Key Kyrgyz Leader Quits Amid Concerns Over Unity
One of the two most popular Kyrgyz leaders to emerge from last week’s coup resigned on Wednesday as security chief, distancing himself from the new government just three months before a presidential election. His move raised concerns of more unrest and divisions among the impoverished central Asian state’s new rulers, under a week after mass protests in the capital forced veteran President Askar Akayev to flee and brought them to power. Full Story