Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health

General Christian Estripeau, spokesman for French Defense forces' medical service talks to reporters outside the Percy military hospital in the southwest Paris suburb of Clamart Nov. 5, 2004. The spokesman said on Friday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health "has not deteriorated" and "is considered stable".

Wu Bangguo addresses the Zambian National Assembly

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress addresses the Zambian National Assembly in Lusaka, capital of Zambia Nov. 5, 2004.

Mountain fire in Jiangsu

Armed Police firefighters pull out a woods fire in East China's Jiangsu Province Friday, November 5, 2004. The fire, starting in the neighbouring Anhui Province Thursday, has been extinguished Friday. No casualties is reported. (newsphoto)

First snowfall in northeast China

Changchun in northeast China gets the first moderate snow this year November 5, 2004. The snowfall brings cooler and fresher air to most of northeast China -- Jilin and Heilongjiang province. (newsphoto)

EU summit vows to commit to Mideast "roadmap"1

French President Jacques Chirac (L) is greeted by European Union's current chairman, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, upon his arrival for the opening EU Summit in Brussels Nov. 4, 2004.

ASEAN security meeting held in Beijing

Indonesian Deputy Defense Minister Edi Sudrajat (3rd L) presides over the First Security Policy Conference of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Beijing, Nov. 5, 2004. The three-day meeting, which opened on Nov. 4, was the highest level of its kind ever held within the framework of ARF.