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Observers Have Doubts About US-China Rules on Air Encounters by webdesk@voanews.com (Li Bao)

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Observers Have Doubts About US-China Rules on Air Encounters   by webdesk@voanews.com (Li Bao) Tuesday September 29 th , 2015  at  6:04 PM Voice Of America 1 Share Lost in the headlines about cybersecurity and climate change during the U.S.-China summit last week was the agreement struck between Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping on rules for military air-to-air encounters. The deal, which followed an earlier agreement on encounters between naval ships, is aimed at preventing encounters from escalating or causing crashes. The new document, published on the Pentagon website, calls for safe conduct of military aircraft of either side, whether... Iraq Open to Russian Reconnaissance Flights Tuesday September 29 th , 2015  at  6:03 PM WSJ.Com: World News 1 Share The move comes a day after Baghdad announced plans for an intelligence-sharing committee with Moscow, Syria and Iran. Besieged Syrian