A huge line of Turkmens mixed with foreign dignitaries streamed solemnly past the coffin of President Saparmurat Niyazov early Sunday as the country prepared for the burial of the man who ruled the country with an all-encompassing personality cult, The Associated Press reports.
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December 25, 2006
Turkmen President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov has died, a government source told Reuters on Thursday.
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December 21, 2006
According to Associated Press, Turkmenistan’s autocratic president on Wednesday accused five regional governors of “outrageous” falsification in an agriculture production report, causing wheat shortages in the ex-Soviet state.
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November 30, 2006
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