Gansu Province | News Headlines

LM 2F rocket ready for China's 3rd manned spacecraft (China Daily)BEIJING -- The Long March 2F rocket designed to carry China's third manned spacecraft into space will be sent to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Gansu province in a few days, officials with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) said Saturday.

Guess who's not invited to the Olympics? (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Dalai Lama may be the guest of honor of President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders, but you won't find Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on the Beijing Olympics guest list.

Guess who's not invited to the Olympics? (Phayul)BEIJING - The Dalai Lama may be the guest of honour of U.S. President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders, but you won't find Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on the Beijing Olympics guest list.

Guess who's not invited to the Olympics? (rediff.com)China fears Dalai Lama would steal Chinese President Hu Jintao's thunder if invited for the Beijing Olympics.

Olympics: A showcase of China's prosperity (rediff.com)Beijing struggles to make its coming-of-age Olympics party perfect despite controversies, unsold tickets and media hyperventilation.

Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day-???? (China Daily)Children had the time of their life with President Hu Jintao at Zhongnanhai compound yesterday. As the 88 students from the quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu crowded around Hu, he approached one. She glanced up and said: "Do you still remember me?"

China prepares to greet Olymipics' visitors with a warm "Hello" (New Kerala)By Ravinder Singh Robin : New Delhi, July 18 : With sports lovers thronging China for next month's Beijing Olympics, the Chinese are gearing up to welcome them in English.

President Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day (China Daily)Children had the time of their life with President Hu Jintao on Zhongnanhai compound Wednesday. As the 88 students from the quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu crowded around Hu, he approached one. She glanced up and said: "Do you still remember me?"

Four cleared in bombings (China Daily)A Spanish court has cleared four of the 21 people charged with the deadly Madrid train bombings of 2004.

More News (Gazette.Net)Northrop Grumman of Linthicum Heights won $20.53 million from the Air Force for research and development. Weld World of Baltimore won $5.23 million from the Navy for metalworking machinery.