Construction of Chashma nuclear power project-2 starts

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was present at the ceremony and poured the first concrete by pushing down button. China Atomic Energy Authority chairman Sun Qin (R2) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission president Parvez Butt (L1) also attended the concrete pouring ceremony.

Top leaders hail centennial anniversary of Chinese movie industry

Chinese President Hu Jintao (4th R Front), Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd R Front), Vice President Zeng Qinghong (1st R Front) and Li Changchun (2nd R Front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shake hands with representatives attending the grand gathering marking the centennial anniversary of China's movie industry at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 28, 2005.

World's ten most expensive cars 2005 (1)

Saleen S7, EUR 473,000

World's ten most expensive cars 2005 (2)

Maybach 57, EUR 275,500

JVC presents 32x zoom camcorder

A staff member of JVC shows a 32X zoom video camcorder in Tokyo on Dec 28. The camcorder, weighing only 400 grams, boasts the biggest zoom in the world. JVC will launch this camcorder in January 2006. The price is about $ 510.

Polar Aquarium opens to the public in Harbin

A sea lion performs at the Harbin Polar Aquarium in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Dec. 28, 2005. The Harbin Polar Aquarium, believed to be the biggest of its kind in the world, was opened to the public on Wednesday, displaying some 10,000 polar marine animals in over 600 species.

Fire ruins documents in Brazilian government building

Photo taken on Dec. 27 shows a fire at the Brazilian government's social security archives building in Brasilia. An early morning fire occurred on Dec.27 in Brasilia. The fire ruined many documents containing information on the collection of debts from business and philanthropic groups at the Brazilian government's social security archives building, but no casualties were reported till now. The police didn't deny that Arson could be the cause of this fire.

Grand gathering marking the centennial of China's film industry

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi addresses the grand gathering marking the centennial of China's film industry, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 28, 2005.

Premier Wen meets with HK, Macao chief executives

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with Donald Tsang, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in Beijing, Dec. 28, 2005. Donald Tsang was in Beijing to give a report on his job to the central government.

EU launches 1st Galileo program satellite

Russian rocket carrying a satellite of the Galileo network blasts off into the sky at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan December 28, 2005. The rocket carried the first of what European states hope will be a network of satellites that will create a global navigation system.