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WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The Caspian energy story for 2008 is the development of Turkmenistan's vast natural gas reserves. Since the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006, global energy firms have been racing to Ashgabat and
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 Reuters - A rotating gold statue of
Turkmenistan's former leader is to be removed from the centre
of the capital, state media said on Saturday, as his successor
chips away at the late president's personality cult.
- US religious rights panel wants Vietnam, Pakistan blacklisted
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US religious freedom watchdog on Friday asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim
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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1925. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects can be worked out.
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AFP - A US religious freedom watchdog on Friday asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on a watchlist.
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