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Central Asia's capital cities have been building some of the most amazing and...
An astonishing golden statue of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan riding a golden horse hit headlines this week — but it's not Central Asia's only impressive and slightly bizarre...
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Europe went after a 'pipe dream' to counter Russia — and it's working
Europe has taken another swing at Russian gas dominance.The European Union has been buttering up Turkmenistan, which has the fourth-largest known gas reserves, and Azerbaijan over the past year with...
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Jennifer Lopez Under Fire For Singing 'Happy Birthday' To Turkmenistan Leader
Jennifer Lopez said sorry on Sunday for singing "Happy Birthday" to the leader of Turkmenistan after learning of his dense record of human rights violations.The Human Rights Watch lists Turkmenistan's...
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The Next Time You're In Turkmenistan, You Should Visit Its 'Door To Hell'
The cosmopolitan delights of Azerbaijan’s boomtown capital Baku are well known to international oil industry types, so it’s not surprising that the authoritarian country is heavily promoting itself as...
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Turkmenistan's dictator just built a huge golden statue of himself riding a...
If you happen to be in downtown Ashgabat — the capital of Turkmenistan — you might notice something new.There is now a 69-foot statue of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding a golden horse atop...
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Central Asia's capital cities have been building some of the most amazing and...
An astonishing golden statue of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan riding a golden horse hit headlines this week — but it's not Central Asia's only impressive and slightly bizarre...
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Europe went after a 'pipe dream' to counter Russia — and it's working
Europe has taken another swing at Russian gas dominance.The European Union has been buttering up Turkmenistan, which has the fourth-largest known gas reserves, and Azerbaijan over the past year with...
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These are the worst nations for religious persecution
All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere.Over the last year “a horrified world has watched the results of what some have aptly called violence masquerading as religious devotion” in...
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Kerry begins a tour of the 'Stans in Kyrgyzstan
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday to kick off a tour of five of the "'Stans," the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.Over four days, at official events in...
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Turkmenistan has started work on a natural gas pipeline to Afghanistan,...
Turkmenistan on Sunday started work on its part of a natural gas pipeline to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI), a $10 billion project designed to reduce its dependence on gas sales to Russia and...
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A $7.6 billion ‘New Silk Road’ is slotted to connect one of the most...
The official groundbreaking ceremony for the TAPI pipeline was held in Turkmenistan on December 13, a milestone for a project that has been on the drawing board for over two decades. The pipeline would...
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I traveled to the middle of the desert to see 'The Door To Hell'
At the heart of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert sits a crater of fire the size of a football field that’s been perpetually burning now for almost fifty years.Locals have suitably dubbed it the 'Door To...
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Self-proclaimed dog lover Vladimir Putin gets a puppy as a gift from the...
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, received a top breed puppy as a belated birthday gift on Wednesday from Turkmenistan's president who is keen to recover lost...
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Here's what it's like inside Turkmenistan, the secretive Asian dictatorship...
Turkmenistan is one of the world's most secretive countries, and has a widely denounced human rights record.The country doesn't allow many people in, and its president is a fan of showing off through...
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Astonishing photos show the Gates of Hell, a fiery gas crater that's been...
The Darvaza crater, a fiery gas crater in Turkmenistan, is also known as the "Gates of Hell."The origins of the crater is contradictory, but it is believed to have been burning since 1971.In 2013,...
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Meet the dictator who rules secretive Turkmenistan, who portrays himself as...
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been the president of Turkmenistan, one of the world's most restrictive and secretive countries in the world, since 2006.Activists have decried the country's human-rights...
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The isolated nation of Turkmenistan is suppressing news of the coronavirus,...
The government of Turkmenistan claims that it has no cases of coronavirus infection, despite outbreaks in nearby countries.Authorities there have been suppressing news of the virus and removing it from...
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Plastic partitions, temperature checks, and socially distanced classrooms:...
Coronavirus lockdown measures have partially or fully closed schools for over 60% of the world's student population across 186 countries and territories, according to UNESCO. After closing schools to...
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COVID-19 doesn't seem to be everywhere yet. Here are 14 countries that say...
The coronavirus has reached 188 countries and territories around the world, according to John Hopkins University's tracker.The pandemic has prompted many countries to impose lockdown measures,...
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