SASHA MERKUSHEV Associated Press Writer= OSH, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Sporadic gunfire continued through the night and fresh fires raged in southern Kyrgyzstan on Monday. The Central Asian nation's worst ethnic violence in decades showed no signs of abating as thousands of Uzbeks fled the slaughter. The official death toll reached 117 with 1,500 hurt, the Health Ministry of this beleaguered former Soviet country, which hosts U.S. and Russian military bases, announced early Monday. Accounts from international aid agencies and other witnesses suggest the real figures could be multiples higher: the International Committee of the Red Cross has said its delegates witnessed about 100 bodies being buried...
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