A Song Contest Becomes a Hot Spot in Feud Between Countries - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The simmering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has entered a new theater: the Eurovision Song Contest.
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some Azerbaijanis who took impartiality to impressive lengths, voting for the Armenian entry in the 2009 final in May, reportedly were called in to the Azerbaijani National Security Ministry
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Previously, the Armenians had raised tensions by slipping images of a memorial in Nagorno-Karabakh, the enclave at the center of the dispute between the countries, into the video presentation that introduced their representative in a preliminary round.
