| Afghanistan Afghanistan
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| Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
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| Alexander Rutskoy Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (RussianАлександр Владимирович Руцкой) (born September 16, 1947) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet military officer. Rutskoy served as the only Vice President of Russia from July 10, 1991 to October 4, 1993, and as the governor of Kursk Oblast from 1996 to 2000. In the course of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, he was proclaimed acting president of Russia, in opposition to Boris Yeltsin. Alexander_Rutskoy
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| Baghdad Baghdad ( ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is coterminous. Having a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq Baghdad
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| Economy of Afghanistan Economy_of_Afghanistan
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| Geography of Afghanistan Geography_of_Afghanistan
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| Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
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| Foreign relations of Kazakhstan Foreign relations of Kazakhstan are primarily based on economic and political security. The Nazarbayev administration has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor at artificially low prices while assisting the U.S. Foreign_relations_of_Kazakhstan
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| Polygyny Polygyny (from neo-Greek:poly "many" and γυνή gyny "I. woman" or, as in this context, "II. wife or spouse") is "a marriage form in which a man has two or more wives at the same time." It is distinguished from a man who has a sexual partner outside marriage, such as a concubine, casual sexual partner, paramour, or other culturally recognized secondary partner. Polygyny
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| Politics of Tajikistan Politics of Tajikistan takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the executive branch and the two chambers of parliament. Politics_of_Tajikistan
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| Economy of Tajikistan Tajikistan was the poorest country in Central Asia following a civil war in 1991. With foreign revenue precariously dependent upon exports of cotton and aluminium, the economy is highly vulnerable to external shocks. In fiscal year (FY) 2000, international assistance remained an essential source of support for rehabilitation programs that reintegrated former civil war combatants into the civilian economy, thus helping keep the peace. Economy_of_Tajikistan
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| Transport in Tajikistan Tajikistan's transportation system was built during the Soviet era, and since that time the system has deteriorated badly because of insufficient investment and maintenance. Neither the Soviet system nor subsequently built infrastructure addressed the topographical division between the northern and southern regions of the country. Transport_in_Tajikistan
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| History of Turkmenistan While the ancient history of Turkmenistan is largely shrouded in mystery, its past since the arrival of Indo-European Iranian tribes around 2000 BC is often the starting point of the area's discernible history. Early tribes were nomadic or semi-nomadic due to the arid conditions of the region as the steppe culture in Central Asia was an extension of a larger Eurasian series of horse cultures which spanned the entire spectrum of language families including the Proto-Indo-Europeans and Altaic groups. History_of_Turkmenistan
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| Military of Turkmenistan The armed forces of Turkmenistan consist of an Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Troops, and Internal Troops, and a National Guard. The Turkmen military inherited several motor rifle divisions from the Soviet Armed Forces Turkestan Military District, forming the basis of the Turkmen ground forces. Military_of_Turkmenistan
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| Taliban treatment of women Talk:Taliban_treatment_of_women
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| Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
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| Foreign relations of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. However, it is opposed to reintegration and withdrew from the CIS collective security arrangement in 1999. Since that time, Uzbekistan has participated in the CIS peacekeeping force in Tajikistan and in United Nations-organized groups to help resolve the Tajik and Afghan conflicts, both of which it sees as posing threats to its own stability. Foreign_relations_of_Uzbekistan
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| 1990 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar).It is often considered the final year of the Cold War era. 1990
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| Violence Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt. Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects (see property damage). Worldwide, violence is used as a tool of manipulation and also is an area of concern for law and culture who take attempts to suppress and stop it. Violence
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| Georgia (country) Georgia_(country)
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