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China's second lunar probe enters moon's orbit: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2010 China's second lunar probe entered the moon's orbit on Saturday, eight days after the Long March 3C rocket carrying the Chang'e-2 blasted off from the launch centre, state media reported. The unmanned probe will start "scientific exploration activities soon," said the official Xinhua news agency, citing the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. The Chang'e-2 will first circle the moon at a distance of 100 kilometres (62 miles). The plan is for it to drop into orbit 15 kilometres from the moon's surf ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2010Nine people died of suffocation when a rescue attempt went wrong at a lead and zinc ore mine in central China's Hunan province, state news agency Xinhua reported Saturday, citing local authorities. The deaths occurred on Friday when two miners were overcome by a lack of oxygen in a disused air shaft at the mine in Yuanling county and rescuers and family members went in to try and help. O ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 07, 2010A chief designer with China's second lunar probe project has said that the country's lunar pursuit, while lagging behind Russia and the United States for more than 40 years, is still important because space exploration is part of the country's responsibility towards mankind. "The most fundamental task for human beings' space exploration is to research on human origins and find a way for ma ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Oct 9, 2010A Chinese delegation arrived in Pyongyang Saturday to attend celebrations for the 65th anniversary of North Korea's ruling communist party and cement ties with its new leadership, the North's official media said. The delegation led by a senior communist party member, Zhou Yongkang, was greeted at the airport by Kim Yong-Il, the Workers' Party of Korea's secretary in charge of international a ... more |
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Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace PrizeOslo (AFP) Oct 9, 2010 Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sparking a furious backlash from Beijing and renewed Western calls for his immediate release. The 54-year-old writer and university professor was honoured "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in his announcement. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and p ... read more |
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