LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will buy an eighth C-17 military transport aircraft from U.S. firm Boeing, Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Wednesday, citing the need to have enough air capacity to evacuate civilians from war zones. Cameron said the Ministry of Defence, which is cutting 8 percent in real terms over four years from its 34 billion pound budget, had found extra cash to buy the plane, which an aide close to him said would cost 200 million pounds. ...
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