Akaev, Askar
(b. 1944), President of Kyrgyzstan. Askar Akaev was born in 1944 in the village of Kyzyl-Bairak, located in the Chon-Kemin region of Kyrgyzstan. He is not, by profession, a politician. Pr...
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Kyrgyzstan - Askar Akayevich Akayev
Askar Akayevich AkayevPresident
(pronounced "AS-kar ah-KAH-ye-vitch ah-KAH-yeff")
"Our main policy [is] to discover the interests of diffe...
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Bishkek (dpa) - Opposition groups in the central Asian country of
Kyrgyzstan Wednesday began open-ended protests against President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Accordin...
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BISHKEK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Kyrgyz voters backed President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev's constitutional amendments in a referendum
criticised by the opposition as undemocratic but hailed by the
Kyrgyz leade...
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Moscow/Bishkek (dpa) - Thousands of Kyrgyz demonstrated Wednesday
to demand the ouster of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and push for
constitutional change in the Central Asian...
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Moscow/Bishkek (dpa) - Kyrgyz police Thursday evening used tear
gas and smoke bombs to disperse a crowd of protesters, news agencies
in the Central Asian country reported.
...
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Moscow/Bishkek (dpa) - The Kyrgyz government and parliament should
determine the fate of a US airbase located in the Central Asian
nation and used for operations in Afghanis...
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Bishkek/Moscow (dpa) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on
Tuesday told Kyrgyz officials a US air base in the Central Asian
country was proof of Bishkek's contribution to t...
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Kyrgyzstan's president on Wednesday called a national referendum on changing the constitution to elect the Parliament by party list _ a change that would hurt the country's many small parties and i...
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Kyrgyzstan's referendum on constitutional change was marred by numerous violations, the main trans-Atlantic security and rights group and the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, ...
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BISHKEK, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's fragmented
opposition united on Wednesday ahead of a parliamentary election
in December, accusing President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of trying to
form a "dictator...
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Moscow (dpa) - The Kyrgyz parliament stepped down Wednesday after
being dissolved by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev based on voter support
in a nationwide referendum approving ...
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Akaev, Askar
Kyrgyzstan - Askar Akayevich Akayev
Kyrgyzstan's opposition protests against President Bakiyev
