Top of the "bird's nest" sealed

The Beijing Olympic mascot "friendlies" attend the ceremony for the top-sealing of the "bird's nest" on Nov 15 in Beijing. Constructors seal the top of the concrete structure of the main body of the National Stadium, or the "bird's nest" on Nov 15 in Beijing.

Commemorative bagdes of Beijing Olympic mascots issued

A shop assistant of the Laofengxiang Gold Shop shows a silver commemorative badge of "friendlie", the mascot for Beijing Olympic Games in Caohu, Anhui on Nov 15. The gold and silver commemorative badges of the "friendlies" were issued in China on Nov 12. The face of the badge features the standard picture of "friendlies" and on the back is the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games.

The evolvement of PLA Air Force's Uniforms

The group of photos show the evolvement of PLA Air Force's Uniforms chronologically.

Multi-foot robot developed in Harbin

The technicians of the Harbin Engineering University are making adjustments to a multi-foot robot Nov 15. Adopting the theory of Bionics, the robot performs control using animal-like neural networks. At present the robot has eight "feet", but more feet can be added. It can be used in search and rescue, exploration and volcano monitoring.

Three US marines killed in Iraq

US soldiers get off a helicopter in southeast Falluja of Iraq on Nov 14. Three US marines were killed during the "steel curtain" operation in a region near the Iraq-Syria border. The death toll of the US troops in Iraq has exceeded 2070 since the Iraqi War broke out.

An oddly-shaped tomato

The tomato, bought by Mr. Wang at a market in Huaibei, Anhui Provice, looks like a flying dove from this angle.

Buddha's finger relic enshrined in ROK

A Korean monk pays homage to the Buddha's finger relic at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, ROK on Nov 15. The Buddha's finger relic excavated at the Famensi Temple in China's Shaanxi Province will be enshrined in ROK. Along with the Buddha's finger relic are 35 pieces of precious cultural relics of Tang Dynasty, many of them are shown abroad for the first time.

GQ magazine names Jennifer Aniston "woman of the year"

Jennifer Aniston becomes the cover girl of the 12th issue of GQ magazine. Jennifer Aniston was named "woman of the year" by the GQ magazine because she "exhibited a lot of poise, unbelievable amount of grace and good humor this year."

Japanese princess marries commoner

Japan's princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and her bridegroom Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo government official arrive at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo for their wedding on November 15. The Princess will leave the Japanese royal family and becomes a commoner after her marriage.

Chinese Premier meets senior Bush, Raffarin

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with former US president George Bush in Beijing, China, Nov. 15, 2005.

Chinese Vice Premier to attend Summit on Information Society

Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju (C) arrives in Tunis, capital city of Tunisia for the Tunisia Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, on Nov. 14, 2005.

APEC ministerial meeting opens

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) talks with his Chilean counterpart Ignacio Walker at a luncheon party in Busan Nov. 15, 2005. The foreign and trade ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies met in Busan on Tuesday, focusing on issues of pushing forward global free trade talks, fight against terrorism, measures against bird flu pandemic, and high oil prices.

Xinjiang reports bird flu cases

Chinese health workers cull a chicken in Zepu County, Northwest China's Xinjiang Ugyur Autonomous Region in this photo taken on November 12, 2005. More than 6,500 chickens were found infected by the virulent H5N1 bird flu strain in Urumqi and Zepu counties in the northwest Xinjiang region on Nov. 9, and more than 2,700 died.

Anhui launches quick-response mechanism against bird flu

An epidemic prevention worker sprays disinfectant to henhouses in a village in Huainan city of eastern China's Anhui Province Nov. 15, 2005. The local government launched its quick-response mechanism timely, blockading the epidemic zone immediately and disinfecting the people, vehicles and relevant goods going in and out after a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in a village of Huainan city Monday.

Chinese Vice President meets East Timor President

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong (R) meets with East Timor President Jose Alexandre Xanana Gusmao in Beijing, China, Nov. 15, 2005.

Hu urges Chinese and Spanish entrepreneurs to expand cooperation

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at the opening of a summit of Sino-Spanish industrial and business leaders in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 15, 2005. Hu Jintao called on Chinese and Spanish entrepreneurs to conduct win-win cooperation in more fields and regions as well.