From: Ad 

Ad wrote:
> Oh but it's difficult not to speak ill of the dead....
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6198983.stm
>
>
> "Turkmenistan's authoritarian president, Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled
> the Central Asian country for 21 years, has died aged 66, state TV has
> reported.
>
> He died at about 0110 local time (2010 GMT Wednesday) of a sudden
> cardiac arrest, it was announced.
>
> Mr Niyazov became Communist Party chief of what was then a Soviet
> republic in 1985 and was elected first president of independent
> Turkmenistan in 1991.
>
> In 1999, he was made president-for-life by the country's legislative body.
>
> Last month, the president publicly acknowledged he had heart disease.
>
> Analysts say Mr Niyazov's legacy is grim. Education, healthcare and
> social programmes have all crumbled under his leadership. "
>
>
> Let's hope for better days.
>
> Adam

BTW ....I hope they analyse his tea......"a sudden cardiac
arrest" of a president in such a place is always worth looking into.


Adam

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