Fiji's PM: coup is under way

Fijian soldiers instruct photographers and journalists to move away from the Prime Minister's residence (background) in the nation's capital Suva Dec. 5, 2006 after soldiers had entered through the front gate.

Folk dancing parade in Peru

Peruvian dancers perform in a street in Peru's capital of Lima Dec. 3, 2006. More than 3,500 dancers from across the country took part in a folk dancing parade in Lima on Sunday.

Venezuelan President Chavez wins a new term in re-election

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greets hundreds of supporters from the balcony of the Miraflores Palace in Caracas December 3, 2006. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared on Sunday that he had won a new term in the presidential election.

China's gold medalists on 3rd day at Doha Asiad (2)

Li Hongli - men's 77kg weightlifting. China's Li Hongli competes during the weightlifting men's 77kg final at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, capital of Qatar, Dec. 4, 2006. Li won the gold medal with a total of 361 kg.

China's gold medalists on 3rd day at Doha Asiad (1)

He Ning - women's gymnastics all-around.China's He Ning took the first place of the women's individual all-around final of Gymnastics Artistic at Doha Asiad, Qatar, Dec. 4, 2006.

China's Yang wins Doha swimming women's 400m freestyle final

China's Yang Jieqiao powers through the water during swimming women's 400m freestyle final at Doha Asiad, capital of Qatar, Dec. 4, 2006. Yang Jieqiao won the gold medal with a time of 4 minutes and 12.75 seconds.

UK police to probe Russian spy's death in Moscow

A small group of British police officers arrive at the Domodedovo airport in Moscow Monday, to begin widening their probe into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, who succumbed in a London hospital on Nov. 23 to a lethal dose of radioactive Polonium 210. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Kennedy Center honorees

Director Steven Spielberg, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (L2), crooners Dolly Parton (L3) and Smokey Robinson (L1), and conductor Zubin Mehta were honored at the 29th annual Kennedy Center Honors in a glittering ceremony at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday night. The spectacular ceremony won attendance from as many as 2,000 achievers from different walks of life including showbiz (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

Russia wins Davis Cup

Russian tennis players celebrate victory over Argentina in the final match of the Davis Cup tennis tournament in Moscow. The Davis Cup title went down to a fifth match Sunday in Moscow before Marat Safin helped his country claim its first title on Russian soil with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Argentina's Jose Acasuso. Russia won the Cup 3-2.

Wu concludes Hong Kong visit

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), waves to people sending him off, upon his leaving from Hong Kong to Beijing, in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 4, 2006. Wu wrapped up his visit to Hong Kong Monday morning after officiated at the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Telecom World 2006.

Spring city welcomes thousands of gull guests

Thousands of black-headed gulls get together on the Cuihu Lake in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province November 15, 2006. The gulls migrate to the reputed spring city every winter to escape chilly weather. (newsphoto)

Six killed,six trapped in gas outburst in C.China

A general view of the Kwan Yin coal mine in Lanyuan, Hunan Province. Fifteen miners worked underground as a gas outburst accident took place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, leaving six dead and six trapped. The local government is guiding the rescue work and the cause of the accident is under investigation. (newsphoto)

Anger release parlor for women in SW. China

A woman in a pair of boxing gloves punches a life-sized inflated dummy at an anger release parlor in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality December 4, 2006. The parlor aims to release women consumers' pent-up anger and accumulated pressure. Characters on the dummy read:" domestic violence." (newsphoto)

Fiji troops remove police weapons, PM besieged

Fiji military commander Voreqe Bainimarama (R) is handed a note by an officer (L) during a press conference confirming the bodyguards of Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his ministers have been disarmed, in Suva on Dec. 4, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)