Floodwater in New Orleans seriously contaminated

Pictures taken on September 7 showed piles of garbage floating on the water in New Orleans streets, the water itself having turned black and stinking. Local waters have been severely polluted since they contain oil, chemicals, human and animal waste, huge amounts of rubbish, as well as many uncollected bodies. Lab tests indicted a bacterium level much higher than allowed. By now three people are feared dead due to polluted water in hurricane ravaged areas. (Xinhua photos)

China's first cross-border oil pipe

China-Kazakhstan oil pipe in final construction. Sept.2, welding has been finished along the 370 -km section built by China.The Atasu-Alashankou oil pipe line has now entered into the final stage. As part of China's first cross-border oil pipe China-Kazakhstan oil pipe, the project broke ground in September last year.3000 Chinese and Kazakhstan workers are working along the 1,000 -kilometer site. The project will be completed in December this year. China and Kazakhstan reached a deal on a oil pipe program in 1997 which would stretch 3,000 kilometers from Alataw by the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan to the Alashankou Pass in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The gross investment is 2.5 billion to 3 billion USD. Xinhua photo

Zhongguancun IT Festival kicks off

This is the Kodak's booth at the 8th Zhongguancun IT Festival which was inaugurated on Sept.7 at China's "silicon valley" in Beijing. The theme of the 6-day annual event is defined as "creative, harmonious, excellent". Mr. Tan Weike, secretary of Haidian District CPC Committee, has pledged to make Zhongguancun the center for electronic products trading and base for the creative industry at national-level in 3 to 5 years. Not only a showcase of the state-of-art technologies and products, the festival also addresses the issue of electronic garbage to build a recycling-based economy. People's Daily Online

President Hu kicks off visit to Canada

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C, front) arrives in the Canadian capital of Ottawa Sept. 8, 2005. Hu Jintao arrived in Ottawa Thursday for a state visit aimed at promoting the all-round partnership of cooperation between China and Canada. The Chinese president will also pay a state visit to Mexico and attend the UN summit scheduled for Sept. 14-16 in New York.

The 22nd Congress on the law of the world held in Shanghai

Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2005 shows the 22nd Congress on the law of the world held in Shanghai, east China.The Congress opened in Beijing on Monday.

AL extraordinary FMs meeting in Cairo

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) talks with his Libyan counterpart Abdul-Rahman Mohamm during the Arab League (AL)'s extraordinary foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo, capital of Egypt Sept. 8, 2005.

China crowned 10th straight Asian Champs title

World Cup and Olympic champions China beat Kazakhstan three sets to love in the final to win their tenth consecutive title at the Asian women's volleyball championship. China, who won the champion in 1979 and all since 1987, have been on the top of the Asian podium for the eleventh time.

Commemorative Disney stamps to be issued in Hong Kong

Parts of the commemorative Disney stamps are displayed at a preview ceremony at the Central Post Office Sept. 8, 2005. Commemorative Disney stamps will be issued to coincide with the inauguration of the Disneyland on Sept. 12.

Yushchenko dismisses Ukrainian gov't

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sacked the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday, saying cabinet members and other top aides had lost their "team spirit."

Clinton visits AIDS patients in China

Former US President Bill Clinton arrived in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province, where he met some adult AIDS patients in a hospital and visited the provincial disease control center on Sept 8, 2005.

Russian President Putin visits Germany

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) is welcomed by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder upon his arrival at the chancellery in Berlin September 8, 2005. During Putin��s visit, he will sign an agreement with Schroeder to build a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

Chinese premier meets Hungarian counterpart

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany Ferenc during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijng, capital of China Sept. 8, 2005. During his two-day working visit, Gyurcsany Ferenc will attend several business occasions and deliver a speech at a prestigious university in Beijing, according to diplomatic resources.

Chinese relief goods arrive in US

Journalists cover the arrival of relief aid from China to the United States for victims of Hurricane Katrina at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas of the United States on Sept. 7, 2005. The relief goods, weighing 104 tons, included light power generators, tents, bedsheets and clothes, etc. China announced last Saturday that it had decided to offer disaster relief up to 5 million US dollars along with emergency supplies to the US people victimized by Hurricane Katrina, and that if necessary the Chinese government would send rescue workers to help in medical treatment and epidemic prevention in the disaster-stricken areas.