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Corrections and clarifications

* A sentence in "Gemayel's death triggers sectarian tensions" ("International" page, November 23, 2006) was: "[Pierre] Gemayel's father Amin Gemayel is a former Prime Minister." A reader points out that Amin Gemayel was a former President (of Lebanon, 1982 to 1988). Following negotiations between the Shi'ite, Sunni, and Maronite leaderships, the "National Pact" was born in the summer of 1943. Accordingly, the President of the Republic is to always be a Maronite, the President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) a Sunni, the President of the National Assembly a Shi'ite, the deputy speaker of the Parliament a Greek Orthodox, and the Parliament members to be in a ratio of 6:5 in favour of Christians to Muslims.

* Factual errors in "Pakistan and China: great expectations" (Editorial page, November 23, 2006). There are JF-17 aircraft (and not PF-17 aircraft) in the defence supplies from China to Pakistan. The JF-17 "Thunder" is a multipurpose light fighter aircraft capable of carrying short-range, beyond visual range, anti-ship as well as anti-radiation missiles, high and low drag bombs, laser guided bombs, runway penetration bombs and cluster bombs. Nirupama Subramanian clarifies that the first phase of the Gwadar port project cost over $250 million (not $100 million). The second phase's projected cost is $586 million (not $16.3 million).

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