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        "msgid": "kl-to-borrow-assault-boats-from-sweden-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-10-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL to borrow assault boats from Sweden",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "summary": "KL to borrow assault boats from Sweden KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia plans to borrow four assault boats from Sweden to bolster defense in Sabah state on the northeastern coast of Borneo island, its defense minister said on Monday. Arrangements to take delivery of the boats were being discussed with Sweden, Minister of Defense Najib Tun Razak was quoted as saying by national news agency Bernama. \"Before next year we can have four additional boats,\" he said.",
        "content": "<p>KL to borrow assault boats from Sweden<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia plans to borrow four assault boats<br>\nfrom Sweden to bolster defense in Sabah state on the northeastern<br>\ncoast of Borneo island, its defense minister said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements to take delivery of the boats were being<br>\ndiscussed with Sweden, Minister of Defense Najib Tun Razak was<br>\nquoted as saying by national news agency Bernama.<br>\n\"Before next year we can have four additional boats,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim separatists from neighboring Philippines intruded in<br>\nMalaysian waters off Sabah twice this year, whisking away 24<br>\nhostages, 21 of them foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Following an outcry over lax security, military operations in<br>\nthe surrounding waters were heightened and the number of vessels<br>\npatrolling the area was tripled.<\/p>\n<p>The military, he said, is already using two Swedish boats in<br>\ntheir current defense exercises.<\/p>",
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