To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (476812 ) 10/16/2003 3:41:06 PM From: tsigprofit Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769669 You have pronounced yourself physcho with your verbal attributes! World ministers congratulate China today for marked triumphs!!! Laz, won't you issue your heartfelt congratulations also - and Cyderkenz also - as a show of respect?? - tsi BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Leaders and officials from various countries have extended their congratulations on China's successful launch of its first manned spacecraft. @@Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro called the launch of the Shenzhou-5 "a great feat" and said it showed China's space science and technology has reached a very high level. @@British Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, who is at present in Beijing, said:" The United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, would like to congratulate China for this successful launch. He has asked me to say how impressed he is by the dedication and skill of all those involved in this historic mission." @@Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Tabachnik, who is also in Beijing, called Wednesday a remarkable festival for the Chinese people and the launch "a great victory" on the part of theChinese science and technology circle. @@He said the launch would open broad prospects for Sino-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of space science and technology. @@French Minister for Science Research Claudie Haignere, the first woman astronaut in Europe, said with China's successful launch of the manned spacecraft, "the space age has entered a new historic period." @@Pedro Pires, president of the Republic of Cape Verde, expressedhis cordial congratulations on China's achievement, and wished China would prosper further.