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Harvesting the Labour of Flattery

Posted by Peter | in Economic Developments | on September 27th, 2006
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The next time anybody is at the John Deere company museum, they must be sure to check if Herbert J. Markley, head of the tractor firm’s agricultural division, was as good as his word when he promised Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov this week that a copy of the Rukhnama would occupy a prominent place […]

One Cotton-Picking Moment

Posted by Peter | in Economic Developments, Domestic Politics and Events | on September 23rd, 2006
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As the Gundogar website recently reported, the official start was announced to this year’s cotton-gathering season earlier this week. The event was observed by President Saparmurat Niyazov, who took part in an symbolic ceremony at a cotton plantation in the Dashhoguz velyat.
Citing the importance of the cotton industry for Turkmenistan, Niyazov stressed that all […]

Turkmenistan’s Reputation Gets Worse

Posted by Peter | in Domestic Politics and Events | on September 21st, 2006
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As the Gundogar website reports, a convention on forced disappearances was launched at the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Council by France and Argentina jointed in a meeting last Wednesday. This move is likely to irritate numerous global powers, the United States and Russia among them, but against the backdrop of the widely reported […]