Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition opens in HK

Visitors admire a plane on display in Hong Kong on February 6, 2007. The Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition opened simultaneously at the Asia World-Expo and Hong Kong International Airport on February 6, 2007. More than 50 Asian companies displayed their streamlined airliners, helicopters and aviation equipment.

Companion dog helps children improve reading skills

A disciplined companion dog and its trainer, Janet Golden, assist a nine-year-old boy with reading at a United States primary school on February 1, 2007. Research indicates that such well-trained dogs help children release the mental stress associated with reading. These dogs cannot criticize children for their reading mistakes, which helps them build confidence and overcome any reading disorder.

36 killed in Jakarta floods

A father cradling his child stays high up in the stand of a stadium to keep away from the flood in Jakarta on February 6, 2007. The flood has claimed 36 lives and made 340,000 homeless.

7th victim dies in shooting at Chinese restaurant in Germany

Residents of the German town of Sittensen, Lower Saxony, visit the Chinese restaurant to mourn the victims of a shooting rampage. There are no Chinese citizens among the victims. Six people were found shot dead and another critically injured early Monday in a Chinese restaurant in the German town of Sittensen, 45 kilometers southwest of Hamburg. The injured man died on Tuesday.

Giant panda needs bamboo

Panda Qingqing eats bamboo at Wuhan Zoo in central China's Hubei Province on February 6, 2007. A giant panda named Qingqing is the only panda to be raised by Wuhan Zoo. The 22-year-old giant panda needs 50 kilograms of bamboo per day. As the bamboo planted by the zoo is growing poorly, Wuhan Zoo has been forced to seek society's help. Fortunately, the zoo has now found enough bamboo for Qingqing.

Glory of Pompeii rises from ashes in Beijing

Italian archaeologist Giovanni Girella held a plaster cast of a child in his arms. Pompeii, the Roman city ruined in the first century AD during a volcanic eruption, displayed Tuesday in Beijing how striking the power of tragedy can be.

Temperature in Shanghai breaks record in past ten years

A woman and her child walk on a street in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 6, 2007. The highest temperature in Shanghai reached 23.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, which broke the corresponding record in the past ten years. According to the weather report released by the Central Meteorological Station, the temperature will drop back to 10 degrees Celsius around Feb. 9.

Most expensive unit in China

Tomson Riviera sold the third unit on February 6th, 2007. The selling price of the 597.57-square meter unit was nearly 85 million yuan (US$10.95 million), the highest price paid for a single unit in domestic market. One square meter was sold for 142,119 yuan. (newsphoto)

Pig, run!

A group of piglets, dressed in numbered vests, compete in a running contest during an animal sports meet at a zoo in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, February 6, 2007. The sports event was launched to bring happiness to the children during the Spring Festival, which falls on February 18 this year. (newsphoto)

Traditional Chinese Spring Festival approaches

Local residents rehearse their performance of yangge (a popular rural folk dance in Northeast China) to be staged at the temple fair during the Spring Festival in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, February 6, 2007.

Liu Xiang earns first 2007 title in Dusseldorf

Liu Xiang from China gazes the hurdles before the 60 meters hurdles competition during the track and field meeting at the indoor arena in Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. Liu clocked 7.59 seconds and broke the conference record to earn his first title in the 2007 season.

U.S. astronaut arrested for trying to kidnap love rival

File photo shows Lisa Marie Nowak. A NASA astronaut was arrested Monday after she drove over 1,400 kilometer and donned a disguise to subdue a romantic rival and abduct her, police said.

Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Baghdad

An Iraqi soldier mans a checkpoint as fellow soldiers check a vehicle in Baghdad Feb. 6, 2007. Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi government official said on Tuesday.

Two men injured in mail bomb blast in England

Policemen stand outside a building where a letter bomb exploded in Wokingham in southern England, Feb. 6, 2007. Two men were slightly injured in the letter bomb explosion.

China, South Africa set priority areas for bilateral co-op

Chinese President Hu Jintao and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, hold talks in Pretoria Tuesday. China and South Africa issued a joint communique on Tuesday laying out a variety of priorities for the two countries to strengthen bilateral cooperation in such areas as politics, economy and trade, international affairs and people-to-people interactions.