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    CRACKDOWN IN KULOB ON COUPLES KISSING

    Examiner.com
    Sept 8 2009

    Paris is the City of Lights. Romance walks the cobblestones of
    the Latin Quarters and tumbles through the bohemian redoubts of
    Montmartre. Love even rides the subway. In the summer, it might take
    a break for an unlovely riot. But otherwise, when the Jacobins are not
    guillotining people, the City of Lights is quite the place for romance.

    Yerevan is not Paris. But it has Lovers' Park. There, lovers can
    stroll hand in hand down a meandering walkway or sit on a bench, until
    they water the grass. But, Yerevan's real lovers' lane is the vast
    concrete stairway that rises above the City, the Cascades. Offering a
    captivating view of Mr. Ararat, the Cascades is where privacy starved
    young Armenian couples publicly kiss.

    In southeastern Tajikistan, in the city of Kulob, lover's lane is
    the city's central park. Surrounded by high schools and a university,
    this is where young couples stroll hand in hand, plan their wedding,
    and maybe even sneak in a kiss.

    But there is no more to Kulob's lovers' lane. Couples are
    kissing far too much. Park director Sharaf Azizov has announced
    a crackdown. According to him, the park will now film kissers and
    fine them too. Moreover, Kulobs' canoodling couples will find their
    indiscretions broadcasted on the local television station.

    Kulob may be on to something. Although Paris is romantic, only in
    Kulob is it broadcasted on t.v.

    But, what about those fines?
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