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  • He didn't comment directly on the CIA's use of spy-plane strikes, but noted news reports on eight al Qaeda leaders who have been killed since July.

    Pakistan Says Lashkar Leaders Are in Custody, in Hint of Thaw With India 2009

  • He didn't comment directly on the CIA's use of spy-plane strikes, but noted news reports on eight al Qaeda leaders who have been killed since July.

    Pakistan Says Lashkar Leaders in Custody 2009

  • Mr. White's passport was portrayed on Russian state television as a "gotcha" moment akin to Nikita Khrushchev's unveiling of downed spy-plane pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1960, at the height of the Cold War.

    From Russia Without Love: 2008

  • But the museum and the other nearby exhibits, including a spy-plane park and a memorial to NSA spooks (including, of course, the one chiselled in the black granite for posterity as "Name Withheld") shot down on overflights "tickling" Soviet border radars, are worth a visit if you are in the area with a car.

    Is That Legal?: Thank you, Sir. May I have another? 2006

  • It didn't take long for American business to suffer some collateral damage from the spy-plane standoff.

    Fallout For The Bottom Line 2007

  • Many observers were impressed with the way Bush handled the China spy-plane crisis.

    You Can't Please Everyone 2007

  • Since the survey was conducted in March, the Chinese spy-plane crisis and the release of the movie "Pearl Harbor" have done little to allay American suspicion of citizens with Asian faces.

    We're Americans, Too 2007

  • But instead of a lavish celebration, Bush and his dignitaries were snubbed: the Chinese vice minister didn't show up to host the dinner because tensions were escalating over the spy-plane incident.

    Fallout For The Bottom Line 2007

  • Tensions in cyberspace escalated shortly after the spy-plane incident and have yet to subside.

    The U.S.-China Hacker Conflict 2007

  • But his early encounters with China -- on the spy-plane controversy and weapons sales to Taiwan -- show that he has to take a more realistic path, one that is less confrontational.

    Jusuf Wanandi: Asia Comes To The Fore 2007

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