Japan establishes 2nd Confucius College

President of Obirin University Toyoshi Satow speaks at the signing ceremony for the Confucius College on Nov 1, 2005. He wishes the 2nd Confucius College in Japan can help more Japanese students to contact Chinese culture and learn China's progress and achievements.

Liu Xiang wins gold at East Asian Games

Liu Xiang (C) of China clears a hurdle ahead of Park Taekyung (L) of South Korea and Ohashi Yuji of Japan in the men's 110 meters hurdles final at the East Asian Games in Macau, China November 2, 2005. Liu won the gold medal.

Hu delivers speech, meets Vietnamese leaders

Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of China, delivers an important speech in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on November 1, 2005. Hu arrived here on Monday for a three-day official goodwill visit to Vietnam.

US frees 500 prisoners from Abu Ghraib

Iraqi men released from Abu Ghraib prison celebrate as they are driven away from Al-Nusoor Square in central Baghdad Nov. 1. The US military released about 500 Iraqi detainees from the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The 39th "Cologne art expo"

A visitor watches an artwork in the 39th "Cologne art expo" in Cologne, west city of Germany Oct. 30. Around 250 galleries from 26 countries and regions attended the 5-day 39th "Cologne art expo" opened on Oct. 28. The organizer of the expo estimated the trade volume at 80 million Euros. The annual "Cologne art expo" which began in 1967 is considered to be one of the biggest and oldest art expos in the world.

Eaglet-500 plane passes CAAC examination

People view a Little Eaglet-500 plane during an international investment and trade fair held in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, on Nov.1, 2005. The Little Eaglet-500 plane, China's first plane with all intellectual property rights, has passed the airworthiness examination by the general bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and could be put into batch production.

Halloween parade in New York City

Some girls pose for a photo during the annual Halloween parade in New York City of the United States, Oct. 31, 2005. The parade drew thousands of people onto the streets of Manhattan in New York.

Chinese, Russian deputy PMs' meeting

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (R) shakes hands with her Russian counterpart Alexander Zhukov after signing the Summary of Minutes for the Ninth Meeting of the Commission for Chinese and Russian Prime Ministers in Sanya, a city of China's southernmost Hainan Province, on November 1, 2005. Wu and Zhukov co-chaired the ninth meeting of the commission for regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers here on Tuesday.