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At a ceremony held today at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake, U.S. Navy Admiral Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, officially handed over a Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft, gifted by
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A Chinese firm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an oral cholera vaccine plant in Zambia. The Chinese company, Jijia International Medical Technology, on Monday signed the
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