US airbase threatened in Kyrgyzstan as Russian-backed parties poised to take power - Telegraph: "The staunchly nationalist Ata-Zhurt party had taken a clear lead by Monday afternoon in what international observers from the OSCE called a 'vibrant' election which 'reflected the will of the people of the Kyrgyz Republic'.
Ata-Zhurt has made closing the Manas Transit Centre, a key US presence in the mountain republic of 5.5m people, a central part of its political programme. The previous government had vowed to keep it open."
