Kyrgyzstan
KYRGYZSTAN: Russians, Kyrgyz pillage Kurdish community
Several hundred ethnic Russian and Kyrgyz villagers yesterday looted and pillaged Kurdish...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Opposition chooses reluctant candidate
A coalition of opposition parties yesterday nominated former Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev to...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Tekebayev will not run for president
Opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev, who had been regarded as the most politically viable...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Opposition holds anti-Bakiyev protests
The opposition United People's Movement held peaceful demonstrations across Kyrgyzstan today to...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Bakiyev faces re-election vote in July
Parliament decreed today that Kyrgyzstan will hold a presidential election on July 23, ending...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Sadyrkulov killing may signal elite strife
Medet Sadyrkulov, the former chief of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's administration, was killed in...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek steps up pressure on opposition
Alikbek Jekshenkulov, a former foreign minister and leader of opposition movement A Way to...
KyrgyzstanCENTRAL ASIA: US seeks alternatives to Manas airbase
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev today approved legislation that will force US troops to...
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