Ballots Cast in Kyrgyzstan Presidential Election

Voters in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan cast their ballots on Sunday in the first presidential election since a violent uprising in 2010 toppled ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Ballots Cast in Kyrgyzstan Presidential Election
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/130788687.jpg" alt="A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the village of Kyzyl Birlik, some 20 km outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, on October 30. The volatile Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan voted today in presidential polls aimed at overcoming tensions that sparked a revolution and deadly ethnic bloodletting in the space of a year. (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the village of Kyzyl Birlik, some 20 km outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, on October 30. The volatile Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan voted today in presidential polls aimed at overcoming tensions that sparked a revolution and deadly ethnic bloodletting in the space of a year. (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1795596"/></a>
A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the village of Kyzyl Birlik, some 20 km outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, on October 30. The volatile Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan voted today in presidential polls aimed at overcoming tensions that sparked a revolution and deadly ethnic bloodletting in the space of a year. (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)
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