China to buy 80 Boeing 737 planes

Visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi (C rear) applauds during a ceremony at which the China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group. signed an agreement with U.S. Boeing Co. to buy 80 Boeing 737 planes, in Washington April 11, 2006. (Xinhua photo)

Fossils of new species of Ornithopoda

The photo shows the dinosaur fossils excavated in central Jilin in 2003. Researchers with Jilin University recently confirmed that the dinosaur belong to a new species of Ornithopoda. The fossil is about one meter long; the skull is 115 mm in length. This is the first time that Ornithopoda fossils have been discovered in the Cretaceous sediments at the Songliao Basin. The researchers named the dinosaur "Changchun Dinosaur".

Danish cargo ship kills a fin whale

Workers were loading a fin whale corpse onto the flatbed trailer on the bank of St. Lawrence River in Quebec Province, Canada, on April 10. It is said the 45-ton fin whale died after getting stuck in the propeller of a Danish cargo ship.

President of Georgia starts China visit

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 11, 2006.

Up close with Bora Milutinovi

Bora Milutinovi, former coach of China National Soccer Team, greets Chinese reporters in Mexico, April 10. Some of Chinese reporters held an interview with the 'magic' coach who succeeded in guiding the Chinese team into the finals of the 2002 World Cup.

Death toll of hospital blast rises to 31

Rescuers work in snow at the blast site in the staff hospital of Xuangang Coal and Electricity Co. Ltd. in Yuanping, a city in north China's Shanxi Province, April 11, 2006. A snowfall hit the area on the afternoon of April 11. The explosion happening on early April 10 has left 31 people dead by press time.

Passenger trains collision kills two

Two passenger trains collided in Heping County in South China's Guangdong Province yesterday. Two male workers on board are reported dead and dozens of others injured. The railway, where the accident happened, makes part of the track linking Beijing and Kowloon in Hong Kong.

Gold price hits record high in Nanjing

A shop assistant changes new price tag at a jewelry shop on Tuesday in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. Gold jewelry price in Nanjing has been rising in the past week. The gold price hit record high to reach 208 yuan ($25.97) per gram at Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Co. Ltd on April 10.

Samsung opens flagship shop in Shanghai

South Korean actress Jang Nara (L Front) publicizes Samsung mobile phones in the flagship shop of Samsung Electronics Co., in Shanghai, east China, April 11, 2006. The shop, Samsung's first of its kind in China and second in the world, was opened in Shanghai on Tuesday.

Demonstrations demanding rights for illegal immigrants

Demonstrators hold placards during a rally for immigration rights in Columbia, South Carolina, April 10, 2006. Tens of thousands of protestors rallied across the United States on Monday demanding rights for millions of undocumented immigrants in the country, days after the Senate failed to pass a legislation that would have provided a path to citizenship to some illegal immigrants.