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Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly
Thursday, Jul. 05, 2007

Open quoteThe system is now in place and he can live here like a king. The people will never wake up.Close quote

  • a merchant in Turkmenistan
  • on the country's new president, who has yet to deliver on his promise of change in the notoriously self-isolated police state
Photo: Mustafa Ozer / AFP / Getty | Source: New York Times