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File photo of Uzbek president Islam Karimov, who died on Friday. Reuters

Uzbekistan in Uncertainty after Karimov’s Death

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2016 | World

Moscow-Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the country for very long years, died Friday, the government announced. “Dear compatriots, it is with huge grief in our hearts that we announce to you the death of our dear president,” a...

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file pool photo Uzbek President Islam Karimov speaks at a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Uzbekistan’s government has issued, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, an unusual statement announcing the hospitalization of President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the former Soviet republic in Central Asia for more than 25 years, AP

Uzbek President in Intensive Care after Brain Hemorrhage

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2016 | World

Uzbekistan’s president Islam Karimov suffered a brain hemorrhage on Saturday and is in stable condition in intensive care, reported his daughter. Karimov has built his authoritarian rule on warnings of a radical militant threat to the Central Asian region. With...