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Russian Bombers Land in Venezuela

Posted Sep 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Two Russian bombers have landed at an airfield in Venezuela, where the Russian defense ministry says they will conduct a few days of test flights. The mission comes after Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, invited the Russian air force to conduct operations in its territory. A spokesman for the Russian military said that NATO fighter planes followed the bombers all the way across the Atlantic.

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In this picture released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends the inauguration of a state-run medical center in Caracas, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
2 Russian bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers%u2014an unprecedented deployment to the new ally's territory amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.   (AP Photo/ File)
2 Russian bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers - an unprecedented deployment to the new ally's territory amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.   (AP Photo)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, is seen during his meeting with Venezuela's Vice President Ramon Carrizalez in Moscow, Thursday, June 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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