Situation in Osh stabilizes.

BISHKEK, June 22 (Itar-Tass) - The situation in the Kyrgyz city of Osh is stabilizing after recent ethnic violence, a source from the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry told Tass on Tuesday.

Four mini-markets were reopened there on Tuesday, the source said. He
said several more mini-markets would be reopened within the next few days.
"Buses, trolleybuses and mini-buses have appeared on streets of the
regional centre," the source added. City transport will begin functioning
in full after all streets of Osh are cleared of barricades.
Mass unrest started in Osh overnight to June 11. On the next day they
spread to the neighboring Jalal-Abad region. A curfew was introduced in
the area of the conflict. Additional troops of the defense and interior
ministries, internal security troops as well as voluntary public order
squads were sent to the south.
According to updated reports of the Kyrgyz Healthcare Ministry, 251
people have been killed and over 2,000 people have sought medical help.
Limited mobilization was announced in the country, but later the
authorities dropped that plan. Clashes triggered a wave of refugees from
Kyrgyzstan, and their number has exceeded 100,000. Another 200,000 to
300,000 residents of southern Kyrgyzstan fled to other regions of the
country.
First Deputy Prime Minister of the interim government Alamazbek
Atambayev is expected to give a news conference in the afternoon.
-0-zhe/gor