August 30, 1963
Hotline established between Washington and Moscow
On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy becomes the first U.S. president to have a direct phone line to the Kremlin in Moscow. The "hotline" was designed to facilitate communication between the president and Soviet premier
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
Chinese police close Muslim quarter in Lhasa
LHASA, China: China's Tibet problem got a human face this week in images of crying, red-robed monks, giving international concern a new focal point just as Beijing gears up for the arrival of the Olympic torch.
The outburst by 30 monks at Lhasa's holiest shrine dealt a setback to the government's plans to use a three-day trip for foreign reporters to show that protests and deadly anti-Chinese rioting in the Tibetan capital two weeks ago had subsided
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The outburst by 30 monks at Lhasa's holiest shrine dealt a setback to the government's plans to use a three-day trip for foreign reporters to show that protests and deadly anti-Chinese rioting in the Tibetan capital two weeks ago had subsided
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Halliburton opens RM200m facility in IDR
JOHOR BARU: American oil and gas company Halliburton has opened a RM200mil manufacturing centre in the Iskandar Development Region (IDR).
The facility, spanning 20,000 sq m in Johor Technology Park, targets supply chain production and delivery capabilities across Halliburton’s completion and production division.
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The facility, spanning 20,000 sq m in Johor Technology Park, targets supply chain production and delivery capabilities across Halliburton’s completion and production division.
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