Questions swirl as a grim era ends by Mirovalev and Zavis

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2016
Article: Questions swirl as a grim era ends
Writer: Mansur Mirovalev and Alexandra Zavis
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1. Islam Karimov is the leader of Uzbekistan.
2. Samarkand where the leader of Uzbekistan is buried.
3. Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan.
4. No, women did not attend the funeral of Islam Karimov.
5. Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev appointed Karimov as an effective leader in the 1980s.
6. Uzbekistan sits at a strategic crossroads near Russia, China and Afghanistan.
7. 30 million people live in Uzbekistan.
8. Gold and natural gas reserves are Uzbekistan's biggest natural resources.
9. Government workers, university students, and children had to participate in the cotton harvest.
10. The Government of Uzbekistan is accused of secretly sterilizing women who gave birth through caesarean section.

Reference:
http://www.aljazeera.com/profile/mansur-mirovalev-.html
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-alexandra-zavis-staff.html