Textile industry workers in Turkmenabat, the main town in the eastern Lebap region, have been receiving their wages in kind rather than cash for the last three months. At the end of each month they are issued with a selection of goods made by their factor
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New textbooks highlight division within Armenia’s Yezidi community.
Chinese business floods into Georgia, but little flows in the opposite direction.
In a country where jobs are scarce, the possibility of well-paid work is tempting many Turkmen abroad.
The controversial commander Abdul Rashid Dostum has little chance of winning votes outside his own constituency.
Candidate promises to tackle what he sees as pervasive corruption and abuse of power.
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