Uzbekistan’s parliament has approved the prime minister, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as acting president, in the clearest sign yet that he could take over long-term following the death of the dictator Islam Karimov.
Mirziyoyev, 58, was given the post after being backed by the senate leader, Nigmatilla Yu
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