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The flags flew at half-mast in Kyrgyzstan as the country declared it a day of mourning for the victims of ethnic clashes. First plane carrying relief goods for the affected also landed in Kyrgyzstan.Television stations cancelled entertainment programs and aired images of destruction after days of violence in Osh and Jalalabad cities. At least 179 people have been killed, mainly in Osh. The situation remains tense in the south of the country. Kyrgyz troops patrolled the streets of the southern city of Osh trying to maintain a fragile peace between feuding ethnic groups after days of fierce fighting.It is pertinent to note that clashes between its main ethnic groups, Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, erupted in the south on June 10 and escalated into the deadliest violence the former Soviet republic has seen in 20 years.
