Adorable operating system killer

An icon of the computer virus called "panda burning joss-sticks" that has been haunting computer users in two months. It has infected millions of computers in China with its 400 different forms. The writer of the programme is said to be a 15-year-old boy in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (newsphoto)

China's fastest train on track

A CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet train leaves from Shanghai for Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, Jan. 28, 2007. The new China-made train, which can travel at 250 kilometers per hour, made debut on the Shanghai-Hangzhou route Sunday. The train is expected to operate on test runs on the Shanghai-Beijing route during the coming Spring Festival holidays when there is sharp rise in demand for transportation.

Intestine transplant survivor gets married

Yang Feng, the first Chinese alive who received a small intestine transplant works beside a photo of him taken before the operation at a hospital in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province January 27. Yang has lived eight years since the transplant, setting a record in Asia, and got married on Saturday.

Largest-ever Asian Winter Games opens in China

The largest-ever Asian Winter Games raised its curtain here in Changchun, a northeast city in China on January 28, 2007.

Pillow fight helps ease pressure

White collar workers participate in a pillow fight at a Karaoke club in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province January 28, 2007. The organizer of the spree say it can help people ease pressure from busy work.

U.S. helicopter shot down, two killed in Iraq

Smoke rises from the site where a U.S. helicopter allegedly crashed near the town of Zarqa, north of the central Iraqi city of Najaf, Jan. 28, 2007. A U.S. military helicopter crashed on Sunday in a combat operation near southern Iraqi city of Najaf, killing two U.S. soldiers on board, the U.S. military confirmed in a statement.

Idiotarod in Alaska

Participants race in the Idiotarod, an event that mimics the Iditarod, where competitors with shopping carts tear through the streets of Brooklyn, stopping at checkpoints along the way, eventually finishing in Queens, in New York, Jan. 27, 2007. The Iditarod is an annual sled dog race in Alaska.

Federer wins third Australian Open title

Swiss' Federer returns a shot during in the men's final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 28, 2007. The win of 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 meant that Federer won the Australian Open title without dropping a set in seven matches.

President Hu stresses rejuvenation of old industrial base in NE

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks with the members of an ethnic Korea family during a visit to Dahuangdi Village near Jilin city in northeast China's Jilin Province Jan. 27, 2007. President Hu made an inspection tour in Jilin Province from Jan. 26 to 28. Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday stressed the rejuvenation of the old industrial base in northeast China during an inspection tour in Jilin Province.

12 killed as Pakistani train passengers electrocuted

At least 12 people were electrocuted while scores of others injured when people sitting on roof of a crowded passenger train were hit by an overhead power line on Sunday in southern Pakistani city of Shikarpur, the private Geo TV reported.

President Hu Jintao declares open of Asian Winter Games

Chinese President Hu Jintao declares open of the sixth Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 28, 2007.