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Turkmenistan Clamps Down on the Arts

President Saparmurat Niyazov orders the opera house to be closed, plus a Swiss duo wins architecture's Pritzker Prize and Montserrat Caballé wins the right to join an all-male opera club.

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

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