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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
my christmas blew but there is slightly good news
am taking a 12 hour train tonight to my new site in south eastern turkmenistan (we call it afganistan- hello opium trade)
you can still email me
and i have 2 addresses now (2 is better than one)
the one in Ashgabat (the capital)
and this new one

Davonne Head, PCV
Peace Corps / Turkmenistan
Lebap Velayat
Turkmenabat -22
Central Post Office
Mail Box # 46
Turkmenabat, 746100
TURKMENISTAN

hit me up
don't be scared
international mail is fun
posted by D-Von @ 4:27 PM   0 comments
Thursday, December 21, 2006
oh whoa is me

the future like always is unknown



Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan Leader, Dies

Published: December 21, 2006

Turkmen President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov has died, Turkmenistan state-controlled television said on Thursday confirming an earlier report from a government source.

"Turkmenbashi (Head of the Turkmen) the Great has died," said a news presenter on Turkmen state-controlled television.

He said the 66-year-old leader had died of a sudden cardiac arrest. The TV ran still images of a national flag in a black-bordered frame.

Niyazov, 66, had been in power in his reclusive Central Asian state -- the second largest natural gas producer in the former Soviet Union -- since 1985 before independence from Moscow.

He tolerated no dissent and enjoyed a flourishing personality cult with thousands of portraits and statues to him throughout the country.

His name has been given to a sea port, farms, military units and even to a meteorite.

A Reuters correspondent in the Turkmen capital said the situation was calm but workers were seen removing New Year decorations from fir trees in the streets.





i'll keep yall updated
posted by D-Von @ 4:26 PM   0 comments
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