Chery motors gain recognition in Egypt

General Manager of the CIG Sales and Service Center for Chery Motors Ahmed (R) took a photo with a representative of Chery in Cairo, Egypt March 30. More than 500 Chery automobiles have been sold in Egypt since China's Chery Motor's cooperation with CIG Group in October 2004. The Chery automobiles are gradually gaining recognition from Egyptian consumers.

Yao, Rockets sweep Trail Blazers 100-84

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (11) soars in for two of his 18 first half points as Portland Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire (3) looks on during first quarter action of NBA game in Portland, Oregon on March 30, 2005. (Reuters)

Iran leader takes reporters to key nuke plant

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami inspects the nuclear plant which Washington wants dismantled and whose existence was kept secret until 2002. Mohammad Khatami took a group of journalists deep underground on Wednesday into the heart of a nuclear plant which Washington wants dismantled and whose existence was kept secret until 2002.

Israeli Minister of Defense visits Pentagon

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) hosts an honor cordon to welcome Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz(2nd R) to the Pentagon 30 March, 2005, in Washington, DC.

England beat stubborn Azerbaijan 2-0

England's David Beckham celebrates his goal against Azerbaijan in their group six World Cup qualifying soccer match at St. James' Park in Newcastle, March 30, 2005. (Reuters Photo)

China Open Snooker Championships

China's Ding Junhui hits the ball during a match at China Open Snooker Championships in Beijing, March 30, 2005. Ding beat his opponent, former world champion Peter Ebdon, 5-0. The Chinese leading snooker player took perfect breaks of 62, 72, 78,48 and a cool clearance, giving his practice partner Ebdon a tough lesson, to pass the first round.

Educational equipment exhibition held in Hangzhou

A staff wrote with a photoelectric pen on the surface of a rear-projection TV at the Modern Educational Equipment Exhibition March 30 in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Thousands types of network equipment, educational software and teaching apparatus are displayed at the exhibition.

College students' work displayed at China Fashion Week

A model displays an outfit designed by a graduate of Beijing University of Clothing Technology (BUCT) at the Collective Show of BUCT graduates during 2005/2006 China Fashion Week A/W Collections March 29, 2005.

KMT delegation, CPC officials hold talks

Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, holds working talks with Chiang Pin-kung, vice chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), in Beijing, capital of China, March 30, 2005. Chiang and his delegation arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.

Death toll rises to 27 in E. China chlorine leakage

Fire fighters were clearing a chlorine leakage site in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province on March 30 2005. The death toll rose to 27 in a liquefied chlorine leakage accident in Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, and 285 people poisoned were still being hospitalized. A tank truck carrying 35 tons of liquefied chlorine collided with a cargo truck at about 7:00 p.m. March 29 on the Huai'an section of the Beijing-Shanghai expressway.

Chinese citizens leave Bishkek for home

Adinar (R), a businessman from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region shows his passport to check in at an airport of Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on March 30, 2005. Over 80 Chinese citizens took a special flight of China Southern Airlines to leave Bishkek for home on Wednesday.

Quake-stricken Nias Island

Residents (R) pass by collapsed buildings in Gunung Sitoli, on Nias island, 30 March 2005 following the 8.7 magnitude tremor that hit shortly before midnight two days ago. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan 29 March voiced distress and pledged UN support following the huge earthquake off Indonesia that rescuers estimate may have claimed more than 1,000 lives.

Shanghai stock index hit six-year low

A shareholder contemplated inside a trading hall in Shanghai March 30. The Composite Stock Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,172.57 points on March 30, down 22.44 points from the previous close, witnessing a record low in six years.

Report cleared Annan of wrongdoings in oil-for-food program

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York March 29, 2005. The press conference was held after the release of the report by the independent inquiry committee, which cleared him of any wrongdoing in the United Nations 1996-2003 oil-for-food program for Iraq.