FACTS OF THE DAY.THREE Azer-about-that-then facts of the day: 1) It's a national custom to walk in the middle of the road in Baku Baku: see Baky, Azerbaijan. Baku City (pop., 2003 est.: 1,828,800), capital of Azerbaijan. Located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea at the sea's best harbour, Baku has long been inhabited. , and one of the Press pack went native. A Welsh commentator who shall remain nameless - but let''s just say his intials are IGH IGH ImmunoGlobulin Heavy (chain) IGH Institut de Génétique Humaine IGH Institute of Gender and Health (Canada) IGH Immeuble de Grande Hauteur IGH Institute for Global Health - lost his match notes on the way back to the hotel and spent a good few minutes dodging Ladas on a busy intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. trying to rescue them. 2) Baku is known as the city of eternal flame due to its oil supply which used to light up on the hills if there were any fires. 3) The press facilities at the Tofig Bahramov Stadium were awful. The internet didn''t work, police and army were sitting in our seats, we had to interview players around the back of a transit van and at first the guy from Five Live wasn''t even allowed to see the game. Officials wanted him to broadcast in a corridor and nip in and out to see what was going on. Eventually they relented just minutes before the match and unlocked an empty studio facing the pitch. |
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