Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Unrest In Kyrgyzstan -- News Updates June 16, 2010



Dozens Held Amid Fears Of More Unrest In Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times

OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Fearful that violence could spread to the north of Kyrgyzstan, police in the capital of Bishkek said on Wednesday that 111 people had been detained on suspicion of trying to foment unrest, as accusations mounted that days of brutal bloodletting in the country’s south had been deliberately organized.

“The population is being bribed by third parties,” said Zarylbek Rysaliyev, Bishkek’s chief of police, at a news conference in the capital, according 24.kg, a Kyrgyz news service. “But the people know who is arranging all this and where the wind blows from.”

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More News On The Unrest In Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz army tries to get control in riot-hit south -- Yahoo News/AP
Aid arrives for Kyrgyzstan refugee 'catastrophe' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kyrgyzstan riots led to ethnic cleansing; government blames Bakiyev -- Christian Science Monitor
Evidence of Plans for Kyrgyz Violence -- New York Times
Kyrgyzstan violence: UN official accuses outside groups of planning attacks -- The Guardian
Did external forces spark Krygyzstan violence? -- Global Post
Uzbeks 'threatening to blow up Kyrgyzstan oil depot' -- The Guardian
Uzbeks threaten to blow up Kyrgyz oil depot -- The Telegraph
Kyrgyz City Still Tense After Ethnic Fighting -- New York Times/Reuters
Anger amid the ruins as Uzbeks grieve after riots -- Reuters
Scale of Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan Remains Mystery -- Voice of America
Some 15,000 refugees accumulate on Kyrgyz-Uzbek border -- RIA Novosti
KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Tens of thousands of refugees in need of assistance -- IRIN
Aid flows in for those fleeing Kyrgyzstan violence -- AC360
Kyrgyzstan Begins 3 Days of Mourning -- Voice of America
In Kyrgyz crisis, opportunity knocks -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

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