Int’l observers praise Kyrgyz referendum (AP)

An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010.  Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - International observers on Monday praised Kyrgyzstan's constitutional referendum, saying the vote was conducted in a transparent and remarkably peaceful manner despite a lingering climate of fear after ethnic purges.



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