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Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov announced on national television on Monday that he has written a second volume of the \"book of spirit,\" or Rukhnama, which is expected to be published in September. In 1998, Niyazov proposed the idea of developing a program for the spiritual development of the nation. The \"book of spirit,\" or Rukhnama, has become \"a code of conduct\" for Turkmen society.
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TURKMENISTAN INVESTS OF MORE THAN 123 MILLION DOLLARS TO INCREASE GAS EXPORT TO RUSSIA 12 July Turkmenistan will make investments of more than 123 million dollars to increase gas export to Russia. The Turkmen president issued the order that authorized the concern Turkmengaz to conclude a contract worth of 123.6 million dollars with the Belgian company Enex Process Engineering for building a compressor station in the gas deposit Dovletabad-3 by December 2006.
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Iran has rejected reports that it has reduced the price of its gas exports to Turkey in the latest bilateral spat about prices. Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company, Roknoddin Javadi, said that any negotiations (and price reductions) are subject to Turkey\'s accepting Iranian conditions, including the through-flow of Iranian gas into Europe from current excess gas supplies and an independent gas pipeline, according to the Petroenergy Information Network. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan is expected to arrive in Tehran (Iran) on 28 July to continue discussions on the issue.
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The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced Magomed Tagayev, a Wahhabi ideologue, to ten years in a high security institution on Monday, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom. The Dagestani resident was charged under seven articles of the criminal code with fanning ethnic, racial and religious enmity, setting up an illegal armed formation, illegal possession of arms, armed robbery, theft of firearms, armed mutiny and forging documents. The court dropped two of the charges - establishing an armed formation and armed mutiny.

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