Interim Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva said...

The interim premier also said radio and television stations have begun operating again in the country and that newspapers that were shut down under Bakiyev"s presidency have started printing once again.

The plane carrying the deposed president landed in the Kazakh city of Taraz on Thursday evening. The deposed president"s departure from the country was mediated by Russia, Kazakhstan and the United States.

The Kyrgyz interim government said it had allowed the deposed president to leave the country for his own safety as "the interim government had no opportunity to provide safety for the former president, as is required by law."

MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti)