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Caption: epa01519140 Azeri people stand in front of pre-electoral posters of candidate and present President of Azerbaidan Ilkham Aliyev during a rally supporting his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in Sumgait, some 30km from Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 October 2008.
Caption: epa01519130 Azeri people hold placards and posters reading Ilham go forward in front of pre-electoral posters showing candidate and Azerbaijan present President Ilham Aliyev during a rally supporting his candidacy at the upcoming president elections in Sumgait, some 30km from Baku, Azerbaidjan, 13 October 2008.
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : An elderly Azeri woman votes from her home in Baku on October 15, 2008 in Azerbaijan's presidential election. A
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : An Azeri man leaves a voting booth after casting his ballot in Baku on October 15, 2008. Ex-Soviet Azerbaijan voted in a presidential election with incumbent Ilham Aliyev all but certain to maintain his grip on power
AZERBAIJAN - VOTE AZERBAIJAN, Baku : A woman stands near election posters for current Azeri President Ilham Aliyev (top) and opposition candidate Hafiz Hadjiev (bottom), in Baku on October 14, 2008. The war in Georgia created new dilemmas for its oil-rich neighbour Azerbaijan, which has walked a tightrope between Moscow and Washington while dealing with a simmering ethnic conflict of its own. Aliyev, almost certain to be re-elected for a second term on October 15, has so far managed to maintain good relations with Georgia, Russia and the United States. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : A man drinks from a mug near portraits of late Azeri President Heidar Aliyev and his son, current President Ilham Aliyev, in Baku on October 14, 2008. Ilham Aliyev is likely to sweep re-election for a second term on October 15 as the leader of oil-rich Azerbaijan, located in the turbulent Caucasus mountain zone. The opposition is boycotting the vote.
epa01519144 Azeri men hold national flags and posters of candidate and present President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev take part in a a rally supporting his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in Sumgait, some 30km from Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 October 2008. Seeped in oil wealth and in the cross hairs of a regional power struggle between the US and Russia, Azerbaijan votes on 15 October to reelect President Ilham Aliyev, whose only real opponents will be boycotting the polls. Aliyev, 46, replaced his strongarm father Heydar Aliyev in 2003. Obeservers say there is as good as no chance the coming election will break the 35 years of dynastic rule over the Caspian state.
epa01519158 Azeri peoples are reflected in the glass of a window shop with a pre-electoral poster of candidate and present President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 October 2008. Seeped in oil wealth and in the cross hairs of a regional power struggle between the US and Russia, Azerbaijan votes on 15 October to reelect President Ilham Aliyev, whose only real opponents will be boycotting the polls. Aliyev, 46, replaced his strongarm father Heydar Aliyev in 2003. Obeservers say there is as good as no chance the coming election will break the 35 years of dynastic rule over the Caspian state.
Caption: epa01520991 An Azeri woman casts her ballot during the Presidential elections in Zabrat (15km from Baku), Azerbaijan, 15 October 2008. Seeped in oil wealth and in the cross hairs of a regional power struggle between the US and Russia, Azerbaijan votes to re-elect President Ilham Aliyev, whose only real opponents will be boycotting the polls. Aliyev, 46, replaced his strongarm father Heydar Aliyev in 2003. Obeservers say there is as good as no chance the coming election will break the 35 years of dynastic rule over the Caspian state. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : An elderly Azeri woman places her ballot in the voting urn for the nation's presidential election in Baku on October 15, 2008. Ex-Soviet Azerbaijan voted in a presidential election
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : An elections poster for incumbent Azeri President Ilham Aliyev hangs in shop window in Baku on October 14, 2008. Aliyev is likely to sweep re-election on October 15 for a second term as the leader of Azerbaijan, located in the turbulent Caucasus mountain zone.
AZERBAIJAN, Baku : Azeri soldiers register to vote at a polling station in Baku on October 15, 2008 for Azerbaijan's presidential election.
Caption: epa01520614 An Azeri man leaves a polling booth in a polling station during presidential elections in Baku, Azerbaijan, 15 October 2008.