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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev talk during their meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, July 14, 2016, Reuters

Kyrgyz President Cancels U.N. Trip Due to Chest Pains

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2016 | World

Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev announced cancelling a trip to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Monday for medical reasons. The Atambayev’s cancellation came after suffering chest pains during the first leg of his flight, his office reported....

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Colleagues and relatives of dead workers from Kyrgyzstan react as they gather next to the burnt building of a printing plant’s warehouse in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Russian emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant’s warehouse in Moscow on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Warehouse Fire Kills 17 Kyrgyz Nationals in Moscow

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 27, 2016 | World

A fire in a Moscow printing plant reportedly killed 17 people on Saturday, officials said. A representative of the Kyrgyz diaspora in Russia said all the dead were members of its community. “The incident happened when people were changing shifts at the printing...