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    Gen. Liang Guanglie (R), chief of the general 
 staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, 
 head of the Russian armed forces general staff, shake hands in 
 Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 18. 2005. Russia and China launched 
 unprecedented joint military exercises Thursday involving air, sea and 
 land forces. [Xinhua]
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