1. Rethinking America’s Fourth of July as Outdependen
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2. Hi-tech system to seal Saudi border
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Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with Eads, the European defence and aerospace group, to build a hi-tech security system along its land and sea borders.

3. China boosts defence budget
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China is to increase its defence spending by 17.8 per cent this year. A spokesman for the National People's Congress, said on Sunday, that the planned allocation for the People's Liberation Army (PLA)