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Haiti unrest hampers desperate fight against cholera (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A child suffering cholera symptoms is checked by a doctor at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thousands of people have been hospitalized for cholera across Haiti with symptoms including serious diarrhea, vomiting and fever and hundreds have died. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Reuters - Anti-U.N. riots in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien have disrupted international efforts to tackle a spreading cholera epidemic, increasing the risk of infection and death for tens of thousands…

Sarkozy nears victory on pension bill as unrest wanes (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

French university students and striking workers attend a demonstration over pension reforms near the French Senate in Paris October 26, 2010. The placard reads Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to victory on Wednesday in his showdown with unions over pension reform, with strikes easing and street marches losing momentum.


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Detainee releases offered to ease Kashmir unrest (AP)

September 25th, 2010

Kashmiris look out from a broken windowpane of their home as an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Kashmir has been rocked by deadly civil unrest since early June, with more than 100 people killed in protests and clashes with government forces. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - The Indian government said Saturday it will ask authorities to release hundreds of students and youths detained during months of civil unrest that has left at least 107…

Kyrgyzstan OKs constitution after ethnic unrest (AP)

June 28th, 2010

Ethnic Kyrgyz refugee women cast ballot paper inside a tent in refugee camp outskirts the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010 during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Election officials in Kyrgyzstan said Monday the public has overwhelmingly backed a new constitution, a key step toward stability in this Central Asian nation still reeling from deadly…

Red Cross: ’several hundred’ dead in Kyrgyz unrest (AP)

June 15th, 2010

** CAPTION ADDITION, ADDS ID ** An Uzbek woman who identified herself only as Khadicha, and who fled from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh after her husband was killed and house burned down stands in line in no-man's-land near the Uzbek village of Jalal-Kuduk waiting for permission to cross into Uzbekistan, Monday, June 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of refugees fled pogroms that began last week in southern Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov)AP - The Red Cross says several hundred people have been killed in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan since rioting began last Thursday.


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UN urges Kyrgyz to hold vote despite deadly unrest (AP)

June 15th, 2010

** CAPTION ADDITION, ADDS ID ** An Uzbek woman who identified herself only as Khadicha, and who fled from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh after her husband was killed and house burned down stands in line in no-man's-land near the Uzbek village of Jalal-Kuduk waiting for permission to cross into Uzbekistan, Monday, June 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of refugees fled pogroms that began last week in southern Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov)AP - The United Nations and the European Union urged Kyrgyzstan not to let ethnic riots derail a key constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections, as reports emerged Tuesday that suggested…

UN urges Kyrgyz vote despite deadly unrest (AP)

June 15th, 2010

** CAPTION ADDITION, ADDS ID ** An Uzbek woman who identified herself only as Khadicha, and who fled from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh after her husband was killed and house burned down stands in line in no-man's-land near the Uzbek village of Jalal-Kuduk waiting for permission to cross into Uzbekistan, Monday, June 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of refugees fled pogroms that began last week in southern Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov)AP - The United Nations and the European Union on Tuesday urged Kyrgyzstan not to allow deadly ethnic unrest to derail a key constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections.


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UN calls for Kyrgyz democracy despite unrest (AP)

June 15th, 2010

AP - The United Nations is urging Kyrgyzstan not to allow deadly ethnic unrest to derail a key referendum and subsequent parliamentary elections.

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Kyrgyzstan invites Russian troops to end unrest (AP)

June 12th, 2010

A man looks at a vandalized Kyrgyz building in the streets of Osh. Kyrgyzstan's interim government declared a state of emergency and slapped a curfew on southern parts of the country Friday after ethnic clashes left at least 17 people dead and around 150 injured.(AFP)AP - Kyrgyzstan’s interim president says her government has asked Russia to send troops to quell ethnic violence that has killed more than 50 people and wounded about 700.


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37 killed, 500 hurt in new wave of Kyrgyz unrest (AP)

June 11th, 2010

A man looks at a vandalized Kyrgyz building in the streets of Osh. Kyrgyzstan's interim government declared a state of emergency and slapped a curfew on southern parts of the country Friday after ethnic clashes left at least 17 people dead and around 150 injured.(AFP)AP - Mobs of armed men torched Uzbek neighborhoods in southern Kyrgyzstan on Friday in ethnic clashes that officials said left at least 37 people dead and over 500 wounded.…

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