Friday, February 27, 2004

No Beards?

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Young Turkmen face beard ban:
President Niyazov appeared on television saying that men can no longer grow their hair and that beards are not allowed, at least among the young.
More rules to live by in Turkmenistan:
It is forbidden now to listen to car radios or to smoke in the street; opera and ballet performances have been banned on the grounds that they are unnecessary.