Shield doors for the Beijing subway's fifth line being installed

Shield doors for the Beijing subway's fifth line being installed on November 8. Doors made of extremely strong glass are being installed installed. The doors will separate the platform from the track, preventing passengers from falling or jumping onto the rails.

Red-billed gulls spend winter in Kunming

Red-billed gulls from Siberia fly to the Cuihu Park in the center of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 8, 2006. Over 1,200 red-billed gulls reached Kunming Wednesday. It is the 21st year for the gulls to live through winter in the city.

"Black and White" twins in China

The "black and white" twin girls in China. A unique pair of twin girls were born to a family in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning province. One has a fair complexion, while the other looks tan, Modern Express reported. (Photo: ynet.com)

2006 China International Jewellery Exhibition

A showgirl displays jewellery from Taiwan at the 2006 China International Jewellery Exhibition which opened in Beijing November 8. Exhibiters from Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan displayed a variety of jewellery such as pearls, diamonds, platinum and jade on the exhibition. (newsphoto)

Endangered sailors rescued in South China Sea

The endangered cargo ship is seen in the South China Sea Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Three sailors from a cargo ship loaded with 1,000 tons of coal were saved by the helicopter. Water flooded into the front part of the ship, endangering the sailors. (newsphoto)

Russian National Exhibition opens in Beijing

A girl visits the Russian National Exhibition which opened in Beijing November 8, 2006. The exhibition, one of about 250 events under the Year of Russia in China, attracted more than 300 Russian enterprises covering a broad range of fields such as mechanism manufacture, information technology, culture and tourism. (Chinadaily.com.cn)

Iceberg armada heads for NZ

An iceberg floats in the Southern Ocean, south of Invercargill on New Zealand's south island in this undated handout photograph made available by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) on November 9, 2006. Scores of icebergs have floated to within about 300 km (186 miles) of New Zealand, with the largest measuring about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) in length and standing some 120 metres (360 feet) above water.

Putin inspects new Intelligence HQ

President Vladimir Putin wears headphones at a shooting range in the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. Vladimir Putin on Wednesday visited a newly-built Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, known under its Russian acronym, GRU.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

U.S. Secretary of Defense resigns

The photo taken on Aug. 3, 2006 shows U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld acts on a Congress meeting in Washington. U.S. President George W. Bush announced that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was stepping down, and would be replaced by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Robert Gates.(Xinhua Photo)

Eighteen Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling

Palestinians carry people killed after shelling by Israeli tanks at Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza strip November 8, 2006. Eighteen Palestinians, most of them women and children were killed as Israeli shells slammed into their Gaza homes in an attack that drew worldwide condemnation and vows of renewed suicide attacks. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Boy wins gift from Castro

Raysel Sosa holds a Nikon Coolpix digital camera sent to him by Cuba's President Fidel Castro in Havana November 7, 2006. Sosa won the camera in an international painting contest but Nikon refused to give Sosa the camera because it contains U.S.-made parts, which are prohibited from being exported to Cuba due to an embargo. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Volkswagen CEO to leave at year's end

Bernd Pischetsrieder, CEO of German Volkswagen AG will leave the company at the end of the year, to be replaced by the head of its premium unit Audi, Winterkorn. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Chinese leaders vote in local elections

Chinese President Hu Jintao casts his ballot in Huairentang polling booth in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 8, 2006 to vote for deputies to Beijing's Xicheng District People's Congress.