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Kyrgyzstan - Ethnic Violence in Osh

A Kyrgyz soldier guards the entrance to the central Osh market, which was heavily damaged and looted in last weeks violence by mobs who's motivations were more greed than ethnic hatred. Before the riots, Kyrgyz and Uzbek merchants had sold their wares side by side...With calm still holding in the city of Osh, Uzbek residents were continuing to burry remains of those killed last week that had been unreachable due to danger in the areas where they had died.

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1. army
2. Asia
3. Asian and Indian ethnicities
4. bazaar
5. burned
6. center
7. Central Asia
8. Central Asian culture
9. Central Asian ethnicity
10. city
11. color
12. conflict
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14. destroyed

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4. finance
5. fleeing
6. gun
7. headgear
8. helmet
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11. looting
12. market
13. military
14. military personnel

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6. republic
7. rifle
8. soldier
9. stealing
10. Uzbekistani
11. violence
12. weapon
13. youth

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