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China, India open Himalayan pass for border trade

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-07 07:36
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China, India open Himalayan pass for border trade

A general view showing 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]