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Shusha city of Azerbaijan now on US stamp - PHOTO

03 June 2009 [14:26] - TODAY.AZ
The Board of American Azerbaijanis presented the first US stamp with Shusha city featured on it.
According to Day.Az, the stamp featuring Shusha city of Azerbaijan is now available at www.zazzle.com website. The stamp was approved by the US national post office.

The Shusha city, located in Nagorno Karabakh, was occupied by Armenians on May 8 of 1992. Hundreds of civilians died and about 60 were taken hostages or went missing.

There were women and children among the killed, wounded and hostages. Most of them have not been released yet. About 22,000 people were turned into refugees in the result of occupation.

/Day.Az/

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