International wedding gown exhibition

A Chinese couple walk past a wedding photograph poster at an international wedding gown and photography equipment exhibition in Shanghai on February 25, 2005. The four-day show is said to be the largest in Asia. In China in recent years, young couples chose to go to studios to shoot their wedding gown photographs.

Japan to launch carrier rocket

Japan will send its carrier rocket H-2A into sky at about 5 pm on the afternoon of February 26 local time. It will be the seventh time of the launch. It was scheduled to be launced on February 24. But it was delayed due to the weather. Yahho photo

A380 ready to take off

The largest aircraft A380 which can carry some 500 passengers will set out its virgin flight at the end of March or the beginning of April this year. Airbus has won 154 orders for its A380 from 15 clients including 5 from China Southern Airlines last month.

Ferrari unveils new car

Six-time Formula One Grand Prix champion Ferrari has unveiled its new racing car, the F2005, at its Maranello base. Ferrari will spend the next two months honing the car to ensure maximum performance and reliability in another year of changes to the F1 rulebook. The 2005 challenger will make its debut in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on May 8. Sina Photo

Job hunting and job hopping

Job seekers attend a job fair in Beijing, February 25, 2005. More than 100,000 job seekers packed the two-day job fair which provided 20,000 vacancies. It is said this will be the largest job fair this year in Beijing. China Daily

CPPCC prepares for national session

At the 8th Conference of The Standing Committee of the 10th National Committee of CPPCC which is commenced on the morning of February 26, the 10th CPPCC National Committee decides to hold its 3rd session on March 3. Working regulations for the newly revised CPPCC charter is also reviewed at the meeting. Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the National Committee of CPPCC presides over the meeting in Beijing.

Tel Aviv bomb attack

Four people were killed and at least 38 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up Friday night outside a discotheque on a Tel Aviv promenade. Source: Xinhua/AFP

South Korea, Japan, US meet on nuclear talks

South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (C), Director-General of Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asia-Oceania bureau Kenichiro Sasae (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Christopher Hill join hands during a meeting in Seoul February 26, 2005. South Korean, U.S. and Japanese negotiators met on Saturday to coordinate their stance in dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions, their first meeting since Pyongyang hinted it may be ready to return to negotiations. Photo: Reuters/Yahoo

Chinese leaders meet Vanuatu PM

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with visiting Vanuatuan Prime Minister Ham Lini at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Feb. 25, 2005. Ham Lini arrived here Thursday for an official visit to China from Feb. 24 to Mar. 4 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.