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    AZERBAIJAN SAYS DOZENS DEAD AS ICG WARNS OVER KARABAKH TENSIONS

    Bloomberg / Business Weekly
    Feb 3 2014

    By Zulfugar Agayev Feb 3, 2014 9:06 PM GMT+0200

    Azerbaijan said its troops killed dozens of Armenians in clashes near
    the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the past two weeks as the
    International Crisis Group warned of an "unprecedented" escalation
    of tensions.

    "Armenian losses ran into dozens," Vaqif Dargahli, a spokesman for the
    Ministry of Defense, said by phone today from Baku, the capital. Two
    Azeris were also killed, he said.

    Nagorno-Karabakh's Defense Ministry denied the claim, saying two
    Armenians and eight Azeris were killed.

    The Brussels-based International Crisis Group said "the nature of
    reported clashes and ominous statements by some officials mark an
    escalation unprecedented in recent years."

    Armenians took over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave about the
    size of Rhode Island, and seven adjacent districts from Azerbaijan
    in a war after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. More than 30,000
    people were killed and a million displaced before Russia brokered a
    cease-fire in 1994.

    Azerbaijan, which in December signed $45 billion of contracts with
    a BP Plc-led group to pipe natural gas to Europe, has repeatedly
    threatened to use force to regain control of the territory should
    peace efforts fail.

    A further escalation will adversely affect peace talks, the Russian
    Foreign Ministry said last week, calling for restraint.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-03/azerbaijan-says-dozens-dead-as-icg-warns-over-karabakh-tensions.html

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