India to buy French Alpha jets and Mirage-2000s
The upward swing in Indo-French ties has seen France emerge as one of the leading arms suppliers to India with New Delhi actively negotiating to buy Alpha jet trainers and additional Mirage-2000 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force.

E Timor tense; peace hymns precede voting
Gathering in their Sunday best and singing peace songs, East Timorese flocked to hear Nobel laureate Bishop Carlos Belo urge them to have the courage to vote in their historic poll.

Russia to sell fighter jets to China -- Report
Russia will sell advanced SU-30-MKK fighter jets to China as part of an arms deal worth two billion dollars, one of the largest defense contracts won by Russia in recent years, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday.

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