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LONDON (AP) — Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia.
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Places: Kyrgyzstan: 60 mosques, madrasas shuttered in Osh region
The security services in Kyrgyzstan say they have shut down 39 mosques and 21 Islamic schools in the southern Osh region as part of an ongoing mass inspection of religious institutions. In its August ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Places: Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan still in limbo a year after fleeing Andijan violence
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, May 12 (UNHCR) - On the first anniversary of the violent events in Andijan, eastern Uzbekistan, Haitvoy* has every reason to sigh. The 29-year-old Uzbek has been in exile in ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Places: State Of Emergency Declared In Kyrgyzstan's Osh After Deadly Flooding, Mudslides
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh have declared a state of emergency after mudslides and flooding caused by heavy rains killed at least four people on July 14. As of July 15, the deaths ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Places: Factbox - Kyrgyzstan's second city of Osh
(Reuters) - At least 37 people were killed on Friday when ethnic conflict flared up in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city Osh, the worst outbreak of violence in the Central Asian state since the ...