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The immigration minister. patrick snell for us there and phil black in melbourne. appreciate it. now, kazakhstan s president says russian troops will leave the country over a ten-day period. he had asked for the russian-led military alliance s help during the nationwide protests that began last week. the country s interior ministry said security forces have detained nearly 10,000 people in connection with the protests. and the parliament confirmed the president s nomination for a new prime minister after the former prime minister resigned during the unrest. let s put all this into perspective for us. fred pleitgen joins us from the kazakhstan kurdistan border. fred, really there is so much happening. it s been moving so quickly. let s start with the kazakhstan president. he described the violence as an attempted coup, but he hasn t provided any evidence. what are you hearing regarding the crackdown that has been so intense and ongoing throughout the country? reporter: well, that cr ....
reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. here s mr. gingrich, in his own words. i only have one opponent, that s barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and i m going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. can he stay positive is the big question because speaker gingrich make no mistake, is feeling the heat. let s bring in cnn s jim acosta. here in iowa tracking the republican candidates, jim, that is the big question. the speaker s the front-runner. he says let s be nice. describe to our viewers the kind of heat he s getting. reporter: well, you know, it s almost impossible to figure out a direction where he s not being attacked from right now. keep in mind he s has three other candidates in this field attack him with eith ....