By Torokul Doorov, Charles Recknagel The fast-moving crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan -- where some 400,000 people have been displaced amid deadly ethnic violence -- would be enough to challenge even the most stable government. But the interim administration of Roza Otunbaeva, propelled to power amid street fighting in Bishkek two months ago, often seems particularly ill-prepared for the task. The government's difficulties were highlighted today as acting Prime Minister Otunbaeva flew to Osh to reassure her countrymen the worst was over. But as she met with officials and visited a hospital, she stayed away from the city's devastated Uzbek neighborhoods, where hundreds of Uzbeks remain huddled behind massive barricades and unidentified gunmen continue to fire rounds. Otunbaeva gave no reason for staying out of the danger zone. But her decision risked giving the impression that neither she nor the military commanders who report to her have the power to move freely through the city.