<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55058-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55058-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Kyrgyzstan Reassures Rumsfeld on Air Base <br>   BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan  --   Leaders of Kyrgyzstan's interim government assured Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday that political upheaval in the former Soviet republic would not jeopardize American use of an air base to support the war in Afghanistan.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38818-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38818-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Cairo Bomb Killed American Citizen <br>   CAIRO  --   A bomb in a Cairo bazaar popular with tourists killed a U.S. citizen, a Frenchwoman and a man who was probably the bomber, Egyptian officials said Friday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26643-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26643-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Kyrgyz President, in Moscow, Signs Letter of Resignation <br>   MOSCOW      --   Kyrgyzstan's president signed a letter of resignation Monday in Moscow, where he fled after opposition supporters stormed government buildings and seized power last month, according to Kyrgyz lawmakers, who flew here to negotiate a legal end to the revolt that roiled the Central Asian republic.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz President Prepared to Resign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22841-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22841-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Askar Akayev has reached a deal with interim leaders to step down from office on Monday, a move seen as a significant step toward restoring stability in the country which has been torn by political crisis since late March.]]></description><author> Henry Meyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change May Elude Kyrgyzstan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22010-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22010-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan  --  With a master's degree in economics, Gulzat Tosonova landed a job at an institution in line with her training, a commercial bank in the leafy capital of a country that once set out to make itself the Switzerland of Central Asia.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz President Appears In Russia, Talks of Quitting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9350-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9350-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 29  --  Askar Akayev, who disappeared when protesters overran his office last week, surfaced in Russia on Tuesday, saying he might resign the presidency if given legal protections. He held out the possibility of returning to Kyrgyzstan to talk things over.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan Forms Makeshift Government]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6407-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6407-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 28  --  Prospects for political stability in this Central Asian country rose Monday as most major political leaders agreed on which of two competing parliaments had the right to rule, and the winning chamber quickly endorsed an interim president.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz Rivals Vie for Legitimacy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4712-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4712-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 27  --  Politicians competed for legitimacy Sunday in the aftermath of the popular uprising in Kyrgyzstan that abruptly forced longtime president Askar Akayev out of office last week. But in the handsomely carpeted corridors of power, what reigned was confusion.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unforeseen Rebellion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3982-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3982-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Plans for a peaceful demonstration in Kyrgyzstan's capital quickly dissolved into a spasm of destruction that emptied or burned more than 100 stores abruptly devoid of uniformed police.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Leadership Is Established In Kyrgyzstan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A133-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A133-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A day after chasing out a president who ruled this mountainous former Soviet republic for 15 years, Kyrgyzstan's new leaders named an interim government Friday and struggled to stabilize the country.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan Government Toppled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62138-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62138-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan, March 24  --  Opposition demonstrators pushed past riot police and seized the presidential headquarters Thursday in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, toppling the government in the third successful popular revolt in a former Soviet republic in 16 months. President Askar Akayev dropped from sight, and Russian news agencies reported that he had flown to neighboring Kazakhstan.]]></description><author> Karl Vick and Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Quell Protest in Kyrgyzstan's Capital]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61732-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61732-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 23  --  Kyrgyz police violently broke up an anti-government protest in the capital on Wednesday, and the newly appointed security chief told opponents of President Askar Akayev that he was ready to use armed force to crush unrest.]]></description><author> Olga Dzyubenko</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz Leader Hints at Plot by West]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58084-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58084-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan reacted defiantly Tuesday to anti-government protests that have swept the south of the Central Asian republic, charging in a speech to parliament that the "opposition is directed and funded from the outside."]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz Protesters Seize Sites in South]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55113-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55113-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MOSCOW, March 21  --  Thousands of anti-government protesters, some throwing Molotov cocktails, seized key buildings and installations in five cities and towns across southern Kyrgyzstan on Monday, according to reports from the region.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters in Kyrgyzstan Denounce Ballot Fraud]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52233-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52233-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Kyrgyzstan's president over allegedly fraudulent elections rampaged through a southern city Sunday, burning down a police station and occupying government buildings.]]></description><author> Kadyr Toktogulov</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan Opposition Routed at Polls; Process Faulted]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33983-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33983-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pro-government candidates swept parliamentary elections in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, according to official returns released Monday. The opposition, which had viewed the vote as a test of its strength in advance of the presidential election this fall, was left with only six seats in the 75-member chamber.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Central Asia, a Revival of an Ancient Form of Rap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10646-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10646-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Toss Tuuganba Abdiyev a word to riff on and he gets all jiggy, if the lexicon of hip-hop can be applied to a 68-year-old Kyrgyz musician who used to ad-lib verse in honor of the Communist Party and right now, to a storm of laughter, is singing about Bush, Putin and noodles.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections in Kyrgyzstan Inconclusive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60195-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60195-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MOSCOW, Feb. 28 -- More than half of the races for seats in Kyrgyzstan's parliament were forced into a second round of voting when candidates failed to win absolute majorities in elections Sunday, according to preliminary results released Monday in the capital, Bishkek.  That leaves the Central Asian republic to face another period of high political tension around the March 13 runoffs.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58907-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58907-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Chinese Want to Curb Sex-Specific Abortions <br>    BEIJING --  China's top lawmakers want to make it a crime for doctors to detect an unborn baby's sex for nonmedical reasons, in a bid to combat the abortion of female fetuses, government-run newspapers reported Sunday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy Is Tested in Central Asia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56486-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56486-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan/post</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 7:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 26 -- In this Central Asian republic, long a relatively democratic light surrounded by post-Soviet dictatorships and China, people go to the polls Sunday in the first of two rounds of voting for a new parliament. The elections may prove critical in determining the future of one man who is not on the ballot: President Askar Akayev.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item></channel></rss>