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Muslims praying yesterday at Hadji Yakub Mosque in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan. The former Soviet republic has been plagued by fighting between ex-Communists and a coalition of democratic and Islamic parties

Saturday 31 October 1992 00:02 GMT
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Muslims praying yesterday at Hadji Yakub Mosque in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan. The former Soviet republic has been plagued by fighting between ex-Communists and a coalition of democratic and Islamic parties

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