Sci & Tech -- December 15, 2005

• China to finish all unmanned lunar probing around 2017
• China builds up digital video broadcasting system
• Highly pathogenic microbe labs must operate under goverment supervision: ministry
• Japan to launch plant-made handset
• Microsoft unveils Kiswahili software

• Peru's "Little Mermaid" in good condition six months after surgery
• Return of Japan's asteroid probe postponed due to faulted thruster
• Six military experts elected as academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering
• US scientist questions Korean cloning research
• US scientist further questions cloning methods