Kyrgyzstan News

Maksim Bakiyev, the son of ousted Kyrgyz President, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, was sentenced to 25 years in absentia for signing agreements that prejudiced the country’s interests, by losing hundreds of millions of dollars.

In his first visit in the West, Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev warned during a press conference with Angela Merkel in Berlin that his country might undergo turmoil similar to that in Afghanistan unless it consolidated its democratic reforms.

Bishkek - Former prime minister Almazbek Atambayev won more than 63 percent of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election, a contest that appears to have avoided the violence some expected, despite allegations of irregularities and isolated incidents of violence.

Beijing - China was doing major infrastructure projects when Europe was basically at hut stage. The Great Wall, the Grand Canal and other works are hallmarks of Chinese engineering. Now, the Silk Track- Rail and road freight to Europe.

Bishkek - It has been five months since political upheaval and violence engulfed the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan. The opposition took power, Kurmanbek Bakiyev resigned and a new constitution was established. Has the situation improved?

Osh - Witnesses say that security forces of Kyrgyzstan's interim government went into a village in Uzbekistan and began to assault men and women with their rifle butts. The beatings left two people dead and more than twenty injured.

Bishkek - The United Nations Council on Human Rights has called for the Kyrgyzstan interim government to investigate the violence that has caused more than 400,000 people to be internally displaced.

Bishkek - Since Kyrgyzstan's ethnic clashes last week, hundreds of foreigners have been evacuated from the Central Asian country, including those from China, Georgia, Pakistan, South Korea and Turkey.

Osh - Ethnic riots wracked southern Kyrgyzstan forcing thousands of Uzbeks to flee as their homes were torched by mobs of Kyrgyz men. The interim government begged Russia for troops to stop the violence, and the Kremlin offered humanitarian assistance.

Osh - A new wave of violence has broken out in Kyrgyzstan in the southern city of Osh where at least six people are dead and 66 are wounded. The interim government declared a state of emergency.