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China to publish 1st picture of moon in 3 days

(Xinhua)
2007-11-23 22:33

The first picture of the moon captured by China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e-1, is expected to be ready for publication within three days, the country's space administration said on Friday.

Data of the original picture taken by the satellite has now been transmitted back to Earth, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

On Tuesday, the stereo camera aboard Chang'e-1 was put into operation and afterward, the satellite sent back its first batch of data for the moon picture.

International News

Al-Qaida wing: Bin Laden message coming

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-27 10:51

CAIRO, Egypt -- Al-Qaida's media wing said Monday it will soon release a new message from Osama bin Laden addressed to European countries.

SITE Intelligence Group said on Monday that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seen here in an undated file photo, is to address a message to the European people over the terror network's media wing Al-Sahab. [Agencies]

The announcement by al-Qaida's as-Sahab media production wing was posted on an Islamic Web site that commonly airs militant videos. The statement did not say when the message would be released or whether it would be a video or audio tape.

As-Sahab did not say when the message would be released and whether it would be a video or just audio. But the US-based IntelCenter, which monitors terrorist Web sites, said the message would be a video and would be released within 72 hours.

The as-Sahab posting, whose authenticity could not be independently confirmed, featured a photograph of the bearded bin Laden dressed in a traditional white Arab robe.

"Soon, if God allows, the lion sheik Osama bin Laden, may God protect him, (will give) a message to the European nations," it said.

The militant Web site carrying as-Sahab's announcement urged Islamic militants to advertise bin Laden's new message to Western sites to "give them the unseen truth of their failed war."

Bin Laden has issued four public statements so far this year -- on Sept. 7, Sept. 11, Sept. 20 and Oct. 22. The Sept. 7 video was bin Laden's first in three years and was issued to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

The latest one was an audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television in which bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism."

Industry News

Wife stakes her claim on hubby's gift to mistress

Updated: 2007-11-21

A woman from Dalian, Liaoning Province, managed to get back a 1-million-yuan ($135,000) apartment her husband bought for his mistress with her wits and help from a private eye.

The wife, surnamed Zhou, hired a private detective and found that the apartment was bought by the husband using a cheque from his private company. Although the mistress insisted she was the only registered owner of the place, Zhou sued her for illegally occupying it, saying it should be the joint property of herself and her husband.

She showed the cheque as evidence of the sale to the court, which promptly ordered the third party to move out of the apartment late last week.

(New Business)

Domestic News

$30b deals cement French relations

By Qin Jize (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-11-27 07:11

China and France Monday signed nearly $30-billion worth of trade deals on big-ticket items ranging from aircraft to nuclear reactors.

President Hu Jintao and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a three-day state visit, presided over the signing of 20-odd agreements following talks at the Great Hall of the People.

President Hu Jintao greets his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 26, 2007.  [Newsphoto/Wu Zhiyi]

The Foreign Ministry said the quantum of purchases showed the country is making strong efforts to reduce its trade surplus with France.

"China wants balanced trade with its partners and the purchases of the airplanes is a sign of how it is striving for that," ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters at a briefing.

In the single biggest agreement worth $17.4 billion, China committed to buying 160 commercial passenger jets from European plane maker Airbus, which is headquartered in France. The order includes 110 A320 jets and 50 of the slightly larger A330 planes, Airbus officials said.

In another major deal, France's state-owned Areva finalized a $11.9 billion contract to sell two nuclear reactors to China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp in one of the company's largest contracts ever.

French officials speaking on condition of anonymity said all contracts - including those for jets and reactors - signed Monday added up to about $29.62 billion.