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China, India open Himalayan pass for border trade

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-07 07:36

Chinese and Indian border guards stand at the Nathu La mountain pass, between Tibet and the tiny northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, July 6, 2006. Asian giants India and China opened a Himalayan pass to border trade on Thursday, 44 years after a brutal frontier war shut down the ancient route. [Reuters]