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JAPANESE lawmakers will be asked to vote in the next few weeks on whether to allow the Japanese Coast Guard, backed by naval forces, to stop and search North Korean vessels for missile parts or other strategic armaments.
Keith Wallis, Hong Kong - Friday 19 June 2009
This would follow the completion of a draft Bill to allow Japanese forces to search vessels in international waters, although the searches and equipment seizures could only be carried...
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