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  Kyrgyzstan Swears In New President

  World | December 01, 2011 14:31 IST

  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec1:  Kyrgyzstan has inaugurated a new president in the first peaceful transition of power in the former Soviet Central Asian nation.Almazbek Atambayev was sworn in as head of state in a ceremony Thursday

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  New Kyrgyz President To Take Office In December

  World | November 15, 2011 13:49 IST

  Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Nov 15: Kyrgyzstan says president-elect Almazbek Atambayev will take office on Dec. 1 in a ceremony that will mark the first ever peaceful handover of power in the former Soviet republic's two decades

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  Moderate PM Claims Tense Kyrgyz Election Win

  World | October 31, 2011 8:16 IST

  Bishkek, Oct 31: The moderate prime minister of Kyrgyzstan claimed a commanding victory in the volatile Central Asian state's first presidential poll since a revolution and deadly ethnic bloodletting last year.  Almazbek Atambayev will now