Help needed for disabled panda's surgery plan

A giant panda, which lost part of its paw, looks out from an enclosure at a wild animal research center in northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 7, 2007. Researchers in northwest China yesterday reached out to the world for a surgery plan for a disabled giant panda, which needs an artificial paw. (newsphoto)

Five dead in coal mine gas blast in Hunan

Chinese rescue miners enter into a pit to search for the missing in a gas blast at Hongfa Coal Mine in Niumasi town, Shaodong county, Central China's Hunan Province, March 7, 2007. Five miners are dead and ten are believed missing after a gas blast at Hongfa Coal Mine. The coal mine owner and managers ran away after the blast, hindering the rescue operation, Xinhua reported. (newsphoto)

Indonesian Garuda plane accident kills 23

Firefighters spray a Garuda Indonesia Airways jetliner which caught fire upon landing at Adisucipto airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Indonesian Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa said 23 people had died in Wednesday's Garuda plane accident in Yogyakarta.

Half ton man celebrates losing weight

Manuel Uribe, who once weighed half a ton, celebrates with champagne as he sits on his bed while being driven around his neighborhood on his first trip outside of his home in five year to celebrate the weight he has lost in San Nicolas de los Garza, northern Mexico, Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

Elizabeth Hurley's wedding dress

Elizabeth Hurley wears her wedding dress in a sketch provided by Italian design house Versace March 7, 2007. Hurley wore a low-cut, full-length white dress with an ocean of ruffles for the skirt when she married Indian businessman Arun Nayar on Saturday, according to a sketch from designer Versace.

8,000 skulls of victims of Khmer Rouge

Tourists take photos at a memorial stupa filled with more than 8,000 skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge, on display at Choeung Ek, a "killing fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh March 07, 2007.

Int'l Women's Day marked

Jacquline Mongi, from Wamisa women's group in Dar es Salaam, arranges hand-made ornaments at a women's exhibition in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 7, 2007. Women will mark International Women's Day on March 8.

"Mr Bean's Holiday" to be shown

Mr Bean, played by British actor Rowan Atkinson, poses in the shallows of the surf at Bondi Beach in Sydney March 7, 2007 as part of a publicity event for his latest film "Mr Bean's Holiday" which opens in Australian cinemas March 19, 2007.

NPC starts reading draft laws on property, corporate tax

Wang Zhaoguo, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), explains the draft property law during the second plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the Tenth NPC in Beijing, March 8, 2007.

Extra special Kaka ends Celtic bid

Celtic's Craig Beattie (R) reacts while AC Milan's Paolo Maldini and Cristian Brocchi (C) celebrate at the end of their Champions League soccer match in Milan March 7, 2007.

Top Chinese leaders join panel discussions

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) shakes hands with members to the Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2007. Hu Jintao and Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, visited the CPPCC members from All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Youth Federation and the All-China Women's Federation Wednesday.

China's top economic planner meets press

Ma Kai, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, addresses the media during the press conference held by the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2007.