Three-nation crew blasts off for space station

ALMATY, Dec 20: –    A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Canadian blasted off on Wednesday to the International Space Station (ISS), where the men are to spend half a year in orbit. The Russian-built Soyuz TMA-07M lifted off on time, at 1742 IST, from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (agencies)