Kyrgyzstan, Political Unrest | featured news

An estimated one million people have been affected by the violent conflict in Kyrgyzstan and need food and other aid supplies, U.N. officials said on Friday.

The U.N. number is a dramatic increase over the official estimate of a crisis that has left throng refugees without enough food and water in camps along the Uzbek border.

Kyrgyzstan's worst outbreak of violence since the president was overthrown in April raged for a second day on Saturday and officials said the death toll in the ethnic conflict had risen to at least 49.

The ousted Kyrgyz president is willing to resign if he and his relatives are allowed safe passage out of the country, according to sources in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Bakiyev rejects interim government's demand to step down, urges U.N. to help stabilize nation.

About 1,300 U.S. troops have been stuck at the Manas airfield in Kyrgyzstan because of the civil unrest there.