Uzbek PM leads national celebration; president still ill
MOSCOW- Uzbekistan's prime minister led the nation's Independence Day celebration Wednesday in the capital of Tashkent as President Islam Karimov remained hospitalized.
The government announced Sunday that the 78-year-old Karimov had been hospitalized and his daughter said Monday that he had suffered a brain hemorrhage.
Karimov's youngest daughter Lola thanked compatriots for well-wishes sent to her father in a statement posted Wednesday on Instagram and Facebook.
