U.S. astronauts conduct 2nd of three back-to-back spacewalks

In this image from NASA TV, International Space Station Astronaut Sunita Williams is shown during a spacewalk on the space station Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. International Space Station Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams on Sunday successfully conducted the second of three spacewalks in nine days, according to NASA TV.

First China-made wing-to-body fairing for Boeing 787 delivered

The photo taken on Feb. 2 shows the scene for the delivery ceremony of Boeing 787 wing-to-body fairing. The first China-made wing-to-body fairing for Boeing 787 was delivered by the Hafei (Harbin) Aviation Industry Co to Boeing Company on the afternoon of February 2, 2007.

U.S. general assumes command of NATO troops in Afghanistan

Outgoing commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) British General David Richards (R1) receives the ISAF flag from a British soldier during the change of command ceremony of the NATO-led ISAF in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 4, 2007.

Chinese language teaching institute in Mexico

A girl learns Chinese at Instituto Cultural Chino Huaxia Mexico in Mexico City, Feb. 3, 2007. Founded in 1999, the institute is a nongovernmental Chinese language teaching center staffed by professional language teachers.

Ten foreign tourists die in Chilean hotel fire

Firemen battle a blaze in the Blue House hotel in Punta Arenas, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. Ten tourists from Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands were reported dead.

China puts new navigation satellite into orbit

The carrier rocket Long March 3-A blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 3, 2007.

Closing ceremony of the Sixth Winter Asiad

Performers dance during the closing ceremony of the Sixth Asian Winter Games in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, February 4, 2007.

Bear orphans found in Moscow

One-month-old bear cubs sleep at a bear orphanage in the Tver region 450 km (279 miles) northwest of Moscow February 3, 2007. The cubs were taken in as one-week-old orphans after being found abandoned either because their mother was killed by hunters or scared away by loggers.

Newborn giant baby

Antonio Cruz (top) who was born Jan. 28, 2007 weighing 6.4kg (about 14 lbs) and 55cm long (21.7 inches) is seen January 31 alongside an unidentified more averaged sized baby at a hospital in Mexico's resort city of Cancun.

Chinese traditional wedding ceremony held for American girl

Eden Esquivel (L), an American woman working in China, lifts the hanging of a traditional Chinese marriage sedan with happy smile on her face at Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 3, 2007. Eden married a Chinese man called Cai Xiaozhong Saturday.

Phoenix lander ready for Mars exploration

Jack Farmerie, a Lockheed Martin space technician, looks over the Phoenix Mars lander in a Lockheed cleanroom in Denver, Colorado, Feb. 1, 2007. Phoenix is scheduled for liftoff in August 2007, travel for 10 months and land on Mars in May 2008. The robotic arm in the middle of the spacecraft will dig into the martian ice and take samples.

China's Shen and Zhao ease to fourth pairs' victory

Chinese Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (C) and Pang Qing/Tong Jian (L), and Marina Aganina/Artyom Knyazev of Uzbekistan attend the awarding ceremony for the pairs figure skating at the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 3, 2007. Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo triumphed in the event on Saturday.

China launches first economic, trade cooperation zone in Africa

Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Zambian counterpart, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, jointly attend the inauguration of the Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in Lusaka Sunday. China launched an economic and tradecooperation zone in the Zambian capital of Lusaka on Sunday, the first of its kind established ever by the country in Africa.