Traditional Tibetan culture carried forward

A Tibetan girl with the Tibetan Language School of Sichuan province does dancing exercises during a break on Oct. 24, 2005. Located in Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, Tibetan Language School of Sichuan province was set up in 1980 and it is China's first bilingual secondary specialized school where Tibetan language is given priority and classes are mainly taught in Tibetan language.

Grass fire from Mongolia threatens Chinese border

Forest police officers try to put out fire in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Oct. 25, 2005. Grass fire breaking out from Mongolia crossed the borderline with China on several sections of the area on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, forming threat to more than 100 kilometers of borderline with China. Local government in the region in north China has sent approximately 1,000 forest police officers to hold up the fire from further entering China. (Xinhua Photo)

Iraq's draft constitution ratified

Iz al-Deen (R), head of the Iraqi Independent Electoral Commission, delivers a speech on the referendum of Iraq's draft constitution at a press conference in Baghdad, capital of Iraq on Oct. 25, 2005. Officials from the Iraqi Independent Electoral Commission said that 78 percent of voters said "yes" to the draft whereas 21 percent voted "no" in Iraq's 18 provinces on Tuesday.

Grand gathering marking China's WWII recovery of Taiwan

Jia Qinglin (standing on the podium), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivers a speech at a grand gathering marking the 60th anniversary of China's recovery of Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule after the World War II at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 25, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)

Ceremony in Pyongyang marks 55th anniversary of Chinese People's Volunteers

Yang Hyong Sop (back), vice president of the DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), presents a wreath to the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, Oct. 25, 2005. As the 55th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' participation into the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea comes, staff of the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang and many Korean people went to the Friendship Tower and the martyr cemetery of Chinese People's Volunteers to lay wreaths.

Gold bar issued to mark successful space mission

Photo shows the museum-issued memorial gold bar marking the successful mission of China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI at a press meeting on October 24, 2005. Each of the gold bars, sold upon pre-order only, costs 32,000 yuan (US$3,954.72) and weighs 100 grams and a total 1,000 bars are up for sale.

Sudanese President meets with senior Chinese military official

Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed El-Bashir (R) meets with Xu Caihou (L) , vice-chairman of the China's Central Military Commission in Khurtum, Capital of Sudan, Oct. 24, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese premier holds talks with Singaporean counterpart

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, Oct. 25, 2005. Lee arrived in Beijing Monday afternoon. He will also visit Tianjin, which neighbors Beijing, and northeast China's Liaoning Province. During his week-long stay in China, Lee will also meet top Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo and Jia Qinglin.

"United for Children, United Against AIDS" launched

Volunteers Reitumetse Phooko (L) and Yaroslav Oreshkin (R) pose for a photo in front of a poster in London, capital of UK, on Oct. 25, 2005. An ambitious global program, "United for Children, United Against AIDS", aimed at saving more kids from the fatal disease was launched by UNICEF and UNAIDS on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)

Anniversary of Taiwan's recovery celebrated

Actresses perform Tuesday during a big gathering in Beijing in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule. Historical facts "indisputably" prove that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, said Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.