Man, 37, marries 69-year-old woman

A 37-year-old man shares a light moment with his 69-year-old bride before a cosmetic surgery to improve her looks in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, March 11, 2007. (newsphoto)

22 dead, 7 missing in NE China colliery flood

Chinese rescuers walk from a pit at Laohutai Mine in Fushun, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 11, 2007. Twenty-two miners were confirmed dead and seven others went missing when a colliery in Liaoning Province was flooded.

British Skynet satellite launched

The British military's Skynet 5 satellite along with India's latest telecommunication satellite INSAT-4B was successfully launched by the European Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana, on Sunday evening, March 11, 2007.

Devastating brush fire in California

A firefighter walks past part of a 1,000-acre brush fire in Anaheim Hills, California, March 11, 2007. The fast moving brush fire sent flames leaping into backyards and forced some 700 Southern California residents out of their hillside homes on a sweltering Sunday of gusty winds after months of drought.

Bo Xilai, Zhou Xiaochuan hold press conference

Commerce Minister Bo Xilai (L) and Zhou Xiaochuan, central bank governor, chat at a joint press conference on China's trade and monetary policy in the Great Hall of the People March 12, 2007.

Bullfighting festival in Spain

Spanish matador Enrique Ponce performs a pass during a bullfighting festival at Coso de los Califas bullring in Cordoba March 10, 2007.

Madrid train bombing memorial

A view shows the interior of the Madrid train bombing memorial in central Madrid March 11, 2007. A small glass tower channelling light into an underground chamber was unveiled as a memorial to victims of the Madrid train bombings, metres from where the blasts killed 191 three years ago.

Hillary attends New Hampshire Democratic Party's dinner

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) (L) reacts after seeing a familiar face in the crowd during the New Hampshire Democratic Party's '100 Club' dinner in Nashua, New Hampshire March 10, 2007.

Only Chinese bookstore in Brazil

He An, president of Wengchang bookstore displays the latest Chinese teaching books.Wenchang, built in the 1950s, was the only bookstore dealing with Chinese books in the country, with most of its books directly imported from the publishing companies in China.

Sea phase of "Peace-07" exercises ends

China's guided missile frigate "Lianyungang" fires in northern Arabian Sea, on March 8, 2007. The four-day sea phase of the "Peace-07" exercises ended on Sunday.

NPC to speed up legislation on social issues in 2007

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the NPC during the third plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the Tenth NPC in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2007.China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), will intensify its legislation focusing on social affairs this year, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said.