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Nazarbayev in for 2012 Vote

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev plans at least another decade at the helm of the republic, an adviser said Thursday.

Yermukhamet Yertysbayev said the 70-year-old president had told him to announce plans to stand for a new term in an election set for 2012. 

(Reuters)


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