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Published: 06 February, 2009, 19:28

Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic (http://www.manas.afcent.af.mil)

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The Kyrgyzstan government's decision to close a US airbase has upset Washington. However, Slavomir Horak, an expert on central Asian affairs at the Charles University in Prague, believes that President Kurmanbek Bakiev.

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