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

ECONOMIST: Letter from Samarkand

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.

FORBES: Private Banking: R.I.P.

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

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