Most Popular News People's Daily Online, All rights reserved! http://english.people.com.cn en-us Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:05:22 +0800 144 58 http://english.people.com.cn http://english.people.com.cn/images/en/top_logo_e.gif http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387398.html Gordon Brown, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, became leader of the ruling Labor Party on Sunday afternoon at a special Labor conference here in central Britain. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:47:15 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387398&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387398.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387087.html Ismail Haneya, Prime Minister of the unity government sacked by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last week, on Friday called on Fatah movement for an unconditional national dialogue. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:33:14 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387087&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387087.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387369.html Head of Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) Yuval Diskin warned at weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that Hamas is weighing the option of carrying out a terror attack in Israel despite the current calm in the Gaza Strip. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:02:10 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387369&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387369.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387312.html Seven dead birds discovered near two lakes in southern Germany tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, media reported Sunday. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:24:30 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387312&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387312.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387364.html On June 5th, China.com published an article titled "Attention: Microsoft Stealing Chinese state secrets,": which immediately became a hot topic for discussion. Is Microsoft's operating system, reported by Norton through the "back door":, built with a secret surveillance program on China by the United States government? Here, I will call it the "Backdoor": Incident. I think Microsoft should give us an explanation. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:40:46 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387364&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387364.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387100.html Thousands of anti-junta demonstrators marched Saturday afternoon to the Army Headquarters in central Bangkok, which houses the military Council for National Security (CNS), calling the CNS to step down. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:33:38 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387100&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387100.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387374.html Gordon Brown, Britain's new Labor Party leader and prime minister in three days, announced a new constitutional settlement for country on Sunday afternoon after being crowned officially by the party at a special conference. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:02:21 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387374&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387374.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387166.html Professor Robert Mundell, widely dubbed "father of the Euro", said in Beijing Saturday that constant pressure from the United States on China to appreciate its currency Renminbi can be interpreted as "a move to slow China's expansion". Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:03:05 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387166&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387166.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387113.html The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday lashed out at the United States for deploying 20 F-16 fighter jets in South Korea. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:34:05 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387113&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387113.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387260.html The Islamic Hamas movement said that President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces on Sunday detained 18 of its members in different West Bank areas. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:08:35 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387260&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387260.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387158.html Baby elephant Migara, a gift of friendship from Sri Lanka to China in February this year, celebrated his sixth birthday at the Beijing Zoo Saturday. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:41:00 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387158&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387158.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387202.html French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner welcomed a last-minute European Union treaty deal reached early Saturday and said Europe has been back on its way. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:29:06 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387202&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387202.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387171.html Chinese construction enterprises can tender for projects directly in Saudi Arabia, according to an agreement signed by China and Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:23:45 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387171&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387171.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387222.html Mounted policewomen are seen training horses at a racecourse in Shi Zuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region June 23, 2007. A team of 15 young mounted policewomen has been set up there to serve in patrol, military parade and equestrian events. (Xinhua Photo) Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:56:57 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387222&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387222.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387157.html Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang confirmed here Saturday night that the seven Chinese kidnapped in Pakistani capital of Islamabad were released around 8 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:40:58 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387157&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387157.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387159.html Nigeria is making steady progress towards becoming a cashless society as the value of electronic payment in the country in 2006 stood at 360 billion naira (about 2. 81 billion U.S. dollars). Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:41:29 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387159&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387159.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387299.html The performance of the global economy over the last few years has been extraordinary, and high level growth is expected to continue in 2007, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Sunday. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:15:18 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387299&link=/200706/25/eng20070625_387299.html http://english.people.com.cn/200706/24/eng20070624_387207.html Under heavy pressure to cut energy consumption, China is now turning the spotlight on to construction projects, the transportation sector and government buildings. Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:29:50 +0800 http://english.people.com.cn/other/book/guestbook.php?book_id=387207&link=/200706/24/eng20070624_387207.html