State leader meets Olympic delegation

Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politbureau, met with China's Olympic delegation on Tuesday. He

'Liver pregnancy' woman saved after baby removed

A pregnant woman is saved when doctors removed a baby from her livers in Shanghai August 4, 2004. The baby was dead when doctors of the Shanghai Pudong Gongli Hospital took it out of the mother's livers. It is reported that such pregnancy is extremely rare, so far only 14 cases reported in the world. (newsphoto)

Great British Beer Festival

An assistant dressed up as a Santa Claus adds beer for customers with traditional instruments in the Great British Beer Festival in London, capital of Britain, Aug. 3, 2004. The festival, opened on Aug. 3, attracted more than 700 kinds of beer around the world.

2nd Chinese-Foreign University Presidents Forum opens

Xu Zhihong (R), president of Peking University, talks to Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University, during the intermission of the opening ceremony of the 2nd Chinese-Foreign University Presidents Forum. The forum will last seven days with the theme centered on college development, academic research and commercialization of research findings. Fourteen renowned presidents and experts from overseas and China's Hong Kong will deliver speeches at the meeting. Presidents of more than 120 universities from China's mainland and Hong Kong attend the event.

Gallery Designers Show in Dusseldorf

Models present creations by Spanish designer Esther Montoya for the spring and summer in 2005 at the Gallery Designers Show in Dusseldorf, Germany, Aug. 3, 2004. The three-day fashion show closed on Tuesday.

Statue of Liberty reopens

People wearing a costume modelled after the Statue of Liberty take part in an activity for tax promotion in New York, the United States, Aug. 3, 2004. The statue was reopened to the public on Aug. 3, the first time since the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. People now can enter the statue's pedestal and visit a museum there.

International Communications Exhibition opens in Bangkok

Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, receives a wreath from an intelligent robot manufactured by the Japanese company Sony at the opening ceremony of the International Communications Exhibition in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, August 4, 2004. Some 450 companies from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attended this exhibition.

Guangdong Baiyun Airport retires at 72

Local residents watch an aircraft taking off from the Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province August 4, 2004, one day before the closure of the airport. The airport has long been overburdened by increasing passengers and cargo liners and a new airport, which is about four times the size of the existing one, is to be put into use Thursday morning.

Wang Junxia attends torch relay in Greece

The famous Chinese athlete, former Olympic champion Wang Junxia (L) poses for a photo with another torch bearer in a torch relay in Delfi, Greece, Aug. 3,2004.

Britain marks 90th anniversary of WWI

British veterans attend a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914, at the Cenotaph, London, Britain August 4, 2004.

Macao banks start RMB services

Li Ruogu (Front, L), vice governor of People'e Bank of China (PBOC) and Anselmo Teng, president of the Macao Monetary Authority, sign a memorandum in Macao Aug. 4, 2004. Based on the memorandum local banks in Macao can provide deposit, remittance, exchange and credit card services of RMB.

Premier Wen meets president pro tempore of US Senate

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Ted Stevens, president pro tempore of the United States Senate, in Beijing, China August 4, 2004. Wen said that the sound growth of Sino-US ties is conducive to world peace, stability and development.

Premier Wen meets Pakistani Senate Chairman

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (right) shakes hands with visiting Pakistani Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro in Beijing, China August 4, 2004. Wen said both China and Pakistan should substantiate the Sino-Pakistani joint declaration on the directions of bilateral cooperation.

Schoolyard stabbing in Beijing

A boy is wheeled into a hospital in Beijing after he was stabbed by the kindergarten doorman August 4, 2004. A knife-wielding gatekeeper at a Beijing kindergarten slashed 15 young children Wednesday morning, killing one child, and injuring three teachers. (newsphoto)