  Azerbaijan tortures the remnants of the political opposition to the hereditary Aliyev monarchy. This unfortunately sounds about as surprising as the discovery that urlLink eating lots of sugar may have bad dietary effects . And in another shocker, the Bush Administration is trying to sweep the Azerbaijan story under the rug and dispute WHO's condemnation of sugar and other refined foods. Fight steroids - yes. Sugar busters - no. Promote democracy in Middle East through toppling Saddam, occupying Iraq. Fight death of democracy in small human rights-violating Caucasus state - no. 
