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#BREAKING Kazakhstan on Wednesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after protests over a fuel price hike erupted into clashes and saw demonstrators storm government buildings

#BREAKING White House appeals for 'restraint' by Kazakh authorities

#BREAKING Protest-gripped Kazakhstan under attack by 'terrorist' groups: president

#BREAKING Kazakhstan appeals to Moscow-backed military alliance for help quelling unrest

#BREAKING Eight security officers killed in Kazakhstan unrest: reports

#BREAKING Moscow-led alliance to send "peacekeeping forces" to protest-hit Kazakhstan, its chairman says

A Russia-led military alliance said it would send peacekeeping forces to "stabilise" Kazakhstan, blaming mass protests that have plunged the ex-Soviet country into chaos on "outside interference" u.afp.com/wcaT

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