12 arrested in riot in Australia

Australian youths beat a man of Middle Easern appreance in Australia'a biggest city Sydney on Dec 11. Racially motivated riots spread in Sydney after some white youths attacked people of Middle Eastern appearance at one beach. Police said 12 has been arrested.

The 7th China Economists Forum

Li Jiange, deputy director of Research Center for Development under the State Council gives a lecture during the 7th China Economists Forum which is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 11, 2005. Around 900 delegates form different countries and regions from all over the world took part in the 3-day Forum which includes experts dialogue and theme lectures discussing the peoblemes and improvements on China's economic and social development.

Presidential election starts in Chile

Veronica Michelle Bachelet, candidate for the popular ruling center-left Democracy Parties Coalition, casts her vote at a polling station in Santiago, capital of Chile, Dec. 11, 2005. Chile held the presidential election on Dec. 11.

Top legislator inspects in Guangdong

Wu Bangguo (4th L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, talks with residents at Nanfu village in Mei County, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 11, 2005. Wu made an inspection tour in Guangdong on Dec. 8-11.

36 casualties confirmed in London fuel depot blasts

Two policemen guard near the fuel depot blast site in Hemel Hempstead to the northwest of London Dec. 11, 2005. Fuel depot explosions rocked the northwest of London early Sunday morning. British police said that they believed there were around 36 casualties in the fuel depot blasts, four of them seriously injured.

Black-headed gulls in Kunming free from bird flu

Two black-headed gulls rest on a piece of sculpture in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 10, 2005. Under more than 60 days of supervision and inspection, no black-headed gulls from Siberia were found infected by bird flu in Kunming. The department of environment protection and epidemic prevention of the municipal government and aves association have taken severe measures to prevent bird flu at the black-headed gull flocked areas in Kunming.

College students open garbage recycling website

College students Liang Shuang (L), Guan Xing and Liu Pengfei (R) prepare to make known of their garbage recycling website at Xizhimen subway station, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 10, 2005. As third year students of Beijing Polytechnical University Wang Ke, Liu Pengfei, Guan Xing, Liang Shuang and Qi Zhi invested 200 yuan each built up a garbage recycling website to post notices for garbage collecting and recycling. While took a part-time job, Wang Ke noticed an ordinary building would produce a lot of garbages. Since there is no big company involved in garbage collecting and recycling market, the potential of this kind of low-risk buisness is big.

Int'l Peace Conference held in London

US and UK renowned anti-war mothers Cindy Sheehan(L) and Rose Gentle(R) hug each other at the International Peace Conference in London Dec. 10, 2005. Up to 1,500 anti-war protesters and activists on Saturday gathered in London for a 10-hour conference to condemn the war in Iraq.The International Peace Conference was organized by Britain's largest political campaign - Stop the War Coalition (SWC), at the Royal Horticultural Hall in Vincent Square.

Premier Wen meets with top Cambodian and Philippine officials

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, Dec. 11, 2005.