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A Goddess Called Mehriban Aliye-wow! Following Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in the months preceding Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.

“Gone are the days when a strong woman with a successful career had to abandon all femininity”.

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“There will be no problem for a free, quiet stay” in Azerbaijan…

Interesting article on Azerbaijan here:

http://news.az/articles/society/37139 (http://news NULL.az/articles/society/37139)

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But remember, Eurovision is not a political contest

Outside the arena today:

Photo by Sabine Balade

Though the Belarussian act was relegated, protesters just outside the gates to the Eurovision press centre took the opportunity to make their feelings known about the regime of president Alexander Lukashenko – and to ironically recycle the song’s title, “I love Belarus”, on their t-shirts.

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