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This digital document is an article from The Washington Times, published by News World Communications, Inc. on February 28, 2004. The length of the article is 1836 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Turkmenistan visit renders bleak look; History lost in barren landscape.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: WESTERN ASIA)
Publication: The Washington Times (Newspaper)
Date: February 28, 2004
Publisher: News World Communications, Inc.
Page: A08Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Byline: John Kropf, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - It was February when I visited Dashoguz, at the far end of the Earth. I had been assigned to visit the northern town and its outlying regions to check on prospects for agricultural development.
I started out early morning at the Ashgabat airport terminal. After about half an hour, a Russian ticket agent was sent out to attend to the crowd. Under a shock of white-blond hair, she had the physique of a body builder turned Hell's Angel. A mob of fur hats and scarved heads pushed forward in a melee, thrusting tickets toward the agent.
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