Girl suffers from super thick legs

Wang Cheng(R), a 23-year-old girl in Xuzhou, a city of east China's Jiangsu Province, has developed surprisingly thick legs since she was seven. Her right leg first rounded out for no particular reason and the other leg followed two years later. Now, her left leg is 0.7 meters round. A dozen Chinese urban hospitals have failed to figure out what happened.

Railway environmentally-friendly

A train travels along a bridge of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway above the Chumar River, a source of the Yangtze River, in Golmud, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, June 13, 2007.

Three Gorges Dam opens before flood season

Water gates of the Three Gorges dam in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province, open to flush away silt and sand on the riverbed on June 13, 2007, prior to the rain season. (newsphoto)

Statue unveiled in honor of China's "King of Medicine"

The statue of China's acknowledged "King of Medicine" Sun Simiao (AD 581-682) is unveiled during an unveiling ceremony to mark the 1,462 birth anniversary of him in Lianyuan, Central China's Hunan Province June 13, 2007. (newsphoto)

Shanghai Shenhua crowned at A3 Champions Cup

Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua claimed the A3 Champions Cup title on goal difference advantage in Jinan,east China's Shandong province on Wednesday. It was the first time for a Chinese team to win A3 Champions Cup.

Brangelina at "A Mighty Heart" premiere

Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the movie premiere of 'A Mighty Heart' in New York, June 13, 2007.

Hamas takes control on Gaza-Egypt border area

Palestinian Hamas militants take position in a vehicle inside headquarters for security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas after they seized it in Gaza June 13, 2007. Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr warned on Wednesday that factional violence in Gaza could spread to the West Bank if nothing is done, but dismissed threats that one faction might leave the government as speculation.

Serious waterlogging in South China

Citizens walk on the flooded west ring road in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 13, 2007. A heavy rainstorm hit the city Wednesday, leaving many roads submerged with accumulated water and causing difficulties to traffic.

China discovers world largest bird-like dinosaur fossil

The Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleonanthropology announced at a news conference on June 13 that the skeletal remains of a gigantic, surprisingly bird-like dinosaur, which has been classed as a new species and genus, is the largest of its kind known to the world. Eight metres long and standing at twice the height of a man at the shoulder, the fossil of the feathered but flightless Gigantoraptor erlianensis was found in the Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia, researchers wrote in the latest issue of Nature. The dinosaur was first discovered in April 2005.

Shimon Peres elected president of Israel

Israel's recently elected President Shimon Peres takes a phone call from King Juan Carlos of Spain during a Kadima party meeting following a vote in the parliament in Jerusalem June 13, 2007.