By empty (4/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Acting Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree on the property of former Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev and his family. The decree lists the property and real estate that is to undergo inspection to determine whether it is legally owned by Akayev or his family, Bakiyev\'s press service told Interfax on Tuesday. The Kyrgyz National Bank and all commercial banks have been ordered to restrict all money transitions from Kyrgyzstan abroad and any operations on the accounts of companies listed in the decree.

By empty (4/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The Taleban have returned to the airwaves in parts of Afghanistan with relaunch of their broadcasts on a pirate radio station. They plan to broadcast every day in the main languages of Afghanistan, Dari and Pashto. The station is called Voice of Shariat, or Islamic Law, and was named after the one the Taleban ran before they were driven from power in 2001.

By empty (4/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

OSCE Chairman in Office and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel met with Kyrgyz acting President Kurmanbek Bakiev in Bishkek on 18 April, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. The two discussed a joint OSCE-Kyrgyz plan to maintain stability in Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE reported in a press release on 18 April. The press release quoted Rupel as saying, \"The workplan we have developed together with the Kyrgyz authorities focuses on such short-term priority areas as maintaining law and order, election assistance, media freedom, and business development.