Tajikistan

Tajikistan vote on allowing president to rule for life
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Tajikistan vote on allowing president to rule for life

By PETER LEONARD Tajikistan held a referendum Sunday on changing the Constitution to allow its authoritarian president to run for office indefinitely, effectively allowing him to rule for life. The…

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Tajik leader set to expand 20-year rule in vote
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Tajik leader set to expand 20-year rule in vote

By OLGA TUTUBALINA FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Emomali Rakhmon, President of Tajikistan, gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in…

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