Two pilots killed in Russian strategic bomber crash

Two pilots were killed when a strategic bomber with seven people on board crashe
d in far eastern Russia on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, the latest in a s
tring of military aircraft accidents. "The search and rescue team of the eastern
military district has found where two members of the Tu-95
AFP
Senior Chinese official to visit Vietnam
BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, a member of the ruli
ng communist party's elite Politburo Standing Committee, will visit Vietnam in m
id-July, state media said on Monday, amid tension over territorial disputes in t
he South China Sea. China's official Xinhua news agency did
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