Municipal workers clean up debris on the steps of the parliament building, while opposition members wearing national flags guard the entrance in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 25, 2005. The opposition scrambled to restore order and fill the power vacuum a day after protesters drove Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev's government from power, unleashing widespread looting.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev walks to a stage to address a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 25, 2005. Bakiyev, a major leader of the opposition that a toppled Kyrgyzstan's government, said that parliament has appointed him acting president as well as acting prime minister.
A man walks out of a broken door of a shop in Beshkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 25, 2005.
Protesters look at a burning car at the government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005. Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan, seizing control of the main seat of state power after clashing with riot police. President Askar Akayev reportedly resigned from office.
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, March 24, 2005.
Protesters rally after storming government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
A soldier helps a wounded policeman outside government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
Kyrgyz soldiers carry a wounded colleague in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
Two protesters with the Kyrgyz state flag, stand on a roof of government headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
Supporters of president Askar Akayev, with blue ribbons, run for cover in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
Kyrgyz opposition protesters shout anti-President Askar Akayev slogans as they rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 24, 2005.
A Kyrgyz military base in the southern city of Osh, Kyrgystan's second largest city, March 23, 2005.
Kyrgyz opposition protesters rally in Jalal-Abad, 370 miles southeast of Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, March 23, 2005.
Kyrgyz policemen arrest opposition supporters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 23, 2005.
Kyrgyz children play in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city, March 22, 2005. Osh was calm after protesters allowed government workers back into their offices. President Askar Akayev told Kyrgyzstan's newly elected parliament on Tuesday that the opposition was using protests to destabilize the Central Asian nation but that he would not impose a state of emergency.
Pro-government demostrators rally in the main square in the capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 22, 2005.
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev speaks in the parliament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 22, 2005, in this photo from television. Askar Akayev told Kyrgyzstan's newly elected parliament that the opposition was using protests to destabilize the Central Asian nation but that he would not impose a state of emergency.
A poster of Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev burns in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, March 21, 2005.
Opposition protesters celebrate after they seized an administrative building in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, March 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition activists stormed three government buildings in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, forcing security forces to flee in the latest in a wave of protests to demand President Askar Akayev's resignation.
Unidentified pro and anti-government supporters fight on the stairs of an administrative building in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, March 21, 2005.