Britain Celebrates Queen's 79th Birthday

Britain put on one of its grandest annual shows of royal pageantry Saturday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's official 79th birthday. Queen Elizabeth II, wearing blue, is surrounded by her family. AP/CRI

Thousands Demand Ouster of Arroyo

Thousands of protesters on Saturday demanded President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo step down during the biggest anti-government rally.Filipino demonstrators, opposing the government of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, push back anti-riot police during a rally in Manila .China Daily/Reuters

Johnson betters Liu in 110m hurdels duel

Allen Johnson (L) and China's Xiang Liu (R) clear a barrier in the 110 meter hurdles at the Reebok/NYC Grand Prix in New York June 11. Johnson won the race, Xiang finished third. Xinhua

1st base for public security education to open soon in Beijing

In the House for Public Security Education in Beijing, visitors can experience a variety of natural disasters such as thunder storms, earthquakes, tsunami, floods, fire and traffic accident to learn how to save one's own life, as well as others' lives in case of emergency. This is the first base for education of public security in China. It will be open to the public on June 16. This picture shows how to escape a fire. People's Daily Online

Made home in city

The government of Nan'an (southern bank of the river) district in Chongqin required local communities turn idle buildings and inns into apartments for porters (migrant workers from rural areas living on porterage ) . An apartment building is being built and will be put into use by the yearend which can accommodate some 2000 migrant workers from rural areas. This is a room in an apartment for a porter.People's Daily Online

Scientific field management leads to good harvest

Scientific field management brings a good harvest this summer to farmers in Linyi in Shandong Province in east China. In Zhutian town, farmers initiated mutual dependent teams to work on threshing. People's Daily Online

Hotel fire in Shantou

Several gas tanks are salvaged from a hotel on fire in Shantou city of south China's Guangdong province, on Friday June 10, 2005. A hotel fire in southern China killed 30 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. The fire broke out at noon Friday at the hotel in Shantou, a city in south China's Guangdong province, and engulfed the top three stories of the four-story building, the agency said.AP/Xinhua

Death toll rises to 91 in Heilongjiang flooding

Death toll rose to 91 in a heavy flood in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province as of Sunday morning and 25 others are hospitalized, local rescue work headquarters said.Xinhua photo

International tourism image ambassadors tour around central China

On June 11, a delegation of 75 Miss International Tourism , set out their traveling around the central China.Henan Provincial government held a ceremony at the Henan Museum to welcome the "tourism image ambassadors" from 75 countries and regions.