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Current Feed ContentTURKMENISTAN: Year in Brief 2005 - A Chronology of key eventsASHGABAT Monday, January 16, 2006 (IRIN) - 5 January - Efforts to curtail religious freedom in the reclusive oil-rich state of Turkmenistan continue, with at least seven mosques demolished in 2004 alone, activists said on Wednesday. "By destroying mosques - as well as a Christian church and Hare Krishna temples, as was done in the past -the Turkmen government is demonstrating its contempt for the rights of believers of different faiths to maintain their own places of worship where they can...COTE D'IVOIRE: Chronology since the 2002 military uprising13 September 2007 - National Electoral Commission announces that long-overdue presidential elections could be held in October 2008 but the final decision remains with the government. 30 July 2007 - President Laurent Gbagbo travels to central town of Bouaké, stronghold of the former rebels, in his first visit to rebel territory since the rebellion began. Officials burn a pile of arms in a ceremony, declaring “the war in Côte d’Ivoire is over”. 16 July 2007 - UN Security... |
