Official spokesperson of Athens Olympic Organizing Committee meets the press

Kristin Fabos (2R), official spokesperson of Athens Olympic Games meets the press at Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad (BOCOG) in Beijing on the afternoon of June 8. (photo: beijing-2008.org)

Athens Olympic flame lantern arrives in Beijing

Plane carrying Athens Olympic flame lantern lands in Beijing International Airport. The lantern carrying the Olympic flame was officially received by Liu Jingmin, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics (BOCOG) at Beijing Int'l airport. (People's Daily photo)

Safeguard for the G8 summit

A US soldier stands guard on the Jekyll Island in Savannah, Georgia, June 6, 2004, two days prior to the start of the G8 summit on the nearby Sea Island. The US government has deployed about 20,000 troops and armed policemen in Savannah to safeguard the summit participants.

Auto China Show to kick off in Beijing

A worker takes a break from installing exhibition stalls for the Auto China Show in Beijing June 7, 2004. The event will be held from June 9 to 16 in Beijing. [Agencies]

D-Day ceremony

A veteran signs his name for a lady during the D-day ceremonies in the cemetery near Caen, northwestern France, June 6, 2004. Leaders from 16 countries and thousands of World War II veterans attended the International ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Sunday.

Elderly examinee

Zou Weimin, 63, is prepared to take college entrance examinations in No. 1 High School in Haining, a city in east China's Zhejiang Province, June 7, 2004. Zou took part in the national college entrance examinations in 2003 and was enrolled as a part-time student at a medial training school in east China's Shanghai. Zou hoped to get enrolled as an undergraduate this year.

Cross-sea bridge at Hangzhou Bay under construction

The bridge starts from Jiaxing City in the north and ends at Ningbo City in the south, covering a full length of 36 km. After completion, it will cut the land distance between Ningbo and Shanghai by 120 km. With a total investment of 11.8 billion yuan, the whole project is expected to be finished by 2008.

CPPCC Chairman met Virginia governor of the the United States

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Mark Warner, Virginia governor of the the United States, in Beijing June 7, 2004.

National Assembly of ROK opens

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (Below) addresses the opening ceremony of the country's 17th National Assembly in Seoul June 7, 2004. Members of the National Assembly were elected on April 15.

Rescue of the workers trapped in coal mine underway

Rescuers prepare to enter the Da'anshan Coal Mine to search for 10 miners trapped in it in Beijing, China, June 7, 2004. A tunnel collapsed on June 6 in the mine in the Fangshan District, 90 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The rescue is still going on.

National college entrance examinations

Examinees walk out of a test center at No. 35 Middle School in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2004. There are 85,073 examinees in Beijing applying for this year's college entrance examinations, and the enrollment rate is expected at more than 70 percent. China's annual college entrance examinations started on June 7 this year.

First fight between Shenyang and Pyongyang

Crew members of a plane of China Southern Airlines Group pose for a photo upon their arrival at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 7, 2004. A passenger plane of China Southern Airlines Group landed here at 9: 10 a. m. Monday, marking the opening of the first flight between China's Shenyang City and DPRK's Pyongyang by China Southern Airlines Group.

Olympic torch displayed on Great Wall

Kristin Fabos, spokeswoman of Athens Olympic Games signs on a over 100-meter-long scroll in the Great Wall where a grand showing ceremony for Athens Olympic torch was held, June 8. (People's Daily photo)