Turkmenistan faces possible Turbulence, Increased Competition for Gas Reserves

    Turkmenistan faces the possibility of an eventful political transition after President Sapuramat Niyazov died suddenly of a heart attack following 21 years of totalitarian rule and isolation.     The death of Niyazov, 66, has left the strategic Central Asian nation and the wider world speculating about who would succeed him.     Turkmenistan analysts forecast...