<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Kyrgyzstan</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</link><description>Kyrgyzstan</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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55058-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38818-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26643-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22841-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22010-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9350-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_world/asia/centralasia/kyrgyzstan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 23:02:47 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></channel></rss>