Vice Premier Wu attends China-ASEAN Expo

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (C) visits the exhibition with guests from home and abroad at the China-ASEAN Expo, November 3. China-ASEAN Expo, which opened on November 3, attracted more than 1,500 companies from China, ASEAN member nations and other countries, including 19 companies of from world's top 500.

China's "Xiaolong" fighter plane displayed at aviation exhibition

Visitors view the models of Chinese-made "Xiaolong" fighter plane at the Fifth Chinese International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, a city in south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 2, 2004.

North China has first snow

Trees are covered with rime in Qiqihar City in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province in early morning of Nov. 2, 2004. The first snowfall in Qiqihar this year occurred in the evening of Nov. 1, with most parts of the area reporting 2 millimeters deep.

Afghanistan to build 70, 000-soldier army by 2007

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) take part in an exercise at a military training base in Kabul Nov. 2, 2004. The Afghan government intends to build an army with 70,000 soldiers by 2007.

iRule from New Zealand wins 2004 MSOQ

Team members of CHINA TECGAR sprint to the final line at 2004 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest (MSOQ), in Sabah, Malaysia. Team iRule from New Zealand claimed the overall championship at 24:17:54. The tournament concluded at Menera Tun Mustapha, the highest building of Malaysia on Nov. 2.

Security strengthened for China-ASEAN Expo

A Chinese policeman demonstrates an anti-explosive robot at the venue of the First China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 2, 2004. Security has been strengthened for the expo, to be kicked off Nov. 3.

British aerobatics teams show in Zhuhai

Two members of Britain's UBB aerobatics team wave to visitors during the Fifth Chinese International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (CIAAE) in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 2, 2004.

Arafat in stable condition

Bouquet for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat outside Percy military hospital on the outskirts of Paris. Palestinian officials said here Monday that the health of Yasser Arafat is "stable" and that they are "more confident" of an improvement in his condition. Arafat flew to Paris last Friday from his headquarters in Ramallah where he had been confined since December 2001.

US presidential election starts

A policeman verifies voters' identity at the polling station in the City Hall of Boston, hometown of United States Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, Nov. 2, 2004.

Chinese Premier meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi during a welcoming ceremony Wen hosts for Meles Zenawi in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 2, 2004.

Top legislator visits Zimbabwe

Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, holds talks with Emmerson Mnangagwa, Speaker of Zimbabwean National Assembly in Harare, Nov. 2, 2004.