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Send in the clowns and the opera singers BRIEFLY: ASIA/PACIFIC: ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
; Reuters International Herald Tribune 01-22-2008 Send in the clowns and the opera singers BRIEFLY: ASIA/PACIFIC: ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Byline: Reuters Edition: 2 Section: NEWS Turkmenistan will end a seven-year ban on opera and circus performances...
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City life: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Lifelong leader in a pounds 60m palace feigns to hate cult of personality
; IN ASHGABAT, capital of Turkmenistan, President Saparmurad...in 24 countries, which had gathered in Ashgabat. Knowing Mr Niyazov's character, the...circus and the philharmonic orchestra in Ashgabat, a strange city of ungainly squat buildings...
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Runway revamp for Ashgabat.
; ...the airfield ground lighting (AGL) system at Turk. menistan's Ashgabat Airport. The 1 million [pounds sterling] contract was awarded...International and Turkey's Alsim Alarko. The new runway will enable Ashgabat to accommodate large aircraft such as Boeing 747s and will...
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 "The Moscow Times (Russia)")
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Ashgabat Wants Iran In on Caspian Talks, THE MOSCOW TIMES
; ...seabed if Iran is a party to negotiations, Interfax reported Ashgabat's Foreign Minister Boris Shikhmuradov as saying Sunday. The...zone formerly agreed with the Soviet Union, "were rejected in Ashgabat." Russia has advocated that the Caspian Sea be treated as a...
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Central Asian Summit Held in Ashgabat
; Presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan's capital, on Monday, to discuss their countries' cooperations in communications, transport, aviation and petroleum...
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President Niyazov of Turkmenistan has ordered the construction of an ice palace "big enough for 1,000 people" in the Copa Deg mountains outside the capital, Ashgabat.(Turkmenistan)(Brief Article)
; President Niyazov of Turkmenistan has ordered the construction of an ice palace big enough for 1,000 people in the Copa Deg mountains outside the capital, Ashgabat. This is the latest in a series of massive building projects instigated by the and country's leader.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Legendary racehorses could prove financial boost; Letter from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
; ...long, delicate necks and legs - were paraded before a small group of bidders at the sale. At a state-owned stable just outside Ashgabat, the capital of the former Soviet republic, a buyer from neighbouring Iran clinched the inaugural deal, paying $30,000 for...
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A peep into the strange world of Turkmenbashi, whose every word is law Whatever the caprices of their eccentric leader, the people of Turkmenistan must obey. Damien McElroy reports from Ashgabat
; ...of the Nation". Last week, a few miles east of the capital, Ashgabat, the horse- obsessed Niyazov opened a new hippodrome, the finest...secret police services, some citizens claim to be proud of Ashgabat's monuments and buildings. "Eight years ago this city was a...
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In Turkmenistan, Thugs and Tyranny
; On Sept. 11, 2003, the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, held a ceremony to commemorate...had served for nearly 10 years as the Ashgabat correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio...home again. I continued to report from Ashgabat. Two months later, on Nov. 14, I stepped...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Turkmenistan holds elections; The balloting is largely ceremonial
; ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - Polling stations were nearly empty...vote valid. However, polling stations in the capital, Ashgabat, were almost empty throughout the day and election officials...She gave only her first name. A 70-year-old voter in Ashgabat said: "I don't know who to vote for. Does it matter? ...
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