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  • Baku Angry At Microsoft For 'Recognizing' Karabakh

    BAKU ANGRY AT MICROSOFT FOR 'RECOGNIZING' KARABAKH

    Asbarez
    http://www.asbarez.com/2009/08/06/baku-angry-at-m icrosoft-for-%e2%80%98recognizing%e2%80%99-karabak h/
    Aug 6, 2009

    BAKU (APA)-Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry demanded an explanation
    from Microsoft Corporation for categorizing Nagorno-Karabakh as
    an independent state on its portal MSN.com, the APA news services
    reported Wednesday.

    The site's search listings for the weather in Nagorno-Karabakh
    does not include "Azerbaijan" as the country of location; rather
    the territory exists on its own. MSN.com, however, places the word
    "disputed" in parentheses after Nagorno-Karabakh's name, but also used
    the Azerbaijani name for Karabakh's capital. (Khankendi; Karabakh's
    government uses the Armenian Stepanakert - ed).

    Baku has tasked its embassy in the United States to seek an explanation
    from Seattle-based Microsoft, the APA report said
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