Raging bizzard hits Inner Mongolia

A shepherd looks for missing cattle amid heavy snow in a forest in Huanggangliang, North China's Inter Mongolia Autonomous Region September 11, 2006.

New video of al-Zawahri warns of attacks

A frame grab of a video released on Sept. 11, 2006 shows al Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri speaking. Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri warned in a video, aired by the pan-Arabic television al-Jazeera, on Monday that his group is planning to launch a new wave of attacks on Israel and the Gulf countries.

Blooming chrysanthemum at China's famous ancient garden

Visitors from home and abroad enjoy blooming chrysanthemum at Zhuozheng Yuan Garden, a famous ancient garden in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province Sept. 11, 2006.

Sound-making baby spoon and fork

A suit of sound-making baby spoon and fork is seen at an infant store in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 10. Children's songs can be played by the spoon and fork to attract babies.

Chinese "Elephant Man"

Ou Guifeng, 22, began to suffer from disease at the age of two, and the growing numbers of tumours led to his right eye nearly blind, face twisted, liver impaired, and leg lame. He lives in Pingle County, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is called "Elephant Man."

Marine animals' fashion show

A walrus presents its vest at the Sunasia Sea World in Dalian, a coastal city of northeast China's Liaoning Province Sept. 11, 2006. Marine animals of the aquarium attend the special fashion show Monday.

Taiwanese tourism group encounters accident in Jilin

A tyre of an overturned medium-sized bus floats in a river in Wangqing County, northeast China's Jilin Province Sept. 11, 2006. The bus on board with a 20-member tourism group from Taiwan Province overturned and fell into a river at about 9:40 a.m. while on its way from Jilin's neighboring province of Heilongjiang to Jilin.

Chinese, US navies carry out joint drills

Two Chinese sailors take rigorous surveys on navigation course and speed as the visiting Chinese missile cruiser 113 (Qingdao) and US missile cruiser 93 (Zhongyun) carried out a six-hour-long joint marine communication and mobile drills on the sea near Hawaii Monday, September 11, 2006. This is the first time the Chinese and US navies carry out such joint drills. (newsphoto)

New Yorkers mark fifth anniversary of Sept. 11

Mourners gather at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, the United States, September 11, 2006 to mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Rare bird reappears in Fujian

The adult Chinese crested tern bird (L), feeds its fledgling in a swamp at the mouth of the Minjiang River in southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 10. Less than 100 Chinese crested tern birds have survived on the earth. Therefore, the bird is regarded as very precious.

Atlantis successfully docks with Int'l Space Station

This NASA video image shows the US Space shuttle Atlantis seen from the International Space Station as the shuttle approached the ISS for docking. In a delicate robotic handoff, astronauts pulled two solar panels from shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay and delivered them to the International Space Station for the first assembly work in nearly four years.

Federer wins third U.S. Open in a row

Roger Federer of Switzerland kisses the trophy during the awarding ceremony for men's singles at the US Open Tennis Championships in New York, September 10, 2006.Defending champion Roger Federer beat former champion Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6,7-5 and 6-1 in Sunday's final to claim his third U.S. Open title in a row and ninth Grand Slam.

Fans celebrate Yao Ming's birthday

Chinese NBA Rockets center Yao Ming holds a little girl during a fans meeting in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 10, 2006. Fans celebrated Yao's 26th birthday, which falls on Sept. 12, in advance at the meeting.

Night life resumes in northern Israel

A little girl rides a horse on the seashore in Nahariya, northern Israel, Sept. 9, 2006. Tens of thousands of residents who once escaped from Nahariya during the conflicts between Israel and Lebanon have returned to their homes and restarted the colorful night life.

Hu concludes inspection to Xinjiang

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R-2) talks to farms in Kuoqiake village in Qiaerbage town of Luopu county in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sept. 8, 2006 during his six-day inspection,and urged local officials to effectively improve the living standard of all ethnic people in the region.