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West Hollywood honors the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
The City of West Hollywood in the U.S. State of California has proclaimed May 28, 2018 as “Azerbaijan National Day” in the city. The relevant proclamation was signed by the Mayor of West Hollywood John J. Duran and the City Councilmembers. In the proclamation, which was sent to the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, the City Mayor notes that “following the October Revolution in the Russian Empire, the Azerbaijani people established the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on May 28, 1918, which became the first secular democracy in the entire Muslim world.” It is also states that “the new democracy enacted many progressive reforms, including granting the right to vote to women in 1919, which made Azerbaijan not only the first majority-Muslim nation to empower women, but also put the country ahead of many advanced nations of the time in championing women’s rights.”
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New round of rocket fire from Gaza toward Israel
Palestinian militants launched another barrage of rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, hours after firing more than 25 mortar bombs across the border, Reuters reports.
Azerbaijan increases gas export to Turkey
Azerbaijan supplied 1.72 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to Turkey in January-March 2018, as compared to 1.6 bcm in the same period of 2017, says the report posted on the website of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) of Turkey.
