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Kyrgyz government submits bill to close US base
Feb 4, 6:21 AM (ET)
By LEILA SARALAYEVA
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan's government submitted a draft bill to parliament Wednesday that would close a U.S. base that is key to the American military campaign in Afghanistan.
The move came a day after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said the base would be shuttered and shortly after the Central Asian nation secured billions of dollars in loans and aid from Russia, which resents the American presence in a country that Moscow regards as part of its traditional sphere of influence.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090204/D964NMOG0.html
Feb 4, 6:21 AM (ET)
By LEILA SARALAYEVA
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan's government submitted a draft bill to parliament Wednesday that would close a U.S. base that is key to the American military campaign in Afghanistan.
The move came a day after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said the base would be shuttered and shortly after the Central Asian nation secured billions of dollars in loans and aid from Russia, which resents the American presence in a country that Moscow regards as part of its traditional sphere of influence.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090204/D964NMOG0.html