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Kyrgyz government collapses
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-25 07:51

Black smoke billows into the air outside the presidential residence in Bishkek yesterday. Kyrgyzstan's opposition seized the main government building in the capital. [Reuters]
Black smoke billows into the air outside the presidential residence in Bishkek yesterday. Kyrgyzstan's opposition seized the main government building in the capital. [Reuters]
Two protesters with the Kyrgyz state flag, stand on a roof of government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, March 24, 2005. Protesters stormed the government and presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, entering the building after clashing with riot police who had surrounded it during a large opposition rally and march. [AP]
Two protesters with the Kyrgyz state flag, stand on a roof of government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, March 24, 2005. Protesters stormed the government and presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, entering the building after clashing with riot police who had surrounded it during a large opposition rally and march. [AP]
In this image taken from video an opposition leader, Ulan Shambetov, surrounded by supporters, sits in Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev's chair in presidential headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, March 24, 2005. Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, seizing control of the main symbol of state power after clashing with riot police surrounding it during a large opposition rally. (AP
Opposition leader, Ulan Shambetov, surrounded by supporters, sits in Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev's chair in presidential headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, March 24, 2005. Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, seizing control of the main symbol of state power after clashing with riot police surrounding it during a large opposition rally. [AP]

Kyrgyz boys gesture during opposition rally in Bishkek, March 24, 2005. [Reuters]

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