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Death Toll in Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence Could Rise

Death Toll in Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence Could Rise

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: June 15, 2010) Officially there have been 177 deaths in Kyrgyzstan's recent ethnic violence; however, in an interview with interim leader Roza Otunbayeva, she admits that number could rise sharply, to more than 700. Tons of aid bound for blockaded Gaza, sent by an international flotilla of ships, is still being held in Israel after Hamas refused to accept the goods as a political statement. Police in India are using street theater to highlight the serious societal problem of domestic abuse. Villagers in the Central African Republic are forming vigilante groups to fend off attacks from the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army.

Death Toll in Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence Could Rise

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: June 15, 2010) Officially there have been 177 deaths in Kyrgyzstan's recent ethnic violence; however, in an interview with interim leader Roza Otunbayeva, she admits that number could rise sharply, to more than 700. Tons of aid bound for blockaded Gaza, sent by an international flotilla of ships, is still being held in Israel after Hamas refused to accept the goods as a political statement. Police in India are using street theater to highlight the serious societal problem of domestic abuse. Villagers in the Central African Republic are forming vigilante groups to fend off attacks from the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army.
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