Kyrgyz leader re-elected amid charges of fraud
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev swept into office Friday for a second term with a landslide victory, as the opposition cried foul and Western observers reported widespread irregularities.
Bakiyev -- who had been widely tipped for re-election in the strategically important ex-Soviet republic -- won 86.3 percent of the vote with 64 percent of ballots counted so far, the Kyrgyz election commission said.
But the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Friday said the election in the Central Asian country was marred by widespread irregularities and the misuse of state resources.
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