Authorities In Kyrgyzstan Struggle To Stop Ethnic Violence -- Washington PostMOSCOW -- Witnesses reported intermittent shooting and fresh fires in southern Kyrgyzstan on Monday as authorities struggled to stop the nation's worst ethnic violence in two decades and as many as 150,000 people sought refuge at the border with Uzbekistan.
With new reports suggesting hundreds had been killed as Kyrgyz mobs rampaged through ethnic Uzbek villages, human rights groups urged the international community to intervene, and aid organizations described a growing refugee crisis.
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