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| | OMRI: Daily Digest, Vol. 3, No. 3, 97-01-06 |
 | | A coat of arms for Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, was issued on 4 January, ITAR-TASS reported the same day. |
 | | The emblem's components are an open gate topped by an oriental dome on a background of a mountain and rivers framed by flowers, a grape vine and a plane tree in blossom. |
 | | Since the late October celebration of the birth of Tamerlane, the improperly rendered text has increasingly been associated with him and is to be found on numerous billboards, the wall of a museum erected to lionize the great conqueror- builder, as well as the star of Samarkand state medal in Uzbekistan. |
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