, published by "525", an Azerbaijan newspaper, click here!
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By Esmira Cavadova
Twenty year old Dayanat Allahverdiyev is caught in a contradiction between the constitution and the law on military service. In September 2007 Dayanat was drafted into the military service before completing high school – a move that is highly unusual.
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 Some residents of Baku suggest that on many occasions they are forced to pay for medical care at state facilities that are supposed to provide services free of charge.
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By Ramil Memedov
February 6, 2008
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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - Drivers say they are still cheated by the petrol stations in terms of volume and quality of gasoline in Azerbaijan, a country which sells gasoline to the world market.
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By Samira Ahmadbeyli
February 6, 2008
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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - It still remains a puzzle how a 15-year-old boy managed to get into the wheel well of a commercial aircraft before it left Baku bound for Moscow. The teenager, somehow, passed through airport security. The body of the boy, identified as Ilgar Khudiyev of Zabrat settlement, fell from the plane in flight to Moscow on October 17th. His body was found in the Russian Domodedovo forest two days later.
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