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Kazakh oil arrives in China

By Isabel Gorst in Bishkek and Richard McGregor in Beijing

Published: May 26 2006 01:15 | Last updated: May 26 2006 01:15

The first oil from a new 970km pipeline from Kazakhstan arrived at the Chinese border town of Alashankou yesterday.

It is the first step in a bold plan to build a system, triple that length, from the Caspian Sea fields to China.

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