Stalinism lives
ASHGABAT - President Saparmurad Niyazov of Turkmenistan, centre of a neo-Stalinist personality cult, will remain head of state until 2002 after winning a huge 'yes' vote in a referendum. Preliminary results showed 98.9 per cent support for extending his mandate, due to expire in June 1997, by five years. AFP
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