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Customs fees inflated 05/03/2009 |
ast year customs officers charged an amount equivalent to 1 USD for clearing one square meter of a container loaded with freight. Now the fee amounts to $8. |
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Bad trend 05/03/2009 |
| Ken Silverstein, Washington editor for Harper's Magazine, wrote a book "Turkmeniscam*: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship", which was issued last year. |
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Drivers - drug addicts 05/03/2009 |
| In mid February the special services conducted raids in the cities of Turkmenabat and Mary. The patrolling was designed to screen the drivers of privately-owned mini buses for drug-abuse. |
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The residents of Lebap sponsor state-financed event 05/03/2009 |
| Non-payment of salaries for the past three months, withdrawal of funds from the accounts of enterprises and organizations, including privately-owned businesses, financial contributions from... |
