BBC: Young Turkmen face beard ban
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has passed a decree forbidding young men in the country to wear long hair or beards. The president said the Education Ministry should be in charge of checking people’s hair as the issue was most pressing among the young.

Where Bill Gates, Walt Disney, Ronald McDonald, Adolf Hitler, and Maggie Thatcher lead, Saparmurat Niyazov follows.