(1)Upper house panel passes antiterrorism bill

(1)Upper house panel passes antiterrorism bill

TOKYO, Japan - Memebers of a House of Councillors committee pass a bill for extension of a special law, which will allow continued deployment of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels in the Indian Ocean until 2005 to help U.S.-led antiterrorism operations.

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