Tajik President Emomali Rahmon delivers a speech during the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21), on November 30, 2015 at Le Bourget, on the outskirts of the French capital Paris. World leaders opened an historic summit in the French capital with "the hope of all of humanity" laid on their shoulders as they sought a deal to tame calamitous climate change. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
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A new law went into effect in Tajikistan on April 29 that bans giving newborn babies last names with Russian-style endings.