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Mars500 European Crew Selected And Ready To GoParis, France (ESA) May 11, 2010 The simulated flight to Mars is almost ready to depart! Selection of the full crew is still under way, but the Europeans have now been chosen: Romain Charles and Diego Urbina. Two Europeans, three Russians and one Chinese will close the hatch of the Mars500 isolation modules in early June and start their record-breaking mission. The full crew will be announced later in May, but the European members have already been selected in order to allow them to visit family and friends before they are ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2010Chinese state television on Friday broadcast rare footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, clearing up days of mystery over the reclusive ruler's highly secretive visit to his nation's closest ally. Looking tired and elderly, the 68-year-old leader was shown meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao this week during a trip which fuelled speculation that negotiations on ending his country's ... more 
Seoul (AFP) May 6, 2010North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has met President Hu Jintao during his visit to China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported from Beijing. The agency, which did not cite sources, said the two met Wednesday evening before a dinner hosted for the visitors at the Great Hall of the People. It gave no details of what was discussed. The North Korean leader is expected to meet Thursday with ... more 
Seoul (AFP) May 7, 2010North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il vowed during a visit to China this week to try to revive stalled nuclear disarmament talks, Beijing media said Friday in its first confirmation of the secretive trip. "Kim said that the DPRK (North Korea) will work with China to create favourable conditions for restarting the six-party talks," Xinhua news agency said, without specifying whether he made a firm ... more |
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China touts Tibet, Xinjiang harmony at ExpoShanghai (AFP) May 5, 2010 The restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang have for years been thorns in the side of China's ruling Communist Party, but visitors to the World Expo in Shanghai would never know it. The two regions - rocked in recent years by deadly unrest - are presented in the giant China pavilion at the just-opened Expo as culturally rich and forward-looking areas steeped in tradition, where ethnic harmony reigns. "Have you seen the movie? It shows the tremendous changes that have happened in Tibet over the l ... read more |
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