About 700 protesters, some on horseback, besieged a gold mine run by a Canadian-based mining company in Kyrgyzstan, demanding its nationalization and more social benefits, officials said Thursday. Full story
BISHKEK (Reuters) - An emotional Kyrgyzstan president on Tuesday said "mob rule" had wrecked the sale of a gold field, blaming local clans for tripling the asking price and scaring off investors. Full story
BISHKEK (Reuters) - A U.S. military refueling plane exploded in mid air and crashed in southern Kyrgyzstan on Friday, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said. Full story
An American military tanker refueling plane has crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports.
KUMTOR, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - In an impoverished young nation with a habit of overthrowing its rulers, the future now balances on a mountain of gold at the top of the world, where the air is so thin collapsing visitors may be rushed to a pressure chamber for oxygen. Full story
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan expects to reach a final agreement on the sale of its natural gas network to Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom <GAZP.MM> by the end of this month, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev said on Tuesday. Full story
Protesters gather in the village of Tamga in Dzhety Oguz district May 31, 2013. Kyrgyzstan imposed a state of emergency on the northern district on Friday to protect Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine from protesters, but more unrest against the Canadian investor flared up in the country's south. Hundreds
A man addresses protesters in the village of Tamga in Dzhety Oguz district May 31, 2013. Kyrgyzstan imposed a state of emergency on the northern district on Friday to protect Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine from protesters, but more unrest against the Canadian investor flared up in the country's south.
Protesters gather near a bus, burnt down during recent public disorder, in the village of Tamga in Dzhety Oguz district May 31, 2013. Kyrgyzstan imposed a state of emergency on the northern district on Friday to protect Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine from protesters, but more unrest against the Canadia
