NAHA (Japan): US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday received a blunt request to downscale US bases in Okinawa during talks with the chief of the southern island.
Several hundred demonstrators staged rallies near US bases to protest Rumsfeld's first visit to the strategically important island since he was appointed the US defence chief.
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