Washington (CNN) -- As the "Arab Spring" revolutions dominate the news, Kyrgyzstan is marking the one-year anniversary of another uprising. That one overthrew the authoritarian regime of President Kurmanbek Bakiev, who resigned last April. Now, the woman who replaced him, Rosa Otunbayeva, follows developments in the Mideast and North Africa as she grapples with the aftermath of revolution in her own country. "It's quite a difficult, thorny road," she told CNN during a visit to Washington, to accept a "Women of Courage" award from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The non-stop media coverage of the Arab revolutions is a sharp contrast to the limited news of last year's uprising in Kyrgyzstan. Otunbayeva is disappointed that the violence in Kyrgyzstan did not spark the international outrage that violence in Mideast countries has.
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Kyrgyzstan's president received a "Women of Courage" award in Washington
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In an interview, Rosa Otunbayeva discusses her country's revolution a year aga
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She is disappointed that violence in her country did not spark international outrace
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She is making history in Kyrgyzstan, "And I'm proud to say that we've done this job"
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