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Tajiks set to elect strongman leader for fourth term

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 09:15

Voters in Tajikistan, the poorest state in the former USSR, were on Wednesday expected to hand President Emomali Rakhmon an easy victory for a fourth term at the helm of his Central Asian state bordering Afghanistan.

Tajikistan calls presidential elections for November

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 15:32

Tajikistan Friday called presidential elections for November, with President Emomali Rakhmon expected to run for another term in the impoverished ex-Soviet country that he has headed for more than two decades.