Sports: Top 10 sports beauties in 2006 (2)

American magazine Sports Illustrated released recently the top 10 sports beauties in 2006. NO. 6 is Surfing player Malia Jones.

Sports: Top 10 sports beauties in 2006 (1)

American magazine Sports Illustrated released recently the top 10 sports beauties in 2006. No. 1 beauty is Russian tennis superstar Maria Sharapova.

Powerful quakes hit Taiwan, shake Fuzhou

Residents in Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, fled their houses in fear they would collapse when they felt the tremor caused by an earthquake in southwestern Taiwan on December 26, 2006.

Dancing robots

Contestants watch robots perform on December 26, 2006.A dancing robot competition for teenagers was held in Lixia District of Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province on December 26, 2006. Over 50 contestants from 13 local primary and middle schools participated.

English Premier League soccer match

Blackburn Rovers' Robbie Savage (L) shoots against Liverpool during their English Premier League soccer match at Ewood Park, Blackburn in northern England December 26, 2006. (Photo: China Daily)

Olympic Aquatics Center's last cushion installed

A major step in the construction of the showpiece venue for the 2008 Olympics was taken as the membrane structure of the outside layer of the National Aquatics Center was completed on December 26, 2006. The National Aquatics Center, known as the "Water Cube", is the world's largest and most complicated membrane system in a single building project.

2007 Oscars poster unveiled

The 2007 Oscars poster. The 2007 Oscars poster has been unveiled last Tuesday, and the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences have opted for one which features dozens of quotes from movies of yesteryear.

Heavy snow hits Kabul

An Afghan boy warms himself under a cart after a heavy snow fall in Kabul December 26, 2006.

Transsexuals help brain paralysis sufferers

Transsexuals Bai Lu (2nd left) and Geng Zi (1st left) share a light moment with a toddler who is suffering from brain paralysis at Xiamen Rehabilitation Center in Xiamen, Southeast China's Fujian Province December 26, 2006. Bai Lu, a man-to-woman transsexual and Geng Zi, a woman-to-man transsexual donated 5,000 yuan (US$625), which is from a planned Transsexual Funds to brain paralysis sufferers at the center. (newsphoto)

269 killed in Nigerian pipeline explosion

The death toll of the oil pipeline explosion in the Nigerian commercial capital of Lagos on early Tuesday climbed to 269, an official from Nigeria's Red Cross said.

2nd anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami marked

A relative of a 2004 tsunami victim prays during a ceremony at the tsunami memorial in Thailand's Phang Nga province. With prayers and flowers and tears, from Thailand's beaches to the islands of India, mourners paid tribute to their loved ones on the second anniversary of the Asian tsunami.

China, Japan to continue improving bilateral ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with speaker of House of Representatives of Japan Yohei Kono, who is also chairman of the Japan association for the promotion of international trade, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 26, 2006. China will work with Japan to continue to improve bilateral ties in a stable and healthy way, said Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday.