Article: Azerbaijani election commission annuls vote in one district, orders recount in another

JUDITH INGRAM, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-08-2005
Dateline: BAKU, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's opposition, emboldened by international criticism of the parliamentary vote and the government decision to annul the count in two districts, prepared for a massive protest rally Wednesday that it hopes will give it irreversible momentum.

"We plan to conduct daily actions that could grow into an indefinite protest," said Fuad Mustafayev, deputy chairman of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan. "We will achieve the annulment of the elections. The question is how soon."

The rally set for Wednesday has been permitted by authorities. But officials were unlikely to approve daily gatherings and police ...

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