Friday, February 10, 2012


			
							
					9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
				
								
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China's defence budget to rise 14.9pc in 2009

By: Our Staff Reporter | March 05, 2009 |

BEIJING (AFP) - China's defence budget will rise 14.9pc in 2009, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, describing the increase as modest.
China's defence budget for 2009 is 480.686 billion yuan ($70.2b), an increase of 62.482 billion yuan from 2008, the spokesman for China's parliament, Li Zhaoxing, told reporters.

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