Kyrgyzstan Votes Amid Fear, Death

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Just two weeks after deadly ethnic violence swept through Osh in a firestorm of rage that left Kyrgyzstan's second city devastated, people quietly arrived at the polls on Sunday to express a vote of confidence in the interim government of President Roza Otunbayeva.

The polls opened at 8am with a trickle of voters wishing to express their view on the country's near-term future. Abdulda, an optimistic retired journalist and an ethnic Kyrgyz, said he voted "yes" to a new constitution because the destiny of the country was at stake and that "we want to build a real democratic country [in Central Asia]. A 'yes' vote on the referendum will allow us to deal with the rest of the world."