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China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute
More Notable Events on April 7: 1988 Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City
1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
1953 Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary
1902 Texas Oil Company, Texaco, forms
