Reuters) - Kyrgyz riot police fired tear gas and flash grenades to disperse protesters in the capital Bishkek on Wednesday, witnesses said, the second day of unrest linked to mounting public anger over a weaker economy and corruption.
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Below are some key facts about Kyrgyzstan:
THE ECONOMY AND GROWING UNREST
* Kyrgyzstan's economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2009, down from 8.4 percent a year earlier, as the impoverished Central Asian state was hit by the global crisis.
* Kyrgyz migrant laborers, working mostly in Russia, used to be one of the key sources of the country's foreign currency revenues. But Russia's own woes have left many of them unemployed or doing jobs that pay less.
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