MASSIVE RIOT CIVIL UNREST: Kryzgystan

Kyrgyzstan's opposition has taken over government headquarters, the site of deadly rioting on Wednesday, and appears to be in control of the capital Thursday. The government of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev appears to have fled.The Health Ministry says the death toll from the anti-government rioting is now 68, with 400 people hospitalized. Opposition leader Rosa Otunbayeva has declared herself head of an interim government of this Central Asian nation housing a key U.S. air base. The opposition has called for the closure of the U.S. air base outside the capital, which is a transit point for supplies to the war in Afghanistan. U.S. military officials said Kyrgyzstan officials halted flights for 12 hours at the Manas air base on Wednesday.


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From AP:
Protests escalated in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, where demonstrators stormed the main government building and state television station in the capital of Bishkek, and there were scenes of violence in other cities in this central Asian nation.



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Sources: AP,BBC,Foreign Policy.