turkmenistan is mostly in the hands of the president. many of the strong men control the vast natural resources though they have made small concessions to demands for more freedom and they are not anxious to give up power. >> celebrations in honor of the president are common in kazakhstan. he has ruled the central asian country since the breakup of the soviet union. he controls the army and the secret police. he is not the only firmly entrenched autocrat lost turkmenistan, tajikistan, and is pakistan are those -- he is not the only firmly entrenched autocrat, turkmenistan, tajikistan also have similar rulers. >> they need to feel important and are unwilling or perhaps incapable of letting power go. >> national parliaments in elections helped the despot's to polish their democratic credentials. they do not allow for open criticism. opponents say that the oppression is worse in lose pakistan -- worse in uzb eukistan. >> the laws are rigid, people died after a mysterious circumstances. >> when the president came to brussels earlier this yea

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countries and some expect the rules to come into fools next year but azerbaijan is make a stand and turkmenistan were the only members of the eleven strong union to stay out of the new trade zone but still have the opportunity to join us before the year's end if they choose to trade relaxation is hoped to give a major boost to developing economic ties within the c.i.s. . to move to the markets quickly now while is slightly better there was when we last look that said pretty flat looking for direction light sweet is up eight cents this hour in electronic trading in asia brant is one hundred eleven dollars twenty two cents per barrel some of the stocks now european stocks are positive that's after an unconfirmed report in the guardian newspaper that europe's key bailout plan would be significantly expanded but moody's has downgraded the spanish credit rating with a negative forecast this is limiting gains we have on the end of the axe. in asia stocks are also high after that report banks are coming up sharply drops on choose day with h.s.b.c. of more than two percent bank of china by the pretty mu

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