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Published 12/18/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes China, which suspended military contacts with Washington in October, will soon resume them to work together against piracy in the Gulf of Aden, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.
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