Kyrgyzstan's Interim Government Unable to Squelch Ethnic Violence
Following a violent overthrow of government in April, Kyrgyzstan has been seeing an abundance of racial clashes. Entire streets and neighborhoods are going in flames, sometimes incinerating families inside them. Officials and aid agencies say the bloodshed between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks have killed up to 2,000 people and affected up to one million, including 300,000 people displaced in Kyrgyzstan and 100,000 who have fled to neighbouring Uzbekistan. More
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Kyrgyzstan | Human Rights Watch
26 Aug 15:01Zhura Payzulaeva cries as she recounts how seven members of her family were killed in the first two days of ethnic clashes in Osh. June 23, 2010. ©...
Kyrgyz Government Will Support Victims of Recent Political and Ethnic Violence | Kyrgyzstan
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25 Aug 15:48Asia Times Online. The Asia News Hub providing the latest news and analysis regarding economics, events and trends in business, economy and politics throughout Asia.
No Kosovo For Kyrgyzstan - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010
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The void in Asia's heart | Louise Arbour | Comment is free | The Guardian
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No Kosovo For Kyrgyzstan | Humanitarian News
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25 Aug 11:22Deputy Head of the intelligence agencies Musa Kolbaev came out to the protesters staying near GSNB building in the capital of Kyrgyzstan and asked ...
Kyrgyzstan: UN agencies gearing up operations ahead of winter
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On the heels of ethnic violence, U.N. fears hunger in Kyrgyzstan - CNN.com
24 Aug 16:10Concerned about rising food prices, a poor harvest and the onset of winter after violent ethnic conflict, the United Nations is ramping up food operations in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan’s New Constitution: Can It Be Made to Work? | Kyrgyzstan
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The Pogroms in Kyrgyzstan - International Crisis Group
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24 Aug 13:23Concerned about rising food prices, a poor harvest and the onset of winter after violent ethnic conflict, the United Nations is ramping up food...
Channel NewsAsia - Roza Otunbayeva is first female president of Kyrgyzstan - channelnewsasia.com
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ILLUME :: Questions and Tension in Aftermath of Kyrgyzstan Riots
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NGO Says Journalists Were Attacked In Southern Kyrgyzstan - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010
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India to send humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan | NetIndian | India News | Latest News from India | Breaking News from India | Latest Headlines
03 Jul 18:32India has decided to provide urgent humanitarian aid to the people of Kyrgyzstan who are facing a crisis after a series of incidents of ethnic violence last month.
Death toll rises to 208 in clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan
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Medvedev Warns of “Radical Elements” Rising to Power in Kyrgyzstan - Political Punch
03 Jul 18:18From Sunlen Miller and Luis Martinez Standing with President Obama during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House, Russian President Medvedev issued a stark warning about what could happen there if the situation in Kyrgyzstan......
Ethnic Tensions Remain High in Kyrgyzstan | WorldNewsVine
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Channel 6 News » Over 850 criminal cases initiated on violent events in Kyrgyzstan
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In NPR Interview, Kyrgyzstan's Interim Leader Reflects On Recent Violence : NPR
03 Jul 18:08NPR's David Greene spoke with Roza Otunbayeva, who assumed leadership of Kyrgyzstan on an interim basis in April, following a bloody coup.
World News Australia - Curfew lifted in Kyrgyzstan region of Osh
26 Jun 11:14Kyrgyzstan authorities have lifted a curfew in its violence-torn southern region of Osh to allow a controversial referendum on a new constitution to go ahead, officials said.
Kyrgyzstan: referendum in a time of upheaval | openDemocracy
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Crisis in Kyrgyzstan - The Big Picture - Boston.com
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Kyrgyzstan detains journalists as violence continues - Committee to Protect Journalists
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Kyrgyzstan investigating whether troops involved in ethnic violence - CNN.com
21 Jun 16:37Kyrgyzstan will investigate allegations that government troops were involved in ethnic violence, an official said Sunday.
BBC News - Deadly clashes in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh
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Situation in Kyrgyzstan still tense, worrying, says ICRC
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Kyrgyzstan killings are attempted genocide, say ethnic Uzbeks | World news | The Guardian
20 Jun 07:32Fractured demographics and economic success of minority underpinned volatile country, say those targeted by mobs
As Violence Grows Regional Security Organisations Fail to Make Kyrgyzstan Secure | BELARUS DIGEST
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Unrest in Kyrgyzstan - Photo Journal - WSJ
20 Jun 07:30The interim government of this Central Asian nation vowed Tuesday to proceed with plans for a referendum this month and parliamentary elections later this year, despite bloody ethnic clashes and a widening humanitarian crisis in the south. (See...
Kyrgyzstan Unrest and the War in Afghanistan - The Daily Beast
20 Jun 07:29Could Russian meddling be behind the violent unrest in Kyrgyzstan, where NATO maintains a crucial base? Thomas Goltz on why Moscow wants the U.S. to lose Afghanistan.
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Shocking First-Hand Experience in Southern Kyrgyzstan
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Microsoft, piracy, and independent media in Kyrgyzstan - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists
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