Athens Olympic torch relay in Montreal

Torchbearer Se stien Lareau carries the Olympic flame away from the ratoire St. Joseph during Day 16 of the Athens 2004 lympic Torch Relay on Sunday, June 20, 2004 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The lympic Flame travels to 34 cities in 27 countries en route to the Athens 2004 lympic Games (AP photo)

Second working group meeting for six-party talks starts

Reporters wait for the arrival of the delegations to a meeting of the second working group for the six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsular, at the entrance to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 21, 2004. The second working group meeting started at the guesthouse Monday morning to prepare for the third round six-party talks, due on June 23-26.

Portugal edges Spain out of Euro 2004

Luis Figo (R) and Spanish Carles Puyol in a match of Group A in Euro 2004. Substitute Nuno Gomes's brilliant blast led the hosts Portugal to the last eight with a 1-0 win over Spain in their last group match of the European soccer championship.

South Korean held as hostage in Iraq

A man identified as South Korean Kim Soong Il, is seen in this image taken from an undated but recent video obtained by Al-Jazeera television station Sunday, June 20, 2004. In the video, a group calling itself Monotheism and Jihad said that Korea had 24 hours to meet its demands of the withdrawal of Korean troops from Iraq, or they would kill Kim Soong Il. (AP photo)

Dragon boat race in HK

Players of dragon boat teams compete during an annual dragon boat race at the port of Chai Wan in Hong Kong, June 20, 2004. It was held Sunday for the upcoming Chinese traditional Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival, which falls on June 22 this year.

Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament 2004 in Shanghai

Local residents are attracted by a performance of motorboats on the Suzhou River during the Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament 2004 in Shanghai, June 20, 2004. Some 24 teams of dragon boat from the city participated in a 250m race for the upcoming Chinese traditional Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival, which falls on June 22 this year.

Iraqi PM vows to control violence

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi addresses a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, June 20, 2004. Allawi pledged that the country's interim government would do its best to control waves of violence sweeping the country before the transfer of power by the US occupation forces to the Iraqi interim government on June 30.

Ancient Temple destroyed in fire

Picture taken on June 20, 2004 shows the charred wooden rafters on the pitched roof of the Huguo Temple in Beijing. Some buildings of the 720-year-old Huguo Temple, which is located at the Xicheng District of the capital, were destroyed in a fire occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday morning at a western side hall of the temple, and no casualty was reported.

Sino-British maritime exercise

Zhang Panhong (R), chief of the general staff of the North Sea Fleet of People's Liberation Army Navy, directs a search-and-rescue exercises off the coast of Qingdao, port city in east China's Shandong province, June 20, 2004. The Sino-British maritime exercise concluded here Sunday after completing all the scheduled programs including communication exercises, fleet order changing and search-and-rescue. The first Sino-British maritime exercise in the nontraditional security field was directed by Zhang Panhong and David Snelson, chief-of-staff warfare to commander-in-chief of the fleet of British Royal Navy.

15 Chinese military officers promoted to generals

Jiang Zemin (4th L, front line), Chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), President Hu Jintao (4th R, front line), who is also Vice-Chairman of the CMC, and other military leaders take group photo together with those 15 senior military officers who are confered the rank of general in Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of the central government in Beijing, Capital of China, June 20, 2004.

Czech rushes into quarterfinals

Pavel Nedved (C) of Czech jubilates with his teammates after their second round match against Netherlands of Goup D at Euro 2004 in Aveiro, Portugal, June 19, 2004. Czech won the match 3-2 and became the first team to qualify for the quarterfinal of the tournament.

Athens Olympic torch relayed through NY

Bob Beamon, long-jumping gold medallist of the 1968 Olympic Summer Games in Mexico raises high the Athens Olympic torch on June 19. 2004 Athens Olympic flame arrives at New York, a candidate for the host of 2012 Olympics.

CPC official meets Ecuadorian guests

Wu Guanzheng (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Fausto Gilmar Gutierrez, chairman of the Patriotic Society 21 of January of Ecuador in Beijing June 20, 2004. (Xinhua Photo)