A giant arch topped by a gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmyrat Niyazov, is to be moved out of the centre of the country's capital. Its removal is seen as a new step to dismantle the personality cult around "Turkmenbashi", as Niyazov was known. Niyazov fostered the cult over the two decades in which he ruled the former Soviet republic in Central Asia. (BBC News)
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