As Kyrgyzstan strives to break a vicious cycle of corruption and authoritarianism, representatives of the provisional government in Bishkek insist they are committed to creating a genuinely free press, one that is capable of fulfilling a watchdog role. But for that to happen, much more than just governmental will is needed.

• April 19, 2010

The Thai army moves into the business district of Bangkok to prevent anti-government protesters entering the area.

• April 19, 2010

Kygyzstan's deposed president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, has flown from his stronghold in the southern city of Jalalabad to neighboring Kazakhstan. Bakiyev was overthrown in a civil uprising last week.

• April 16, 2010

The European Union’s Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger, on a tour of energy-rich nations in the Caspian region, underlined the importance of Turkmenistan as a supplier of energy to the EU.

• April 16, 2010

Iran, a country which the rest of the world fears is developing a nuclear weapon, is holding a conference on nuclear disarmament this week in response to this week’s U.N. nuclear security summit in Washington, D.C.

• April 15, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that he and Barack Obama have "changed the atmosphere" in Russian-U.S. ties, but demanded more American support on issues from the economy to Afghan drugs.

• April 15, 2010

An American envoy is holding talks in Bishkek with the leadership that replaced Kyrgyzstan’s president last week and has now stripped him of his immunity, APA reports quoting “The Voice of America”.

• April 15, 2010

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania signed a memorandum of understanding to transport Azeri LNG to the European Union through a project that could come online sooner than the Nabucco gas pipeline.

• April 15, 2010