Turkmenistan fetes late leader's birth
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Authorities on Monday dedicated a new park in the home village of the late president, Saparmurat Niyazov, part of lavish birthday celebrations for the self-proclaimed "Father of All Turkmen."
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TONY JONES: Former general and security minister SBY has been sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth President at a ceremony at the parliamentary building in Jakarta.
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Chechens marked the birthday of their murdered leader, days ahead of an election to replace him at the helm of the Caucasus republic where a five-year guerrilla war shows no signs of dying down.
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An old woman drinks shots of vodka in a warm, dingy room, sobbing at the thought of living out her life here &#151; that is, in the Turkmenistan that outsiders aren't supposed to see, behind the marble and gold facades.
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Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson is one of hundreds of candidates reinstated in Iran's parliamentary election.
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Russian and Chechen officials commemorated the birthday of slain Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov on Monday, six days before an election to replace him as leader of the republic.
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Announcement ends formal reign of a man who outlasted nine U.S. presidents as well as his communist patrons in the former Soviet Union.
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Turkmenistan voted for a new president on Sunday in its first contested election, but one virtually certain to be won by an aide to the country's former authoritarian leader who died in December.
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The presidents of Central Asian neighbours Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan hold a rare summit.
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A former general with a doctorate in economics is to be sworn-in as Indonesia&#39;s first popularly elected president. . Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has enjoyed a distinguished career in the military and politics.
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Myanmar&#39;s pro-democracy party released doves and balloons Tuesday in a quiet ceremony under tight security to mark the 62nd birthday of its detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Foreign dignitaries paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat at a solemn funeral on Friday in Cairo, the city where the leader was born and fashioned as the founding father of Palestinian resistance.
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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Turkmenistan's new president has called for the abolition of state-funded concerts and dances in his honor during tours of the country, state media reported Saturday.
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No modern work of literature is more tied to the life and thought of a nation as Turkmenistan's "Rukhnama," a book seen in this reclusive, energy-rich country as combined epic history, divinely inspired moral guide and state policy. The country's new president, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, solemnly kissed the tome upon taking office Wednesday.
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Young, energetic and friendly to the West, Mikhail Saakashvili became a symbol of democratic reform in the former Soviet Union in 2003 for leading street rallies that ousted a graying veteran of the Communist era and catapulted him into power.
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Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became gas-rich Turkmenistan's new president on Wednesday, pledging to follow a path set by late authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov and respect existing energy contracts.