China's Olympic team involved in brawls in England

Zheng Tao of China's Olympic soccer team faints and grimaces after brawls between the team and Queens Park Rangers February 7, 2007. China's Olympic soccer team is in England for two-week' training and Queens Park Rangers is their second rival during the training. The brawl began at the 75th minute after china's Gao Lin gave China an equalizer to draw the Rangers 1-1.

China beat Kazakhstan 2-1 at soccer friendly

China's Yan Song (L) jumps for a headball during a match against Kazakstan in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province, Feb. 7, 2007. China won the game 2-1. China made a nice comeback through two sharp headers to beat Kazakhstan 2-1 at an international soccer friendly here on Wednesday.

Chinese oil workers back home

Chinese oil worker Zhang Jianhong hugs his family in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, Feb 7, 2007. The nine Chinese oil workers, who were kidnapped on Jan. 25 in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa and released on Feb. 4, returned home in Zhuozhou on Wednesday.

15,000-tonnage vessel salvaged in Shanghai

The wreck of Yinchu (C), a 15,000-tonnage vessel, is salvaged in Shanghai, February 7, 2007. The 146.5-meter, 6,820-ton cargo ship was the largest vessel to capsize on Shanghai's Huangpu River since 1949. It sank on December 2 during its test launch.

"Living fossil" goblin shark caught alive in Japan

A goblin shark. Very few people in the world have ever known of an extremely rare species called the goblin shark. But some Japanese discovered the "living fossil" alive and even put it on display in an aquarium, media reports said Thursday. Unfortunately, the shark died on the morning of Jan. 27.

Mexico city clown show

A busker performs at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Feb. 6, 2007.

Hug that lasted 6,000 years

A pair of human skeletons lie in an eternal embrace at an Neolithic archaeological dig site near Mantova, Italy, in this photo released Feb. 6, 2007. Archaeologists in northern Italy believe the couple was buried 5,000-6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in a hug that has lasted millennia.

Snow hits north China

A man walks across a square as snow falls in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province, February 7, 2007. China's north and central areas are expected to have snow from February 7 to February 9, according to the National Meteorological Centre.

Migrant workers' kids yearning for parents' return

Xiao Zhou, a first-grade pupil whose parents work as migrant workers all year long, looks into the distance under the eaves of a house in a town in Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, February 6, 2007. Like many children left at home by migrant parents, Xiao Zhou is looking forward to a reunion with her parents during the Spring Festival. (newsphoto)

Hamas, Fatah agree to form four committees in Mecca talks

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas(L) shakes hands with Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal(R) after their meeting in Mecca on Feb.7. Palestinian mainstream movements of Hamas and Fatah agreed here on Wednesday to form four separate committees to facilitate reaching a final and comprehensive agreement, a Fatah official said.

President Hu pledges to enhance unity, co-op with Africa

Chinese President, Hu Jintao, delivers a keynote address at South Africa's prestigious University of Pretoria Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Pretoria on Wednesday that China will consolidate traditional friendship, expand practical cooperation and strengthen a new type of strategic partnership with Africa.