1.0 link 67423 <![CDATA[The Well-Connected Dictator]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/the-wellconnected-dictato_b_67423.html This is about Nursultan Nazarbayev, the brutal and corrupt dictator of Kazakhstan and friend of politicians in high places, including three current and past U.S. presidents, Dick Cheney, presidential candidates from both parties, and heads of state everywhere.

While the butt of jokes in the movie Borat, Kazakhstan is more interesting and potentially important than many realize. Sparsely populated but vast in territory (ranked 9th globally), Kazakhstan is larger than all of Western Europe, endowed with enormous oil, gas and uranium...

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