Russia has provided humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan, but rejected the interim government's call (since retracted) for peacekeeping troops.

ECONOMIST: Refugees start to return, to an uncertain future

The CFTC for a time appeared to be using the same model for an identifier it required for swaps, but then backed away and said it would wait for the global development of an LEI and call its identifier the CFTC Interim Compliant Identifier (CICI) a sort of LEI Lite which will convert or yield to the LEI standard once it is adopted.

FORBES: Financial LEI's -- Required To Reduce Operational Risk

Thousands have been rallying in Tunis to call for the resignation of the interim prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, a veteran of many Ben Ali governments.

ECONOMIST: Egypt's and Tunisia's transitions