10.08.2010
Nearly two weeks after international donors pledged more than a billion dollars in aid to Kyrgyzstan, its caretaker government [http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89612] is busy working out how to turn the promises into hard cash, and experts say there is confusion about who will get how much aid, when. 3111
I hold my breath, unable to move in case the smallest sound alerts the hunter to my position. I have chosen a hiding place far too small for my long limbs. My muscles tense, and I can feel each individual sinew stiffen. Footsteps pad closer. And closer. I shut my eyes, willing myself to be smaller, quieter, invisible. 2590
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