The law must now be signed by the Kyrgyz president.

For the Kyrgyz people, though, it is an opportunity to get things right the second time around.

"We are going to continue to work the problem with the Kyrgyz.

Meet Kyrgyz citizens who describe how, and if, their lives have changed.

According to official data, the Kyrgyz are the largest ethnic group.

I've only just heard now from you that the Kyrgyz have made this statement.

Likewise, nearly 65 percent of the people speak Kyrgyz, which is the official language.

The 300 years that followed proved to be a rich period for Kyrgyz life and culture.

Different sources suspected the Kyrgyz security forces' hand in the violence.

After coal was discovered, Kyrgyz families began to move into town.

He wrote numerous stories about the lives of his fellow Kyrgyz people.

I think the Kyrgyz government has done that and is prepared to continue to work on this.

Russian forces will be called on to protect Kyrgyz sovereignty.

The Kyrgyz government says that it was hardly to blame.

Though the land is inhospitable, the Kyrgyz are not poor.

The Kyrgyz government has set up a committee to investigate the cause of the crash.

The Kyrgyz government has not officially commented on the matter.

The deal now goes to the full Kyrgyz parliament, where approval is possible by the end of the week.

Attempts to reach Kyrgyz government officials for comment have not been successful.

Yet, instead of working to rebuild the Kyrgyz state, he invested in his family.

"Every good marriage begins in tears," a Kyrgyz saying goes.

But one senior Kyrgyz official said no talks were currently taking place.

In the years to follow the Kyrgyz gradually lost their territories.

This therefore presented the Kyrgyz parliament with a legal problem.

Now the Kyrgyz population makes up over 90% of the population.