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China to buy 160 Airbus planes AFP Monday, November 26, 2007 12:39:49 PM Oman Time BEIJING -- China has agreed to buy 160 Airbus planes in a deal worth more than 17 billion dollars to be signed Monday during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Beijing, a source said. The purchase will include 110 planes from the short-haul A320 family and 50 A330 wide-body passenger airliners, according to the source. The deal came after negotiations that continued almost until the last minute before the signing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, expected shortly before midday (0400 GMT), the source said.
