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Unofficial Reports say the Uzbekh President Islam Karimov has died
The Uzbekh leader, Islam Karimov is reported to have died. But there's still been no official confirmation from the Uzbek government, which has said only that he is critically ill
The Uzbekh leader, Islam Karimov is reported to have died. But there's still been no official confirmation from the Uzbek government, which has said only that he is critically ill. Meanwhile Turkey's prime minister, Binali Yildirim, has expressed his condolences.
(PHOTO: file picture of Islam Karimov in Moscow, Russia, April 26,
CREDIT: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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