Portal:Current events/2008 December 26
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December 26, 2008 (Friday)
- China's People's Liberation Army Navy begins escorting three warships (two destroyers and one replenishment oiler) to the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy in Somalia. (Xinhua)
- Ten suspected former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army are arrested in Serbia. (BBC)
- Pakistan deploys between five and twenty thousand additional troops along its border with India. (Washington Post)
- South Korean television workers strike to protest legislation that would permit cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcasters. (Joongang Daily)
- China's J-10B, the newest member of the Chengdu J-10 family (also known as the FC-20), makes a successful maiden flight at Chengdu. About 36-100 of these J-10Bs will be delivered to the Pakistani Air Force this year under the designation "FC-20"[1][2].