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Kyrgyz opposition says controls most of country

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-04-08 15:00
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BISHKEK - The head of Kyrgyzstan's self-proclaimed government on Thursday said it had taken control of nearly all of the country.

"All regions ... are under our control but we are still working on Osh and Jalalabad," said Roza Otunbayeva, who led opposition to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's government, from inside the country's parliament building.

Bakiyev had returned to his home region of Jalalabad in the south to rally supporters.