East China Sea's fishing off-season finished

Newly renovated fishing boats are berthed at Xiazhi Fishing Port in Zhoushan on September 13.East China Sea's fishing off-season will finish at 12 o'clock on September 16 after a three-month season.

Montreal school gunman hated society

Police confirmed on Thursday that the gunman, who died the previous day after a shootout with police, was Kimveer Gill, 25, from a Montreal suburb. The photo is taken by himself. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Smallest panda survives

The newborn panda 38 days ago when she weighed just 51 grams. Staff at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base have named her "51 Grams" accordingly. Now the weight of "51 Grams" has increased to 1,289 grams. Zhang Zhihe, an expert at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base said, "This indicates the panda has survived the most dangerous period."

Daqing Oilfield develops technique for microbial enhanced oil recovery

This water-flooding well is for microorganism flooding at the No 3 Oil Extraction Factory at Daqing Oilfield. A technique for microbial enhanced oil recovery developed at Daqing Oilfields has passed preliminary tests on flooding, site and enhanced oil recovery.

Castro meets Venezuelan president

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, seen here in a video showed on Cuban state TV, shakes hands with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Sept. 14, 2006.

2006 Pingyao Int'l Photography Festival

Attendants prepare for the photography festival in Pingyao ancient city, north China's Shanxi Province Sept. 14, 2006. The weeklong 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival will open here on Sept. 16. Photographers from 41 countries and regions will show more than 8,000 works in the festival.

Chinese premier starts visit to Tajikistan

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao(C, front) is welcomed by his Tajikistan counterpart Akil Akilov (L, front) after Wen arrived in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, for the fifth Meeting of Prime Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held on Sept. 14, 2006.

Hostage crisis in Taiyuan

A young man (Back) holds a knife against a young woman in downtown Taiyuan city, capital of north China's Shanxi Province September 13, 2006, while a middle-aged man was trying to persuade him to give up. (newsphoto)

Girl with sunken face recieves treatment

Eighteen-year-old Wang Na from Shaanxi Province has a congenital sunken face. Wang Na, whose face is sunken from her forehead to mouth, is under treatment at the Oral Hospital under the Fourth Military Medical University, in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, September 14, 2006. (CRI.com)

Bush, Roh meet over DPRK nuclear program, bilateral co-op

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in the Oval Office at the White Housewith the two sides focusing on the settlement of nuclear issues on the Korean peninsular and bilateral military cooperation in Washington, Sept. 14, 2006.

Premier Wen's visit to Germany

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel give a joint press conference in Berlin, Sept. 14.

Xinjiang Military Command holds drills on Kala Kunlun Mountain

A unit of Xinjiang Military Command named "Heroic Tianshan Contingent" holds drills around Kala Kunlun Mountain, from early August to early September.

PLA wraps up long-range maneuver drill

A "Red Army" soldier reacts during an exercise held in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2006.The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) concluded its first military exercise involving long-range maneuvers on Thursday morning with a "combat" exercise deep in the grasslands of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Deputy head of Russian central bank shot dead

Russian investigators work at the site of an attempt on the life of the first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank Andrei Kozlov in Moscow Sept. 14, 2006. Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Kozlov and killed his driver early Thursday morning, as they walked out of a Moscow sports stadium, law enforcement officials said. (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Hairdressing and Cosmetic Treatment Festival in Hangzhou

A model shows off the hairstyle and hair decoration popular with women in the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644) during the Hairdressing and Cosmetic Treatment Festival in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on September 13.