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Of course we lived with them for 74 years and we have learnt a lot from them in the sense of education and knowledge , because we were a bit behind progress then . Domestically , President Niyazov ordered the release of over 7,000 petty criminals from incarceration by November 21 as part of what has become an annual November amnesty . " The activity of unregistered religious organisations is banned , " Article 11 declares . Its carrying capacity will increase by 80 % and volume of transported freight per year will exceed 2.5 million tons after construction of a second transportation station is finished in five years . Ashgabat , 15 November 2003 ( nCa ) - - - ( Text omitted ) In a sweeping move that brings all the state media under the same umbrella , Niyazov fired the culture minister and appointed Gozel Nurliyeva , chief editor of flagship newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan and deputy speaker of the parliament , as minister of newly created ministry of culture and information . Sheila mentioned this , but there are 11 more - - by the current plan - - Titan IVs , and it is important for all of us to realize that everybody knows that , meaning the people who are working on the program . Some emphasis on this message may have been prompted in part by the abduction on September 11 and subsequent detention and torture of an Ashgabat-based correspondent for Radio Liberty , which operates on a mandate and budget from the U.S. Congress . He blamed the latter for the country 's failure to meet its target cotton production yield for 2003 , saying that it is the officials , not the people , who should suffer . Turkmenistan.ru 's Asgabat correspondent says that on 6 June 2003 the Turkmen government , General Electric and the Turkish company , Chalyk Energy , signed a tripartite agreement on cooperation in implementing a general plan to develop electricity production in Turkmenistan by 2011 . According to Niyazov the country will not apparently meet its target for cotton harvest in 2003 , which was set at 2m tons . ( Text omitted ) Currently , 1.5 million tons of freights is transported by this railroad every year . The persecution of S. Begmedov began a year ago - after President Niyazov sanctioned repressions against the relatives of those accused in the case concerning the embezzlement of 40 million dollars from the Central Bank of Turkmenistan . Which means , the Air Force , the users , and the contractors all need to be parties to be sure that everything we know to make these next 11 a success , needs to be part of the flyout plan . As Turkmenistan distanced itself from its CIS alliances , it moved closer to an alliance with its Asian neighbors by confirming President Niyazov 's attendance at the Boao Forum for Asia 2003 annual conference on November 2-3 .