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Turkmen authoritarian leader sworn in for new term
Associated Press – 42 mins ago
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's authoritarian president has been inaugurated for his second five-year term after winning an election with 97 percent of the vote.
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov was sworn in Friday at a ceremony attended by some 3,000 people in the capital, Ashgabat.
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He came to power after the 2006 death of Saparmurat Niyazov. Berdymukhamedov has diluted much of the cult of personality established around Niyazov, but his promises of reform have been largely unmet.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/turkmen-authoritarian-leader-sworn-term-093844919.html
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's authoritarian president has been inaugurated for his second five-year term after winning an election with 97 percent of the vote.
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov was sworn in Friday at a ceremony attended by some 3,000 people in the capital, Ashgabat.
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He came to power after the 2006 death of Saparmurat Niyazov. Berdymukhamedov has diluted much of the cult of personality established around Niyazov, but his promises of reform have been largely unmet.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/turkmen-authoritarian-leader-sworn-term-093844919.html
