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Tajikistan blocks Facebook, again

November 27, 2012 10:32
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Tajikistan has once more blocked access to Facebook, supposedly after complaints by concerned netizens.

Tajikistan communication cut for third day after battle

July 26, 2012 11:53
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Twelve soldiers and 30 rebels were killed in the attempt to apprehend former warlord Tolib Ayombekov.
May 18, 2012 11:31
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'The Dictator,' Sacha Baron Cohen spoof, banned in Tajikistan (VIDEO)

Tajik cinemagoers are forbidden from seeing the comedian's latest offering, a spoof about a fictional tyrant.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in character as Admiral General Omar Aladeen, at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in France. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

The Dictator, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as extravagant autocrat Admiral General Omar Aladeen, has been refused a license for distribution because it doesn't fit with the Central Asian country's "mentality."

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Divorce via text message becomes popular in Tajikistan

News DeskApril 28, 2011 00:53
The growing number of Tajik men who have used their mobile phones to divorce has prompted religious authorities to condemn the practice, and there are plans to issue a fatwa against it.
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