Bronzewares excavated from tomb of Warring States Period

An archeologist gives treatment to a chime bell excavated from a tomb of State of Chu in Henan on Nov 17. A number of bronzewares such as chime bells, cooking vessels have been excavated from a tomb of State of Chu in central China's Henan Province recently. The tomb is 25 meters long, 17 meters wide and 18 meters deep. Experts say the tomb owner might be a high-ranking nobleman of the State of Chu who lived in early Warring States Period.

2nd China Int'l Rescue Team returns home

Vice Director of China Earthquake Administration and head of China International Rescue Team Zhao Heping (front L2) and his assistant Yang Zaocheng are welcomed upon arrival in Beijing. The 2nd China International Rescue Team returns to Beijing on Nov 16 after accomplishing the relief works in earthquake-hit regions in Pakistan.

Airbus A380 superjumbo shown in Kuala Lumpur

People watch the Airbus A380 superjumbo, which arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International on the evening of Nov 16. As the world's first twin-deck, twin-aisle airliner, A380 superjumbo has received orders from lots of airline company in the world.

Cut-price laptop unveiled for students

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers unveiled a US$100, hand-cranked laptop computer on the World Information Society in Tunis Nov 16. The laptop is about the size of a textbook and operates at 500 MHz, about half the processor speed of commercial laptops. The charity organizations and governments will send them for free to impoverished schoolchildren in developing countries.

China's first sea-spanning bridge ready for traffic

China's first sea-spanning bridge - Shanghai East China Sea Bridge - is ready to open to traffic in Shanghai November 17, 2005. The bridge, 32.5 kilometers long, is said to be able to endure Force 12 typhoons. It will open to service soon. The bridge links up Shanghai's Nanhui District with a county in Zhejiang Province. (newsphoto)

Association of Muslim Scholars shows pictures of abused detainees

Abdul Salam Al-Kubaisi, media offcial of the Association of Muslim Scholars, shows a picture of a detainee abused in the secret prison of Iraqi interior ministry during a news conference in Baghdad, capital of Iraq on Nov. 17, 2005. More than 170 Iraqi detainees, most of who were Sunni Arabs, were malnourished at an Iraqi Interior Ministry detention center. Iraqi and US officials have admitted that some of the detainees appeared to have been abused and tortured.

Ariane 5 successfully launches two satellites

Europe's most powerful rocket-the Ariane 5 launched two communication satellites belonging to the US and Indonesia to preset orbits from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 23:46 (GMT) Nov 16, 2005.

Chinese premier inspects research work on bird flu vaccine

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R) listens to a researcher on the latest development of bird flu human vaccine in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2005, as Wen inspected the research work on bird flu vaccines and medicines.

Bird flu epidemic reported in Hetian, Xinjiang

An Epidemic prevention worker sprays disinfection medicament around a checkpoint in Hetian of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2005. Highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic was reported in Hetian City of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday.

Sri Lankan presidential election starts

Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga casts her vote at a polling booth near Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, Nov. 17, 2005. Sri Lankan presidential election started on Thursday as 13.3 million voters began to cast their ballots to choose their new president from 13 contenders.

Chinese President meets S. Korean leaders

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Nov. 17, 2005.