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Azerbaijan's separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory votes in presidential election

A separatist Azerbaijani enclave dominated by ethnic Armenians is voting in a presidential election on Thursday that focuses on internal issues and is unlikely to affect a two-decade-old dispute over the ex-Soviet territory's status.Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous, heavily-forested territory with a population of about 140,000, has been under the control of Armenian forces and ethnic Armenian local troops since the end of six years of fighting in 1994 that left some 30,000 people dead and more than a million displaced.Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to try to regain control of the territory by force. Talks between Armenia, Azerbaijan and OSCE representatives to resolve one of the most worrisome "frozen conflicts" in the former Soviet Union have dragged on for years, but have shown little result.The election pits incumbent Bako Saakian against two challengers. All three support including Nagorno-Karabakh representatives in the talks on the region's status, but differ on economic iss...

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