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| | Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In turn, the pro-Communist Supreme Soviet elected hardline ex-Communist Imamoli Rakhmanov, a Kulyabi and former collective farm boss, as the countrys leader. |
 | | Simultaneously, amid allegations of vote-rigging, Rakhmanov was elected president, with 58% of the vote, in comparison with 40% for his single opponent, former Premier Abdumalik Abdullajanov of the Party of Economic Freedom. |
 | | Second, Rakhmanov is hardly convincing as an actor balancing neatly between Islamic and secular groups. |
| frida.prio.no /publications/reports/osce/osce-tajikistan.asp (3423 words) |
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