UZBEKISTAN RESTORES BORDER CONTROL NEAR KARA-SUU 10:16 MSKHere's another story on this in English from Netbreeze (seems to be a site where they change the links frequently, so that URL may not be permanent).
BISHKEK, MAY 19, (RIA Novosti) - Uzbek authorities restored border control near Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, after completing talks with their Kyrgyz counterparts.
According to eye-witness reports, the checkpoint in the vicinity of the Shakhrikhansai river is now working as usual. People show their passports, subsequently crossing that bridge.
Kyrgyz border guards were forced to close this checkpoint because they could not cope with all those people wishing to cross the border. Uzbek authorities, who promised to restore border control, did nothing of the kind for several days.
The bridge across the Shakhrikhansai river was dismantled by Uzbek authorities two years ago. Protesters in Uzbekistan's Kurgan-Tyube district restored that bridge May 14. The Kyrgyz side alone has guarded the bridge since then.
Kara-Suu is the Kyrgyz section of Ilyichevsk that was divided between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan after the two countries received independence. The city's Uzbek section is called Karasu. The border passes along the river. Ethnic Uzbeks account for a considerable share of Kyrgyzstan's Osh-region population.
Update - David in the UK is blogging on this story.
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