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20/08/26 [NDTV] > How Turkmenistan's "Door To Hell" Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years : In the middle of Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, there is a sight that feels more like a science-fiction film than the real world. A giant pit glows with intense orange flames day and night, and it ...
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19/08/26 [Morning Overview on MSN] > A fiery pit in the Turkmenistan desert has burned nonstop for over 50 years : In the middle of Turkmenistan’s vast Karakum Desert, a wide pit in the ground glows with hundreds of flames that have burned without pause for more than half a century. By night the crater throws an ...
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18/08/26 [Morning Overview on MSN] > Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell gas crater has been burning nonstop since 1971 : In the middle of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, a pit roughly the width of a football field has been on fire for more than half a century. Known to travelers as the Door to Hell, the flaming crater ...
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02/05/26 [Yahoo] > Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of cautiously opening up : ASHGABAT, May 2 (Reuters) - From a brightly lit, open-plan office Azat Seyitmuhammedov runs an e-commerce startup, Wabrum, that he founded almost a decade ago. In Berlin or San Francisco, this would ...
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18/04/25 [Seattle Times] > Turkmenistan adopts law to allow electronic visas and make it easier for foreigners to enter : ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, long one of the world’s most closed countries, on Friday adopted a law that will bring in electronic visas and make it easier for foreigners to enter. Since ...
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18/02/22 [The Diplomat] > Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform? : The son of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, then-Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov looks on during Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries council of ...
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27/09/21 [Yahoo] > Turkmenistan marks independence anniversary with big parade : ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan marked the 30th anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union with a military parade Monday that involved thousands of people and ...
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26/04/21 [CNN] > Turkmenistan now has a national holiday in honor of its ‘wolf-crusher’ dogs : Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.
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12/08/19 [Mashable] > John Oliver's deep dive into the president of Turkmenistan gets very weird, very fast : John Oliver laid it all out during Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight. To give you an idea of just how strange things get, the episode culminates in Oliver presenting a record-breaking marble cake ...
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31/10/16 [Rferl.org] > Turkmenistan At 25 -- What Went Wrong And Why? : Turkmenistan marked its 25th year of independence on October 27 and -- while life has always been hard for the some 5 million people in the isolationist, authoritarian state -- this year’s anniversary ...