A selection from the RFE/RL Newsline
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BOEING, MCDONNELL BUY INTO CZECH AIRCRAFT
MAKER. A consortium consisting of the U.S. companies
Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. and the Czech
airline CSA has agreed to buy a minority stake in the
biggest military aircraft maker in the Czech Republic, Aero
Vodochody, for an undisclosed price. The contract is
scheduled to be signed by the end of September, Prime
Minister Vaclav Klaus told journalists on 7 May. The Czech
government issued a tender in January for a 34-40% stake
in the indebted Czech aircraft maker for a minimum price
of 950 million koruny ($32.4 million).The winners said they
will use Aero to make more parts for Boeing's commercial
carriers and assemble McDonnell's fighter jets, using some
local suppliers.
SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER IN CHINA. Chinese Foreign
Minister Qian Qichen says that Chinese-Slovak ties have
expanded smoothly since the two countries established
diplomatic ties in 1993, shortly after the break-up of the
former Czechoslovakia, the official Xinhua news agency
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Article-ID: 05_1997&1555982
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Subject: _JASIS_, ASIS, and Intellectual Property Rights Policies