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Kyrgyz president ‘prepared to quit’

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

The president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, says he is prepared to resign if security for him and his family can be guaranteed and the self-declared interim government halts bloodshed in the Central Asian country. The BBC’s Rayhan Demytrie reports.

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Anti-government uprising in Kyrgyzstan

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