It is not yet clear whether the victims died in the blaze or were dead before it started, and senior officials say the whereabouts of three other border guards remain unknown.
After initially laying the blame squarely on the protesters, the emergence online of camera phone footage appearing to show police beating and shooting at unarmed civilians led the authorities to open a criminal investigation into the incident.
Britain's High Court has issued an arrest warrant for Mukhtar Ablyazov, the Kazakh billionaire and former BTA bank chairman accused of committing one of the world’s biggest ever frauds.
Kazakh authorities said the Peace Corps' services were no longer needed, but other reports indicated that volunteers had been told to leave for their own safety.
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