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Troops being airlifted

NEW DELHI, MAY 16. Russian and Canadian transport aircraft have started emergency airlift of 1,500 Indian troops as part of the rapid build-up of U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Sierra Leone to its peak strength of 11,000 to contain the growing military confrontation in the area.

- PTI

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