Russian military history exhibition "Legend of aircraft" opens

Russian military history exhibition Legend of Aircrafts opens in the suburb of Moscow July 28, 2005. At the exhibition visitors have chance to see a batch of old aircrafts that had made outstanding battle achievements during WWII. Flight performance is available at the exhibition too.

Beautiful elks

Situated in central Jiangsu Province, the Dafeng National Nature Reserve for Elks covers 78,000 hectares of wetland. It is known as the "hometown of elks in China". In 2002 it is listed on the category of world's important wetlands. Thanks to increasing improvement of shelterbelts along the sea, the ecological environment of the nature reserve is well protected. The elk number has increased from 39 to 706. The nature reserve has become a beautiful kingdom for birds, insects, fishes etc.

Ten die in offshore fire in India

Survivors are taken to a makeshift rescue center in Bombay, July 28, 2005. Local media reported that an offshore oil platform under the Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) Bombay High oil field caught fire at 16:00 on July 27. The platform, ships nearby and a rig were destroyed. About 385 people were working there when the fire broke out. Till now 351 have been rescued and ten died.

Rwandese doctor settles in village in east China

Locals of the Xiwang Village in Zouping County of east China's Shandong Province hold a welcoming ceremony for a man holding a doctoral degree as he settled in the village, July 28, 2005. The Rwandese has just received his doctoral degree in food science in China's Southern Yangtze University and found a suitable job in a village-run enterprise.

UK police arrest nine bombing suspects

A policeman carries out mission at a house in which bombing suspects were arrested previously, July 28, 2005. British police announced on that day that they had, according to the Terrorism Act 2000, arrested nine people in connection with last week's attempted attacks on London in anti-terror raids in south London.

1st National Sand-Sculpture Contest

Ten large-scale sand-sculptures created by many famous Chinese sand-sculptors on "the first beach in the world", the Silver Beach in Beihai, got their ranking on July 28. "Hometown to south pearls", created by Zhang Yangen, an associate professor of Guangxi Arts Institute, won the first prize. Ten sand-sculptors from various arts institutes and organizations in China took part in the first National Sand-Sculpture Contest. Starting from July 21, they created works with a height of 3.6 meters, covering an area of 25 square meters in seven days. The works mainly feature sceneries and customs of the countries along the ancient "Marine Silk Road" starting form the coast of Beibu Gulf.

Man. United loses to Kashima Antlers 1-2

Injured Park Ji-Sung (C) of the Manchester United receives treatment, July 28, 2005. Manchester United lost a friendly against Japan's Kashima Antlers 1-2 in Tokyo on that day. During the match, a slight earthquake jolted eastern Japan and Tokyo.

Body of wrongly killed Brazilian returns home

The corpse of the Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by the London police, was sent back to Brazil July 28. The London police mistook Menezes for a suicide bomber and shot him eight times at Stockwell tube station on July 22.

Photo exhibition features friendly exchanges opens in Tokyo

Zhao Qizheng (C), Minister of the Information Office of the State Council, Cai Mingzhao (L), vice-minister of the office, and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi (R) cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony of a Beijing-sponsored photo exhibition in Tokyo July 28, 2005.

Dance of "Guanyin Buddha" makes a stir in Nanning

Members of Chinese Art Ensemble of disabled people perform a dance named "Guanyin Buddha", Buddhist goddess of mercy at Guangxi People's Hall in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 28, 2005. It is the second time that the ensemble performed in the city. Presented by deaf and mute dancers, the art troupe was set up in 1987 and has won reputation in more than 30 countries.

First box beam laid for sea-crossing bridge at Hangzhou Bay

The 1,430-ton box beam lifted by LGB1600 bridge erection equipment, July 28, 2005. On July 28, the constructors succeeded in laying of the first box beam for the sea-cross bridge at Hangzhou Bay in east China's Zhejiang Province on July 28, 2005. The box beam is 50 meters in length and 1, 430 tons in weight. The bridge, 36 kilometers long, has 10.48 kilometers in beach areas, accounting for 29.1 percent of the total length. The commanding office of the project conquered the world-class difficulty in beam-laying at beach and created a record in the world's bridge construction history for "laying beam on beam" of largest weight.

World Carnival to open today in Beijing

The big ferris wheel and surrounding sculpture figures are seen in this photo taken in Beijing early Thursday morning. World's largest touring carnival event, World Carniva, will open in Beijing today, July 29, 2005. (newsphoto)

Chinese TV maker put color TV assembly line into operation in Kenya

Mukhisa Kitnyi (2nd L), Kenyan minister of trade and industry, shakes hands with Li Da, head of Aucma Africa Digit Technology Company, in Nairobi July 28, 2005. Chinese TV set manufacturer Aucma put into operation a color TV set assembly line in Nairobi July 28. It was the second imported by Kenya from China.

Tang Jiaxuan meets US Secretary of State

Tang Jiaxuan (L), China's State Councilor met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on July 27 2005 in Washington.

Wu Peng takes the bronze in the men's 200m butterfly final

Japan's Takeshi Matsuda, Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski and China's Wu Peng (from left to right) hold their medals won in the men's 200m butterfly final at the 11th FINA World Championships held in Montreal, Canada, July 27, 2005. Korzeniowski took the gold medal with a time of 1 minute and 55.02 seconds. Matsuda took the silver and Wu the bronze.

The fourth round of the six-party talks continues

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo(R) shakes hands with Sasae Kenichiro, director general of the Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, also head of Japanese delegation at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2005. The fourth round of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue continued its closed-door meetings July 28, the third day of the negotiations.

Wal-Mart opens first store in Shanghai

Consumers choose and buy commodities at Wal-Mart's first store in Shanghai, east China, July 28, 2005. Wal-Mart opened its first store in the Chinese economic hub July 28.

Alekseyev on the fourth round of the six-party talks

Alexander Alekseyev, Russian deputy foreign minister and head of the Russian delegation to the six-party talks, holds a press conference at the Russian Embassy to China in Beijing July 28, 2005. Alekseyev briefed reporters about the fourth round of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, held in Beijing.

Mubarak to run for next president

Photo taken on June 18, 2005 shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaking. Mubarak announced on July 28 that he would run for next president in the election slated for September 7. The 77-year-old president has served four consecutive six-year terms since 1981.

Chinese leaders hold talks with Indonesian President

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) hosts a ceremony to welcome Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 28, 2005.