Kyrgyzstan Death Toll Could Be 2,000, Warns Leader -- The Guardian
Rosa Otunbayeva says Uzbek refugees will be allowed to return home and that wrecked city of Osh will be rebuilt
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Rosa Otunbayeva said today that the death toll from savage ethnic violence in the south of the country could be as high as 2,000, as she paid her first visit to the region since the unrest began.
Otunbayeva, who pledged that the hundreds of thousands of Uzbek refugees would be allowed to return home, told Russian media that she would "multiply by 10" the official death toll of 191.
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