India's US-made strategic multi-mission maritime aircraft P8-I is gearing for its final launch flight as the second of the eight ordered flying machines rolled inside the Boeing production line here.

The Philippines said its flagship navy vessel was involved in a standoff on Wednesday with two Chinese surveillance ships that had blocked the arrest of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea.

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Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing 'illegally' in Pakistani territorial waters, an official said.

Pakistani authorities have arrested 22 Indian fishermen and seized four boats for allegedly violating the country's maritime boundary, an official spokesman said on Sunday.

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China and Vietnam have signed an agreement on a series of steps to resolve maritime disputes over parts of South China Sea, a source of frequent friction between the two communist nations.

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