Uzbek Leader, Islam Karimov, Hospitalized after Suffering Stroke
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Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, has been reported to have suffered a stroke and has been hospitalized. Karimov has been the leader of the country since independence in 1991 and has ruled Uzbekistan as a dictator. It remains unclear who would succeed Karimov if he were to day as there were no clear successors planned.
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- successor (n.)
- преемник
- permanent
- бессменный
- life-long, lifetime, for life (adj.)
- пожизненный
- to expire, to run out, to lapse
- истекать, истечь когда-нибудь
- boundless, unlimited
- безграничный
- duty, responsibility, obligation
- обязанность
- hemorrhage
- кровоизлияние
- short, small (amount of time)
- непродолжительный
- unprecedented
- беспрецедентный
- hospital treatment
- стационарное лечение