US to sell fighter jets to Pakistan
The Bush administration has notified Congress it
has approved sale of 18 new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan as part of
a $5 billion (euro4 billion) weapons deal.
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Eight militants killed in gunbattle
At least eight suspected Islamic militants
trying to cross into India’s portion of disputed Kashmir from the
Pakistani side were killed during a long gunbattle early Friday,
army and police officials said.
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China’s Hu calls on Communists to stop corruption, reform party
President Hu Jintao called on Communist Party
leaders on Friday to stamp out rampant corruption and do a better
job of managing China’s ruling party as they marked the 85th
anniversary of its founding.
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