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 The value of Iran's oil products exports has plunged by 51 percentage points in the first half of the current Iranian year due to the global economic downturn, Press TV reported.
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 In Azerbaijan, a decision has been made that 64,000 cubic meters of firewood will be prepared for the winter period. "The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has the task of putting this decision into operation," the Chief Consultant of the Cabinet of Minister's Agrarian Industry Department, Zemfira Sairbayzade, told Trend News.
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 Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Sept. 9 after a mandate by the special envoy of the OSCE chairman.
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 The Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Janez Lenarcic, will discuss enhancing co-operation in the fields of human rights and democratization, including election observation, and ongoing discussions about European security architecture.
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 The Azerbaijani Education Minister is dissatisfied with the level of the country's educational institutions' participation in the "3rd Azerbaijan International and Career Exhibition".
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 The Azerbaijani National Judo team is in Yerevan, attending the Youth European Championship being held in Yerevan on September 9-14.
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 An Azerbaijani left party is going to take part in the municipal elections independently.
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 Azerbaijani state universities may change the payment systems for students who have scored high points in entrance examinations.
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 Heavy floods in Istanbul have killed 17 people, Turkish TV channel CNN Turk reported. It is reported that heavy rains, which lasted for two days, have seriously damaged the city and injured residents.
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 Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davudoglu will visit Iran on Sept.12, Iranian FARS news agency reported.
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 There are no problems in the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which will connect Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, Chief Engineer in the Azerbaijani Railway CJSC, Gurban Nazirov, said on September 7.
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 Despite the statement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his preparedness to hold talks with the U.S. President Barack Obama on international issues, except the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, which indicates that Tehran does not intend to compromise on its nuclear program, experts believe that the meeting between Ahmadinejad and Obama will increase the political authority of Iranian President, and it is very important for him.
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 The delegation of the Israeli Aviation Authority in Baku held a meeting with the head of JSC "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL) Jahangir Asgarov, during which it was decided to continue the flight to Tel Aviv, carried out by AZAL, and to launch flights of the Arkia company's aircrafts in Baku, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend Capital on Sept. 9.
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 Low oil prices may cause serious damage to the oil industry, the OPEC report on the oil market 2009 said. "The significant drop in oil prices since the financial crisis around the world inflicts long-term serious damage to the stability of the oil market.
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