
Refugee Crisis Unfolds After Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: June 14, 2010) Violence appears to be escalating in southern Kyrgyzstan between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled to neighboring Uzbekistan, and the Red Cross says that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in makeshift refugee camps. According to Middle East envoy Tony Blair, Israel may soon agree to a partial easing of the Gazan blockade. Barack Obama is visiting the Gulf coast region affected by the recent oil spill, and is calling on BP to establish a compensation fund to pay for damage from the environmental disaster.