U.S. observers see encouraging signs in Turkmenistan
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Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said on Friday they had seen improvements in the way Turkmenistan, trying to reopen to the world after years of self-isolation, is handling human rights.
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ASHGABAT  - Polls closed in Turkmenistan at parliamentary elections denounced as a farce by exiled opponents of President Saparmurat Niyazov and seen as likely to reinforce his isolation from the outside world.
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Polling stations were nearly empty Sunday in elections for Turkmenistan&#39;s rubber-stamp parliament, forcing officials to carry ballot boxes door-to-door
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The United States has reported encouraged Israel to help strengthen the position of moderate Palestinians in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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The Bush administration has quietly come to terms with the police states in Central Asia.
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Turkmenistan goes to the polls to vote for a new parliament, although all candidates back the president.
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush heaped praise yesterday on the president of Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country important to the United States as an oil supplier and war-on-terror ally, but which has a political system that stifles dissent.
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The regime has watched the media more closely since last September's uprising by monks.
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Turkmenistan celebrating its independence holiday with a huge parade in honour of President Niyazov.
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The people of Turkmenistan, ruled for more than two decades by an eccentric autocrat, are about to vote for his replacement in their first presidential election with more than one candidate &#151; but still only one party.
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Lifting of US sanctions will open up trade and aid, though Washington is still to confirm the deal.
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Americans and other Westerners in Indonesia should remain alert to the possibility of militant attacks over the Christmas and New Year period, the U.S. embassy in Jakarta said on Monday.
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The Bush administration expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.
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Iranian support for militias who are destabilizing Iraq has risen since the United States and Iran held breakthrough talks in Baghdad in May, the U.S. envoy to Iraq said on Tuesday after a fresh round of discussions.
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U.S. officials are more optimistic than the locals about a new cabinet that looks a lot like the old one
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.