WORLD : Kirghizia in Mourning; Toll 116
<i> From Times Wire Services </i>
MOSCOW —
A day of mourning was declared today in the Central Asian republic of Kirghizia, where the death toll after a week of ethnic clashes rose to 116, Tass news agency reported.
Tass said the situation in the Soviet republic was quieter after a week of bloody clashes between Uzbeks and Kirghiz over a land dispute.
“A trend toward the stabilization of the situation in the republic’s southern region has become apparent,” Tass said, quoting Kirghizia’s Interior Ministry.
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