Villagers protesting pollution from a gold mine in northern Kyrgystan today suspended their movement after the government promised to look into their demands. The protesters are seeking financial compensation for a 1998 cyanide-pollution accident at the Kumtor mine that contaminated a nearby river...Residents of Barksoon village say the money the Canadian company who was then operating the mine [Cameco Gold] claims it paid the government to compensate for the pollution was diverted. [On 5 January 2004, Cameco and the Kyrgyz Government transferred all of Kumtor Gold Company to a new jointly owned Canadian company called Centerra Gold (part of Cameco), which included 100% of Cameco Gold's assets]