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Violent protests in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz opposition supporters clash with police during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on Wednesday. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured the state television station in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas, where the first protests erupted.

Kyrgyz opposition supporters clash with police during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on Wednesday. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan’s interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured the state television station in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas, where the first protests erupted.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

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Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz riot police block a road during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on Wednesday.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz opposition member throws a projectile at riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz opposition supporter sorts through items near a burning vehicle during an anti-government protest in Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz protester kicks out at captured police officers at the opposition headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday. Police had opened fire on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the main government building amid rioting in the capital as protests spread across the Central Asian nation.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Police advance to clear out Kyrgyz opposition supporters during an anti-government rally in Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Police officers retreat as they are attacked by protestors in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Bloodied police officers try to regroup after clashing with anti-government protestors.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz opposition supporter fires an automatic weapon near the main government building during a protest against the government in Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz riot policemen’s truck burns near a government building in the capital of Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz opposition supporter hands a national flag to a fellow demonstrator standing on a military truck during an anti-government protest in Bishkek. Nineteen people died and almost 200 were injured in riots that swept through the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, a health ministry official told reporters. The official, Larisa Kachibekova, said many of the dead died from gunshot wounds.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

Violence in Kyrgyzstan

At left, a Kyrgyz opposition supporter is led away by police; at right, the same man lies dead on the ground a few hours later during an anti-government protest in Bishkek.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP/Getty Images)

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