Kyrgyz PM declares emergency state nationwide
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Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency in Bishkek amid waves of opposition protests in the Kyrgyz capital and elsewhere, local television reported.
Bakiyev also ordered a curfew between 10:00 p.m. Wedneday and 6 a.m. Thursday in Bishkek.
The Kyrgyz parliament is scheduled to sit on Thursday. Sources told Xinhua that the parliament might convene an emergency session Wednesday night on the president's order.
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