2005 Pulitzer Prizes announced

Columbia University announced April 4, 2005 that San Francisco Chronicle photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography with his work showing an Iraqi war victim drawing with a pencil fixed on his broken arm.

Yonex Open Badminton Championships held in Tokyo

China's Jiang Yanjiao acts during the women's singles qualifying round against Chinese Taipei's Chiu Yiju at Yonex Open Badminton Championships held in Tokyo, April 5, 2005. Jiang won the game by 2-0 (11-1, 11-5).

People pay tribute to Chinese martyrs in Nanjing

Students place white flowers at the Memorial Hall for Compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Forces of Aggression on April 5, at "Qingming", the Chinese traditional "Festival of Pureness and Brightness" to mourn ancestors and deceased relatives. People flocked to the memorial on that day to pay tribute to Chinese martyrs and the 300, 000 compatriots killed by Japanese invaders in the massacre in 1937.

Ceremony held to commemorate ancestor of Chinese Nation

More than 5,000 Chinese from both home and overseas gathered yesterday in front of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Huangling, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, to pay their respects to the father of the Chinese nation.

Female dragon boat team

Members of a female dragon boat team take a break during a game in Tangjing Village of Deqing County in east China's Zhejiang Province on April 4, 2005. In their thirties or forties, the women of the team have vied with men during annual dragon boat game since its foundation in 2003.

Benz recalls 5,345 cars in China

A cleaner washes the sign of an auto store of Mercedes-Benz in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, April 5, 2005. Mercedes-Benz China announced Friday a recall in China of 5,345 cars of three models to fix a problem with the brakes. The car manufacturer will check and upgrade the braking system in all E-class, SL-class and CLS-Class cars built after June 2001,said Mercedes-Benz in a report submitted Friday to the State Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine.

Premier Wen meets with Pakistani PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz (R) welcomes Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao upon Wen's arrival at a military airport in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, April 5, 2005. Wen started a three-day visit to Pakistan on April 5.

Textbook rekindles public uproar in S. Korea

Civic group members and scholars from China, Japan and S. Korea, including members of the Asia Peace and History Education Network, chant slogans denouncing Japan's approval of textbooks that distort history and lay claim to Tokto, at a media briefing in central Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap Photo)

Residents of Jinan experience summer heat in advance

Two girls in summer dress walk at the Quancheng Square in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, April 5, 2005. The highest temperature stood at 28 degrees centigrade in Jinan April 5, bringing summer heat in advance to the residents.

Japanese civil groups protest distorted textbook

Representatives of Japanese civic groups hold a press conference in Tokyo April 5, 2005. Sixteen Japanese civic groups held the press conference to protest against a new edition of school textbook, approved by Japan's Ministry of Education on Tuesday. The textbook whitewashes Japan's militaristic past.

Chinese peace-keeping force in Haiti returns home

Members of the Chinese peace-keeping force stationed in Haiti walk out of Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, April 5, 2005. The 30 members of the force's advance team returned to Beijing in two batches April 4-5 after finishing their half-year peace-keeping mission in Haiti.

Chinese Confucius Institute opens in Islambad

Cao Guoxing (2nd, L), director of the International Cooperation Department under China's Ministry of Education, and Aziz Ahmad (1st, L), rector of Pakistan National University of Modern Languages, unveil the Chinese Confucius Institute on the campus of the university in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 4, 2005. The Institute will promote Chinese language and culture in Pakistan.