Kyrgyzstan's serving premier, Almazbek Atambayev (pictured), looked set to win the strategic country's presidency with more than half the votes counted on Sunday, but rival candidates say the vote was marred by irregularities.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Wednesday for members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to provide more support for the Afghan war. The OSCE is holding its first summit in 11 years in the Kazakh capital.
An international police force may be needed to restore stability in Kyrgyzstan after ethnic clashes left hundreds dead, the OSCE said on Wednesday, amid reports that thousands of refugees who fled to neighbouring Uzbekistan were returning home.
World powers in the the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have agreed to launch an "open, sustained, wide-ranging and inclusive" debate to revamp European security in the face of new challenges.
Georgia has expressed outrage over an OSCE decision to withdraw observers from South Ossetia. The current OSCE mission will expire on Dec. 31 though Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (pictured) has called for an extension.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has not reached an agreement with Russia on deploying more observers in Georgia. Its members disagreed on where observers would be sent.
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