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CHINA DAILY - Thursday September 25,2008
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JIUQUAN, Gansu: Shenzhou VII will lift off between 9:07 pm and 10:27 pm today, carrying three astronauts, one of who will become the first Chinese to walk in space, senior space program officials said yesterday.
Nation
China will "draw a lesson" from the recent milk scandal and seize the opportunity it has presented to overhaul food safety controls and promote better business ethics, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday in New York.
ShenZhou VII Mission
JIUQUAN, Gansu: Astronaut Zhai Zhigang, a reserve for the two previous Shenzhou missions, will lead the team aboard Shenzhou VII, and is scheduled to make his historic spacewalk at 4:30 pm on Saturday.
Comment
The 63rd United Nations General Assembly has invited more than 100 heads of state and government leaders to a high-level meeting starting today to conduct the interim assessment of the implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the high-level meeting and general debate to explain China's stance in the world's most important political arena.
Opinion
Today, at the midpoint toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders will gather in New York to see where more can be done to reach them by their deadline of 2015.
International
He is calling for change, but US presidential candidate Barack Obama probably did not think his campaign's theme extended to the English language and US television culture.
Special Supplement
The Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games rang down their curtain on September 17 - and the Bird's Nest news center was busy until the end.
Business
China will carry out its second economic census between October and December, which will give the government a deeper insight into how the economy is impacted by the global financial turmoil.
Business
Chrysler LLC on Tuesday showed off a trio of electric vehicles in development - including battery-powered versions of its Chrysler minivan and Jeep Wrangler - and vowed to bring one of them to showrooms by 2010.
Life
Thirty-something moms push strollers through crowds of colored-hair, tattooed 20-somethings. Dads in jeans and T-shirts chill out with beer in hand while kids sip cola while playing on their skateboards. Everyone cheers as loudly as the hard-core metal fans.
Sports
PARIS: Lewis Hamilton on Tuesday lost his appeal to have his win at the Belgian Grand Prix reinstated after the FIA ruling body confirmed a 25-second sanction against him for cutting a chicane.
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