The Uzbeks consider the mausoleum a holy place and pray here before heading off on Hadj.

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El Hadj Omar Bongo, the president of oil-rich Gabon exposed in 1997 during France's notorious Elf Aquitaine bribery scandal, was a private banking client dating back to 1970.

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Ms. AISHA CONTEH (Daughter of Dr. Hadj Conteh): Thank you.

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"We are extremely disturbed at statements made by Ayatollah Khamenei which seem to give the green light to security forces to violently handle protesters exercising their right to demonstrate and express their views, " said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa program.

CNN: Iran's supreme leader warns protesters