Kyrgyzstan Settling Down From Last Week's Revolution

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the ousted president of Kyrgyzstan, said during a news conference on Tuesday that he would formally step down if the interim government guaranteed safety for him and his family. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

In Kyrgyzstan, Bakiyev Now Willing To Step Down

A week after a violent uprising ran him out of the capital, Kurmanbek Bakiyev had been refusing to concede the presidency of Kyrgyzstan, holing up with his family and hundreds of bodyguards in the south of the country — specifically, in his native province of Dzhalalabad. Special-forces units loyal to the new government have reportedly been dispatched to arrest Bakiyev, who, with members of his inner circle, has been charged with ordering riot police to open fire on protesters on April 7, littering the streets around the presidential palace with bodies. Bakiyev declared that any attempt to capture and kill him would "drown Kyrgyzstan in blood."

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