Kyrgyzstan In Chaos Civil unrests shook the capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek this morning. Up to 100 people are feared to be dead after violent clashes between protesters and police. However, the death toll numbers...
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Kyrgyzstan Riots, 40 Died in Civil Unrest The Central Asia nation Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency following violent protests in several cities. At least 40 people were killed, and more than 300 injured in...
The government of Kyrgyzstan has said that its decision to close a major US military base is final. According to Kyrgyz government spokesman, Aibek Sultangaziyev: ""The US embassy and the [Kyrgyz] foreign...
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A number of earthquakes in Asia are making headlines today, and there's been some confusion as to whether the tremors originated from the same epicentre or if there were indeed numerous isolated quakes. The...
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UPDATE 8/27/08: Passengers on board the Ryanair flight that lost cabin pressure over France yesterday and had to make a rapid emergency landing have been complaining that the flight crew didn't offer any...
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A plane crash in Kyrgyzstan has killed 44 Iranians. The flight was being operated by a private company, and crashed shortly after takeoff. In total 65 people were killed and 25 were injured. "Some 44 Iranians died in the crash of a Boeing-737 plane near Bishkek, capital of...
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After nine days of protest, anti-government demonstrations erupted in violence. The various factions are point ting the finger at one another as the current president maintians power."Kyrgyzstan’s capital of...
" BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz authorities opened a criminal case into allegations that opposition leaders tried to stage a coup, officials said on Saturday, but one of their leaders said compromise could still defuse tensions. Protesters have camped out in a central square...
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" BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A U.S. servicewoman who reappeared as mysteriously as she vanished gave confused accounts of her three-day absence and refused to make further statements after consulting with the U.S....
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A U.S. servicewoman who reappeared as mysteriously as she vanished gave
confused accounts of her three-day absence and refused to make further
statements after consulting with the U.S. Embassy, a Kyrgyz...
" BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A U.S. Air Force officer who went missing for three days says someone stuffed an object in her jeans pocket with a note saying it was bomb and telling her to go to a site in Bishkek, where kidnappers grabbed her, Kyrgyz authorities said Saturday. They...
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A U.S. Air Force officer who went missing for three days says someone
stuffed an object in her jeans pocket with a note saying it was bomb
and telling her to go to a site in Bishkek, where kidnappers grabbed
her,...
" BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A U.S. Air Force officer who disappeared earlier this week in Kyrgyzstan was found alive late Friday, reportedly telling people who helped her that she had been kidnapped, officials said....
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Metzger was found on the side of the road with her head shaven, her
father-in-law, Kelly Mayo, said in a telephone interview with the AP
from Colorado Springs, Colo.
"A U.S. Air Force officer is missing after a trip to a shopping mall in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, a U.S. military statement said Wednesday.
Maj. Jill Metzger, with the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, was last...
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