Fears Kyrgyzstan Death Toll Much Higher Than Official Line -- ABC News (Australia)
After days of ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan there are fears the number of dead may be much higher than the official toll of more than 190.
According to security officials in the country, the actual figure may be 10 times more.
The violence between ethnic Kyrgs and Uzbeks has eased, but now the challenge for governments on both sides of the border is to care for more than 100,000 refugees.
It is not a disaster yet but aid agencies say the sheer number of refugees now jammed into camps in Uzbekistan has far surpassed that country's ability to cope.
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More News On The Violence In Kyrgyzstan
Immense humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan -- UPI
Kyrgyzstan's crisis is 'immense', says Red Cross -- BBC
400,000 displaced by Kyrgyz ethnic violence -- The Independent
Uzbeks In Limbo As Misery Grows In Kyrgyzstan -- NPR
Uzbeks Holed Up, Hungry in Kyrgyzstan After Bloodshed -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Witness: Refugees of Kyrgyz violence afraid to return home -- Reuters
Aid Arrives To Help Kyrgyzstan Refugees As Stories Of Rape, Torture Emerge -- Radio Free Europe
More Than Half Of Osh Citizens Have Left The City -- Radio Free Europe
Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan pogrom vow to return -- The Guardian
Aid For Kyrgyzstan Trickles in, But Not in Violence-hit South -- Voice of America
Kyrgyzstan threatens to shut US base unless ex-president's son is extradited -- The Guardian
Bakiyev sought -- Financial Times
Eight More Alleged Snipers Detained In Osh -- Radio Free Europe
Linesman's family 'forced to hide in basement' during pogroms in Kyrgyzstan -- The Independent
Kyrgyzstan troubles to spur rise of al Qaeda in Central Asia -- The Telegraph
Army’s Hand Suspected in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Political instability, economic woes fuel Kyrgyz interethnic unrest. -- Voice of America
Uzbeks In Limbo As Misery Grows In Kyrgyzstan -- NPR
Uzbeks Holed Up, Hungry in Kyrgyzstan After Bloodshed -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Witness: Refugees of Kyrgyz violence afraid to return home -- Reuters
Aid Arrives To Help Kyrgyzstan Refugees As Stories Of Rape, Torture Emerge -- Radio Free Europe
More Than Half Of Osh Citizens Have Left The City -- Radio Free Europe
Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan pogrom vow to return -- The Guardian
Aid For Kyrgyzstan Trickles in, But Not in Violence-hit South -- Voice of America
Kyrgyzstan threatens to shut US base unless ex-president's son is extradited -- The Guardian
Bakiyev sought -- Financial Times
Eight More Alleged Snipers Detained In Osh -- Radio Free Europe
Linesman's family 'forced to hide in basement' during pogroms in Kyrgyzstan -- The Independent
Kyrgyzstan troubles to spur rise of al Qaeda in Central Asia -- The Telegraph
Army’s Hand Suspected in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Political instability, economic woes fuel Kyrgyz interethnic unrest. -- Voice of America
Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan pogrom vow to return -- The Guardian
Aid For Kyrgyzstan Trickles in, But Not in Violence-hit South -- Voice of America
Kyrgyzstan threatens to shut US base unless ex-president's son is extradited -- The Guardian
Bakiyev sought -- Financial Times
Eight More Alleged Snipers Detained In Osh -- Radio Free Europe
Linesman's family 'forced to hide in basement' during pogroms in Kyrgyzstan -- The Independent
Kyrgyzstan troubles to spur rise of al Qaeda in Central Asia -- The Telegraph
Army’s Hand Suspected in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Political instability, economic woes fuel Kyrgyz interethnic unrest. -- Voice of America
Unrest and Ethnic Fissures Imperil Order in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Why Didn’t We See It Coming? -- Registan
Kyrgyzstan: Death, dictators and the Soviet legacy -- The Telegraph
Kyrgyzstan: Not Washington's Crisis -- Doug Bandow, American Spectator
Breaking Kyrgyzstan's Cycle Of Violence -- Roman Muzalevsky, Radio Free Europe
Aid For Kyrgyzstan Trickles in, But Not in Violence-hit South -- Voice of America
Kyrgyzstan threatens to shut US base unless ex-president's son is extradited -- The Guardian
Bakiyev sought -- Financial Times
Eight More Alleged Snipers Detained In Osh -- Radio Free Europe
Linesman's family 'forced to hide in basement' during pogroms in Kyrgyzstan -- The Independent
Kyrgyzstan troubles to spur rise of al Qaeda in Central Asia -- The Telegraph
Army’s Hand Suspected in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Political instability, economic woes fuel Kyrgyz interethnic unrest. -- Voice of America
Unrest and Ethnic Fissures Imperil Order in Kyrgyzstan -- New York Times
Why Didn’t We See It Coming? -- Registan
Kyrgyzstan: Death, dictators and the Soviet legacy -- The Telegraph
Kyrgyzstan: Not Washington's Crisis -- Doug Bandow, American Spectator
Breaking Kyrgyzstan's Cycle Of Violence -- Roman Muzalevsky, Radio Free Europe