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  Pipe dream
Date: February  28, 2009  

By Tom EsslemontBBC News, BakuOn the outskirts of Azerbaijan s BP Shah Deniz gas terminal, security guards are on duty around the clock.They patrol the 15km (9 mile) fence as a damp drizzle falls across the warren of gas pipes and oil platforms behind it. Green and yellow flags flap violently in the wind.You can see why every effort is made to prot
  No end in sight
Date: February  17, 2009  

By Martin VennardBBC News, BakuTazagul moved with her family in 1993 into a room in the students residence at the Technical University in Azerbaijan s capital, Baku.Sixteen years later, she is now a widow and still living in one room in the residence.She shares it with her three grown-up children - two of whom have mental disabilities - her daught
  Azerbaijan air force head killed
Date: February  11, 2009  

The commander of the Azerbaijani air defence force has been shot dead outside his house in the capital, Baku, officials and local media have said.Lt-Gen Rail Rzayev was shot in the head by an unknown gunman while getting into his car at around 0800 (0400 GMT), the Turan news agency said.A defence ministry spokesman told the Reuters news agency the
  Your nicknames
Date: January  17, 2009  

What s in a nicknameIn response to our piece about the significance of nicknames, a selection of the monikers and sobriquets you sent in, both loved and hated.1. My first nickname in my secondary school first year was Vicar, given by a friend because he thought I spoke "posh". This became transposed by another friend to Viceroy, Vice-Squad, then Sq
  Rwandan genocide jailing hailed
Date: December  19, 2008  

Survivors of Rwanda s genocide and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon have welcomed the life sentence given to its mastermind Theoneste Bagosora.Bagosora and two co-defendants were found by a UN tribunal to have led a committee that plotted the massacre of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.Mr Ban said the sentences were a "major step in the fight agai
  Own interests
Date: August  21, 2008  

By Bridget KendallBBC diplomatic correspondentIt is easy to assume that escalating tensions between Russia and the West could mean an end to the blurry fudges of the post-Cold War years and a recasting of East-West relations into black and white antagonism, with two opposing camps, each surrounded by its own sphere of influence.But look at how the
  Olympic curbs
Date: August  11, 2008  

By Neil HeathcoteEditor, India Business Report, BBC World, MumbaiAt the Bakul factory outside of Mumbai, they are busy making the ingredients for a range of medicines, including theophylene to help combat asthma. But over the past couple of months, the cost of the chemicals they need has rocketed. Suddenly, raw materials are in short supply."Prices
  British clubs await European fate
Date: August  01, 2008  

Arsenal, Liverpool and Rangers will learn who they will face in the Champions League qualifying stages when the third round draw is made on Friday.All three clubs are seeded so will avoid being drawn against the likes of Juventus, Barcelona and Schalke.But they could be given tricky ties against the unseeded Spaniards Atletico Madrid or Turkey s Ga
  Unsung star
Date: July  24, 2008  

The BBC s Against the Odds series is following athletes heading to the Olympics despite huge obstacles.Soutik Biswas met a young boxer fighting for recognition in cricket-mad India.Although he is a boxing champion, Vijender Kumar is an oddity in India, a virtual one-sport country where cricket is religion.The son of a bus driver who worked overtime
  IOC to name 2016 host short-list
Date: June  04, 2008  

The International Olympic Committee is set to announce the final short-list of cities in contention to host the 2016 Olympic Games.The IOC is expected to cut Prague and Baku from the nominal list of potential host cities at its meeting in Athens.Other contenders include Chicago, Doha, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, and at least three cities will


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