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04.05.2008, 06:07
The twelve-metre tall golden statue of Turkmenistan’s former President Saparmurat Niyazov is to be relocated from the centre of the capital Ashkhabad, due to an order from his successor Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
20.06.2008, 11:54
Turkmenistan has started to provide access to the internet for ordinary citizens. Until now, government restrictions meant only state officials and foreign diplomats were allowed to use it. But now thousands of eager customers are in line to sign up.
16.10.2008, 06:44
Independent advisory firm GCA says a gas field in Turkmenistan could hold the 4th largest gas deposits in the world. The field could hold enough to supply its current customers in Russia and China as well as become a reserve base for the Nabucco pipeline
15.10.2008, 23:03
Energy-rich Turkmenistan may be about to get a whole lot richer. Energy experts say the Central Asian republic could be sitting on the fourth of fifth biggest gas field in the world.
16.07.2009, 22:29
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Sword-carrying Sikhs roaming the Indian city of Amritsar are a normal sight; but white people wearing turbans definitely are not. The strangeness lies in the fact that they are non-Indians who converted to Sikhism.
04.06.2009, 21:43
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A Chinese man was shocked when, after four years of dating, his girlfriend turned out to be a boy.
26.06.2009, 20:25
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Kim Jong Il is feeling well and has no problems with his memory, says the director of Russia’s Moiseyev Ballet, who just returned from tour in North Korea.
25.07.2009, 06:09
The world's shortest girl is set to prove that the best things come in small packages. Despite being just over half a meter tall, India’s Jyoti Amge is proving her height is no barrier to her high hopes for the future.
01.12.2009, 17:26
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A project of Beijing-based architect company MAD Architects brings what the name promises. The Urban Forest skyscraper looks like an artificial mountain, with vast forests and villages clinging to the hillsides.
05.02.2009, 07:42
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A protest has taken place in the Indian capital Delhi over the release of a group of men who beat up young women in a pub. The case of so-called moral policing has shocked the country.
Published: 06 March, 2009, 14:59
Authorities across the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan have started seizing copies of books by former president Saparmurat Niyazov, whose personality cult once gripped the republic.
