[00:00.00]The Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
[00:02.86]has refused to admit defeat after his political opponents
[00:05.78]dissolved parliament and demanded his resignation.
[00:08.96]Latest reports from the capital Bishkek
[00:11.57]say there was heavy shooting as night fell.
[00:13.75]From Bishkek, Richard Galpin now reports.
[00:16.05]After the bloodshed yesterday,
[00:17.91]this morning the main leaders of the opposition announced
[00:20.90]they've taken control of the country,
[00:22.70]forming a temporary government
[00:24.38]and dissolving parliament.
[00:25.94]But at a news conference here in the capital,
[00:28.49]they admitted there were concerns
[00:30.36]that the president was trying to rally his supporters
[00:32.72]in the south of the country
[00:34.21]in order to fight back.
[00:35.70]The opposition wanted him to resign immediately,
[00:38.13]but Mr.Bakiyev has told the BBC
[00:40.81]he has no intention of quitting
[00:42.80]and still considers himself to be president.

The Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
has refused to admit defeat after his political opponents
dissolved parliament and demanded his resignation.
Latest reports from the capital Bishkek
say there was heavy shooting as night fell.
From Bishkek, Richard Galpin now reports.
After the bloodshed yesterday,
this morning the main leaders of the opposition announced
they've taken control of the country,
forming a temporary government
and dissolving parliament.
But at a news conference here in the capital,
they admitted there were concerns
that the president was trying to rally his supporters
in the south of the country
in order to fight back.
The opposition wanted him to resign immediately,
but Mr.Bakiyev has told the BBC
he has no intention of quitting
and still considers himself to be president.