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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (8894)	3/21/2005 8:14:03 PM
From: deibutfeif	Respond to of 32591

Lorne, You and rrufff are wastin' your time on this idiot - he's banned from 8 boards and 46 have him on ignore. No wait, make that 47. ~dbf

To: lorne who wrote (8894)	3/26/2005 11:39:57 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 32591

Kyrgyzstan's new leadership announces elections in June Sun., March 27, 2005 Adar2 16, 5765 By DPA MOSCOW/BISHKEK - With an uneasy calm maintained in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek, it was announced yesterday that an early presidential election would be held June 26. The announcement by the upper house of the old parliament - amid conflicting reports of its legitimacy - appeared to be confirmed by acting president and government head Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Meanwhile one person was reported killed and 20 injured in fresh overnight violence, which Bakiyev said had been provoked by small individual groups. As he appealed for calm, police said a group of between 2,000 and 3,000 supporters of the deposed state leadership was heading toward Bishkek - but these were reportedly intending peaceful protests. Former opposition leader Bakiyev, who took over after the flight from the country by long-time president Askar Akayev, was meanwhile called upon to face questioning by several hundred demonstrators. This came as the legitimacy of the old bicameral parliament and the new single-chamber body was contested by respective opponents following February's general election, widely seen as flawed. The commission that oversaw the election yesterday declared the new parliament as legitimate - but deputies from the old parliament insisted they would stay in office until the 26 June presidential election. An uneasy calm was reported on the streets of the capital Bishkek after a second night of unrest that followed Thursday's tumultuous overthrow of Akayev. Gangs of young men had late Friday taken to the streets in defiance of an attempt by new Kyrgyz authorities to impose a 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. curfew. Skeleton police services supported by National Guard troops and "approved details" of civilian militia had endeavored to maintain order and avoid a recurrence of Thursday night's violence in which up to 15 people were reported killed and more than 300 injured. Attempts had been made late Friday to enter banks, businesses and public buildings, with groups of would-be looters dispersed by warning shots from security forces. Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court meanwhile formally stripped Akayev of his presidential powers following his flight abroad, it was reported yesterday in Russia. Kommersant newspaper quoted court chairwoman Cholpon Bayekova as saying the erstwhile president had "left the country in a shameful way. I see no basis for his retaining his competences." She added that Akayev himself had renounced his presidential powers. Interfax news agency meanwhile reported that Akayev had gone on from Kazakhstan, his original destination on fleeing the country Thursday, to Moscow. There was no official confirmation of this. An interim government, hastily formed Friday under Bakiyev, has pledged that its first task will be to restore order and stability to the country. Bakiyev is a former cabinet chief who co-led mass protests after allegedly rigged parliamentary polls in late February and mid-March, culminating in Thursday's storming of government buildings and the overthrow of the government. Akayev, who on Friday denounced the seizure of power as an "anti-constitutional coup d'etat," had ruled Kyrgyzstan since 1990. haaretz.com Comment: It is interesting that Democracy seems to be breaking out everywhere on President Bush's watch. And poor Clinton kept waiting for his legacy to happen.