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Georgian Justice Minister Kote Kemularia and his deputy, Givi Mikanadze, separately denied on 8 December that there are one or more secret U.S. detention facilities in Georgia.

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UNESCO delegation headed by director of education and planning department Mirasgar Hussein is to visit Azerbaijan on December 13-17, according to the Ministry of Education. The delegation is expected to hold here a number of meetings to discuss the issues concerning development of education, improvement of teachers\' professional skills and other important problems to be solved under the memorandum of mutual understanding signed between UNESCO and the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. (AzeTag).

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The customs services of Azerbaijan and the United States discussed a draft agreement on cooperation in the sphere of customs. The discussions were held as part of the visit of an Azerbaijani delegation headed by Aydin Aliyev, deputy chairman of the SCC, to the United States under the Program on border security and export control, implemented in Azerbaijan by the US government, the SCC announced. Initially, the meetings were held with the senior officials of the US Customs and Border Service of the US Homeland Security Department.