Chinese
Vice-President Hu Jintao
arrived in Antananarivo
Saturday to start his
three-day official visit to
the island country of
Madagascar, the first leg
of his 13-day four-nation
African tour.
A gigantic balloon with
the mission to collect data on
the ozone layer was released
at noon Saturday in Huizhou
City of south China's
booming province of
Guangdong.