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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Kyrgyzstan News Resources and Videos

I am not a Central Asianist, but given the importance of Kyrgyzstan to the US (due to Manas, Manas, and Manas, but mostly Manas), I thought I'd offer a few useful links for those looking for background or current news updates on what seems to have been another ex-Soviet "color revolution" (their last one was Tulip: what will this one be?):
Some video reports. Al-Jazeera English is reporting that President Bakiyev has left Bishkek and has "relocated" to Osh, his power base:



Two English language news reports with dramatic video from RT's YouTube channel:



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