World Business: Kazakhstan Elections -- 08/04/2011 | PBS
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Broadcast Date: Apr. 8, 2011
World Business: Just weeks after Kazakhstan's parliament approved a referendum to extend the president's current term to 2020; Nursultan Nazarbayev vetoed the decision, instead calling for a snap election to put his future in the hands of the people. This will not only be an important forerunner to next year's parliamentary elections, but a test for the leader who has ruled the country since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Reporter: Nick Easen
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