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Turkmenistan: Ministry of Education clamps down on students

Written byAdil Nurmakov
Posted 16 August 2009 5:21 GMT

Orazdurdy reports that dozens of students at Ashgabat (capital of Turkmenistan) airport were not allowed on board a plane heading to Almaty. This is the latest incident in a broader trend: hundreds of Turkmen students still cannot leave the country in pursuit of education abroad.

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