Report: Uzbek Government Says President Karimov Has Died

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2bKrRUJ
via IFTTT Russian news agencies are citing the government of Uzbekistan as saying that President Islam Karimov has died, ending days of rumors about the condition of the 78-year-old hardliner who led the Central Asian country with an iron hand since its independence.