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A Violent Uprising in Asia

Last Thursday, mobs of angry protesters stormed the presidential compound in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan (kir-gi-stan), a country of 5 million people in Central Asia. President Askar Akayev, 60, was forced to flee the country.

Akayev had been in power for 15 years. The protesters were angry about an election that was held in February. They said that the vote was flawed, and they suspected it was corrupt.

Lawmakers have chosen a temporary president and plan to hold new elections by June. Felix Kulov, a top opposition leader who was freed from prison on Thursday, went on television to praise the uprising. "It is a revolution made by the people," he said.

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