World at a Glance

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Global outrage over China satellite strike

.CHINA faced an international row today as it tested a "star wars" missile in a move which threatens to start an arms race in space.The country used a rocket-powered device to destroy a weather satellite more than 530 miles above the earth. The move was a show of the technological might of the Chinese military and marks the first time in more than 20 years that such an operation has taken place.

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World at a Glance

The last American anti-satellite strike was in 1985. Washington then stopped such testing, concerned that debris would harm satellites...

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