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Period: to
Between end of WW2 and now
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the Writer
Chingiz Aitmatov helped mediate a conflict between his country and Uzebekstan. -
Fight
300 killed in violent land dispute between Krygyz and Uzbek in Osh. Soviet Troops were the only ones quick enough to stop the fighting -
Independence
Uzbekistan and Krygystan win indepnedence leaving the Soviet Union. -
CIS
Krygyz agrees to join Commonwealth of Independent States being organized by Russian pres Boris Yeltsin -
resignation
prime Minister Apas Dzhumagulov 63 resigns and is soon appointed as ambassador -
Disaster
Truck spills cyanide forcing 600 people to seek medical atention. 3,876 pounds leached out but didnt harm any local residents though some fish did infact die. -
violence
Militan Tajikistans take hostage sand capture several small villages. 1,000 religous fighters take swath of land and 13 Hostages -
bombs
Kyrgyz jets bomb Islamic millitants near villages Sai abd Syrt in Osh. 30 rebels reported to have been killed -
Freed
Japanese hostages after 2 months of captivity. -
gunnman
Gunnman opens fire on Chinese delagate -
Fire
Crowded passenger bus is engulfed in flames killing 40 people on board. -
landslide
Landslide buries a village and 33 people were feared to be dead. -
blackmarket
Police arrest a man for attempting to sell 60 containers of plutonium in the blackmarket. -
Nuclear treaty
signed nuclear free zone treaty. It didn't cancle out the 1992 agreement allowing Russia to transport and or deploy the weapons undre certain circumstances. -
US
US service man shoots a civilian Truck driver in response to a threat. -
Service man
Kyrgyz Pres. wanted diplomatic immunity to be stripped from US Troops after the incident. The air base replied that the service man was threatened with a knife and acted as his training required. -
protest
thousands of protesters rally to make president Kurmanbek Bakiyev to resign. They are met with tear gas and stunners. -
releiving PM
the President signed a oreder reliving PM Almazbek Atambayev of duty to appease everyone. -
crash
Boeing 737 crashes killing at least 65 people out of the 90 passengers that were headed to Iran. It was near Bishkek's Manas Int'l. Airport when it hit the ground. -
Earth quake
6.6 magnatude earth quake struck destroying Nura village killing 75 people including 41 children -
sad
Sanjarbek Kadyraliev was 4th parlament member to be assassinated -
Terrorists
Security forces kill 3 alledged terrorists in shoot out. One was even th leader of the terrorist organization. -
Constitution
They updated there constitution. -
president anew
Roza Otunbayeva sworn in as persident -
vote
55 percent eligable to vote