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Turkmenistan: Stranger in a very strange land

Turkmen women mop water in front of Niyazov's family mausoleum (right) in Kipchak

Landing in Ashgabat, there's no sign telling you where you are. No "Welcome to Ashgabat", no "Ashgabat International Airport, Terminal One" or anything of the sort. Full Article at The Independent

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  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 25: Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov attends a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in Palazzo Chigi, on November 25, 2009 in Rome, Italy.
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  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: People walk out of The Piaget Building at 650 5th Avenue, which has been named as being owned by the Iranian government, on November 13, 2009 in New York City.
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