Posted by: zanshin, 2009-03-06 01:13

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Date: 2009-02-20 (Friday)
In Kyrgyzstan, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree to close the Manas airbase, operated mainly by the U.S. Air Force, in northern Kyrgyzstan. The base had been used since 2001 to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan.






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