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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (R) poses beside first lady Mehriban Aliyeva after she was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur medal from the hands of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Baku in Baku on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PHILIPPE WOJAZER (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (R) poses beside first lady Mehriban Aliyeva after she was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur medal from the hands of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Baku in Baku on October 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PHILIPPE WOJAZER (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty Images)