(1)Immediate-identification lead
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized U.S. plans for space-based weapons(空基武器), saying they were the reason behind a recent Chinese anti-satellite weapon test(反卫星武器试验).
Asked about the Chinese test at a news conference(记者招待会) in New Delhi after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan(曼莫汉) Singh, Putin avoided directly criticizing the Chinese, saying only that Russian was against putting any weapons in space.
Taiwan’s “premier” (行政院院长)Su Tseng-chang(苏贞昌), the top figure in the pro-independence(倾向独立) administration of Chen Shui-bian, announced yesterday he would seek his party’s nomination for the 2008 “presidential” election.
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(2)Delayed-identification lead
A leading space scientist yesterday said China is quite capable of sending a manned mission to the moon in 15 years.
Huang Chunping(黄春平), former commander-in-chief of the launch vehicle system(运载火箭系统) of the country’s manned space mission(载人航天飞行), said that if the manned lunar project(载人登月计划) is kicked off without delay, the goal of landing a Chinese astronaut on the moon can “surely” be achieved in 15 years. The United Nations has listed a Xinjiang separatist(独立主义) group as terrorists, a move hailed(称赞) by Beijing, which said the Islamic organization had killed 166 people. The East Turkistan Islamic Movement(东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动) was put on the list with Beijing’s and Washington’s support. It was behind bombings in 1995 and 1999 and had links to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda group(基地组织), Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said yesterday.
联合国已把新疆独立集团列为恐怖主义,北京称赞这一举措,并强调伊斯兰组织已杀害了166名人员。
通过中美政府的努力,东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动也被列为恐怖主义。它是1995至1999年爆炸案的幕后凶手,而且和本。拉登的基地组织相关。外交部发言人孔泉昨天如是说。
(3)Summary lead
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and US Secretary of State Colin Powell(科林鲍威尔) held talks on Thursday and exchanged views on Sino-US relations and other international and regional issues of common concern.
(4)Multi-element lead
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan