Bishkek, the capital of central Asian nation Kyrgystan, is in the midst of a revolution on its streets. Riot police fought with demonstrators on Wednesday in clashes that killed at least five. Late in the day, opposition leaders said they had taken control of the country. Rumors placed the country's President in hiding on the American airbase Manas. Political unrest has gripped Kyrgyzstan, an impoverished former Soviet republic, since early March, threatening a spillover of violence into the fragile, mainly Muslim region. The clashes followed Tuesday's riot in the town of Talas, where protesters demanding the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev seized a local government office and took a regional governor hostage for several hours. added by: ctv
