Orange That Inspired Ukraine Scarcely Visible in Azerbaijan

By: Washington Post Foreign Service, November 20, 2005 By Nov. 6, Election Day in Azerbaijan, a small room off the customs area at Heydar Aliyev International Airport was packed with satellite equipment seized from reporters arriving to cover the vote. "Can you send live pictures with this?" a polite customs inspector asked one foreign broadcast journalist after he landed with satellite equipment. "Then I'm afraid it's not allowed." DD 014 11/21/05

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