ASHGABAT - A special assembly in Turkmenistan on Tuesday selected six candidates, including the current interim leader, to run in a February presidential election to replace deceased strongman president Saparmurat Niyazov.
Murad Karryev, head of the central electoral commission in this Central Asian state, said the People's Council meeting selected six candidates, including caretaker president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
12/26/2006 14:36 GMT