2005 Helsinki autobike exhibition

A model displays a new style autobike in the 2005 Helsinki autobike exhibition in Helsinki, capital of Finland, on Feb. 5, 2005. Some 150 autobike companies participate this exhibition. New style highway autobike, cross-country autobike, mini-autobike and protective device for autobike were shown at the exhibition.

International fashion show in Helsinki

Models display summer outfits at the 2005 international fashion show in Helsinki, Finland, Feb. 5, 2005. The show will run until Feb. 7.

G7 finance minister meeting closed

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown gestures a journalist to ask questions during a news conference at the end of the G7 finance ministers meeting in London, capital of Britain, on Feb. 5, 2005. Brown said on Saturday finance chiefs from Group of Seven Countries have offered up to 100 percent debt relief for the world's poorest countries in an effort to boost their development.

Thai general election starts

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinavatra casts ballot at a station in Bangkok Feb 6th, 2005. The Thai general election starts at 8 a.m. Feb 6th (local time). Before the election, Thaksin said that the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party would win majority in the election.

Beijing enters peak travel period for Spring Festival

Passengers check in at Beijing International Airport in Beijing, Feb. 6, 2005. The number of flights at this airport reached 961 Sunday. The number of people traveling to or from Beijing by air had reached an average of 100,000 everyday since Feb. 4. Beijing entered peak travel period for Lunar New Year.

Tibetan New Year marked in Beijing

Tibetan actors perform on stage in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2005. A gathering was held by China Tibetology Research Center here Sunday to celebrate the New Year of the Wooden Rooster according to the traditional Tibetan calendar which falls on Feb. 9, 2005, the same day with Chinese Lunar New Year this year.

Gambler local official detained

Cai Haowen (R), who is on a A-level wanted list of the Ministry of Public Security of China for gambling away a large sum of public money, is detained in a detention house of the Jinzhou Railway Station in Jinzhou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2005. The Jilin provincial department of public security announced that Cai Haowen was captured Sunday in a train from Beijing to Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on the same day.

Jia Qinglin visits people of Hui nationality, religious institutions

Jia Qinglin (R2), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visits a Muslim's supermarket at Niujie community, a compact area inhabited by the Hui nationality in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2005. Jia also visited the Islamic Association of China and two religious institutions for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.