Uzbek leader is free to reform but may lack will
After a year in power, the president has finally managed to oust a powerful rival
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- Eliminating a rival
- Outsider brought in
- Reforms become possible
- Decisions unblocked
- Opening up to the world
- Prospects for political change
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_350.jpg "President Shavqat Mirzioyev gives his first speech to the UN General Assembly (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)")