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** FILE ** A Turkmeni youth leaps into a public fountain-turned-swimming pool, with a huge portrait of President Saparmurat Niyazov in the background, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in this July 23, 1997 file photo. Authoritarian President Saparmurat Niyazov, who has ruled energy-rich Turkmenistan for more than two decades, has died, Turkmen state television reported Thursday. He was 66. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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JULY 23 1997 FILE PHOTO Minimum price 50PLN

headline AP HDD 2

created date 1997-08-07

credit ASSOCIATED PRESS/East News

source Associated Press

byline MISHA JAPARIDZE

original transmission reference 97080704684

weight 0,59MB

size 11cm x 17cm by 300dpi

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