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Turkmenistan Leader Dies of Heart Attack

HeadlineDec 22, 2006

In Turkmenistan, President Saparmurat Niyazov died Thursday from a heart attack. Observers are widely expecting a power struggle over who will control the gas-rich country. Niyazov was known as an authoritarian who jailed opponents and constructed lavish tributes to his rule.

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