Miss Bikini China contest

Li Yu is crowned Miss Bikini China in Linfen, Shanxi Province on May 6, 2005. Li will represent China to compete in the Miss Universal Bikini contest, also in Linfen, on July-12-14. Contestants from 50 countries will then take part in the competition. (newsphoto)

17 dead, over 30 injured in car bomb in Baghdad

US soldiers secure the area where a car bomb exploded in the heart of Baghdad, May 7, 2005. A car bomb blew up on Baghdad's busy Tahrir square Saturday, killing 17 and wounding more than 30 people.

Germany to hold WWII commemoration in Berlin

German workers are engaged in setting up a stage for the activities commemorating the 60th anniversary of WWII in Berlin, Germany May 6, 2005. The German government will hold official gathering for the occasion on May 8, 2005.

Liu Xiang wins IAAF Japan Grand Prix

Athens Olympics gold medallist Liu Xiang (R) of China competes in the men's 110 meters hurdles finals at the IAAF Japan Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka, Japan, May 7, 2005. Liu won the race in 13.12 seconds.

Factory fire in Moscow causes no casualty

A helicopter works to put out fire over a factory catching fire in Moscow, May 7, 2005. The fire causes no casualty.

Asia-US seminar on economic development held in NY

Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a speech on a seminar themed with "global entrepreneurship and economic development for Asia and the United States" which is held in the City University of New York, the United States, May 6, 2005.

WWII military jeeps back to Dunkirk on show

Two girls wave to the British military vehicle driven on the street of Dunkirk, a port city of France, May 6, 2005. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-Fascist war, members of a British military vehicle club drove 20 WWII military jeeps and vans back to Dunkirk, where British and French Navy once successfully withdrew nearly 338,000 Allied troops from the German besiege in the year of 1940.

Veteran soldiers commemorate anti-Fascist victory

A veteran soldier who once participated in the Kursk Fight against German Troops in the year of 1943 inserts a bundle of flowers into the shot hole of an abandoned Tank in Kursk May 6, 2005. A serious of activities are scheduled to be held here to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-Fascist war before the approaching May 9, 2005.

ARATS president meets with PFP chairman in Shanghai

Wang Daohan (R), president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits meets with Taiwan's People First Party leader James Soong in Shanghai May 8, 2005.

FMs of China, ROK and Japan agree to strengthen coordination

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (C), Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) and their South Korean counterpart Ban Ki-Moon pose for a photo in Kyoto, Japan on May 7, 2005. The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea here Saturday agreed to strengthen coordination in dealing with regional issues after the third meeting of the Three-Party Committee of China, Japan and South Korea.