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ReutersDozens of Kyrgyz protesters rallied outside the U.S. embassy in the capital Bishkek on Saturday demanding Washington pull its troops out of their Central Asian state.
Just days before the planned visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, activists shouted "Yankee go home!" and hoisted banners reading "No to the airbase".
The United States, which has more than 1,000 troops in the former Soviet state, set up the base in 2001 to support its operations in Afghanistan. Activists on Saturday urged the government to hold a referendum on shutting it down.
Kyrgyz officials renewed their action against the airbase after the fatal shooting of a Kyrgyz citizen by a U.S. airman at the base in December last year.
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