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A woman walks past a portrait of President Saparmurat Niyazov with black mourning ribbon in Ashgabat December 22, 2006. Turkmenistan's President-for-life Niyazov died on Thursday after 21 years of iron rule in which he crushed all dissent and made his Central Asian state one of the world's most isolated countries. The funeral of Niyazov will be held on December 24. REUTERS/Marat Gurt (TURKMENISTAN)