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Roza Otunbaeva becomes Central Asia’s first female head of state, although only for an interim period.
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Russian film’s hapless heroes supposed to be from imaginary country, but everyone is sure it’s a xenophobic view of Tajiks.
HIV Alarm in Central Asia
Large-scale population movement contributes to virus spreading across broad cross-section of society.
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