Word: evict
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...nearby Afghanistan. About 50,000 coalition troops passed through it in March alone. On Saturday, Otunbayeva assured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the new Kyrgyz government would abide by previous agreements to let Manas operate. But the Russian government has lobbied hard to force Kyrgyzstan to evict it, with a senior Russian official telling reporters on April 8 that "in Kyrgyzstan, there should be only one base - Russian." Since last Wednesday's upheaval, operations at the U.S. base have twice been shut down for two days amid deep concerns over security, and troops stationed there have been forbidden...
...those who toppled the Kyrgyzstan government on Wednesday decide to evict the U.S. military in the days to come, the current surge of U.S. troops into Afghanistan will be slowed, but it won't be stopped. Those who have taken power, many of them friendly to Moscow, didn't like how the U.S. dealt with Bakiyev during lease-renewal negotiations last spring, believing that the Obama Administration had legitimized an autocratic regime. Still, the country appreciated the increased rent - from $17 million to $63 million annually - as well as a U.S. pledge to spend a further $67 million improving...