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Amsterdam Dispatch
As your morning paper''s friendly travel writer might blithely put it, "If you''re thinking of going to Turkmenistan.," The Shadow of the Holy Book (site) might be worth viewing before you book non-refundable tickets. Director Arto Halonen and writer/lawyer Kevin Frazier examine the eccentricities of one-man rule in the post-Soviet autocra-stan which sits on vast reserves of gas and oil, making it a friend these days of the United States and other countries who covet those energy sources. Turkemenistan has the world''s third-largest gas reserves.