| April 30, 2005 | - Surveys found that at least one third of the wives in Kyrgyzstan had been abducted and forced to marry against their will. “I told him I didn't want to date anyone,” said one woman, “so he decided to kidnap me the next day.”
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New York Times
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| March 24, 2005 | - The president of Kyrgyzstan fled the country.
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AP
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| March 21, 2005 | - Angry at a corrupt election, Kyrgyzstani protesters took over municipal buildings in the city of Osh.
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BBC News
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| November 21, 2000 | - President Askar Akayev was sued by eight Kyrgyzstan lawmakers who claimed that his election to a third term in office was illegal.
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| August 15, 2000 | - Eight pedestrians were killed in Moscow when a bomb exploded in an underground walkway; Russian authorities were quick to blame Chechen terrorists, saying the bombing had a “Chechen trace.” Russian soldiers were killed in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan by Islamic rebels.
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