Above is a really fascinating profile from Radio Free Europe about a group of disabled young people who have taken up residence in ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev's burned out former house. They're selling the bread that they make, fixing the home, and building a community in the aftermath of great political turmoil and ethnic violence in their country. Unfortunately, not all is well in Kyrgyzstan:
A group of ethnic Kyrgyz today occupied land belonging to ethnic Uzbeks in the villages of Kyzyl-Kyshtak and Ishkevan, just outside Osh, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. The group of some 500 Kyrgyz -- mainly from the Nookat, Aravan, and Alai districts -- showed up in the villages in the morning with plans to divide the land into parcels. District authorities have warned the land occupiers to vacate the area by November 8 or face "severe measures."
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