Kubanichbek Omuraliev, deputy Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan in USA. Traffic policemen of Kazakhstan jointly with their colleagues from Kyrgyzstan will patrol a Kyrgyz part of the highway Almaty-Bishkek-Issik-Kul. The press-release of Kazakh MVD of 16 August 2008 informed that this agreement was reached during talks between ministers of home affairs of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Boeing passenger jet crashes while taking off in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Russian news agencies report. Casualties have been reported.

The number of trans border conflicts related to violation of southern Kyrgyzstan’s borders by Tajik citizens has increased last time in Batken Province. Only during the first week of March there were dozens of trans border regime violations committed by Tajik citizens in Batken Province who intend to illegally seize lands to construct building and to utilize firewood in Kok-Tash.

Authorities Kyrgyzstan in Seize Radioactive Material Bound For Iran. If the world needed reminding of the ongoing threat posed by nuclear materials left unsecured and scattered across the former Soviet Union, it's got it now.

In the majority of Central Asia's prisons and colonies, inmate access to even basic medical care is severely limited. Rights activists and former convicts say sick prisoners often get only one-half or even one-quarter of a pain-relief tablet, regardless of what illness they have.

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev today criticized the government of Prime Minister Almaz Atambaev and the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan for failing to coordinate their policies.

A member of Kyrgyzstan's parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, today called on the government to resign over a recent increase in the price of basic foodstuffs.

Kyrgyz vodka producer Arvin says it will begin exporting one of its brands to the United States in September. Arvin Director-General Beishenbek Oskonbaev told a news conference in Bishkek that its "Shpilka"-label vodka ("stiletto heel" in Russian) is already being exported to Europe.

The Kyrgyz President's office today ordered the country's chief prosecutor and the Health Ministry to investigate whether doctors' negligence led to an outbreak of HIV among residents of Noorkat district, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.

Health officials in Kyrgyzstan confirmed earlier reports Monday that 11 people, including nine children, had contracted HIV after being given contaminated blood during transfusions in the south of the Central Asian state.

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Thursday Kyrgyzstan did not need to form a confederation with Russia or any other state at the moment.

Residents complain that they have been told to foot the bill for sprucing up Bishkek for a major meeting of regional states.