(Reuters) - U.S. General David Petraeus arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, a day after the United States said it would build an anti-terrorism training center for the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
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(AFP) - A Kyrgyz opposition journalist died on Tuesday after apparently being thrown from the sixth-floor window of an apartment in Almaty with his hands and feet bound with duct tape, officials said.
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(AFP) - The editor of a newspaper that frequently criticised the secret police in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan has died after a savage attack in which he was stabbed more than a dozen times, police said Thursday.
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(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s parliament overwhelmingly backed measures Thursday to broaden the president’s powers and drastically streamline the government.
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(Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev named long-standing ally Daniyar Usenov Wednesday as prime minister, in a major shake-up of government that cements his grip on power.
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(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet resigned Tuesday as part of a sweeping government reform campaign the president said will save money and make the Central Asian nation’s leadership more effective.
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(AP) - Officials in Kyrgyzstan called Wednesday for the death penalty to be reinstated and said public executions could be carried out, a sharp reversal that will likely draw international condemnation.
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(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s president visited a U.S. air base in this ex-Soviet nation Friday to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and pledged to bolster diplomatic ties with Washington to help fight international terrorism.
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(Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s main opponent in July elections believes he has been poisoned and is leaving the Central Asian country for treatment, his office said Thursday.
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(AP) - Russia clinched a tentative deal Saturday allowing it to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United States also has an important air base.
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