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Organizers of Tian'anmen Self-Burning Sentenced Liu Yunfang, Wang Jindong, Liu Xiuqin and Xue Hongjun, organizers of the self-burning incident of Falun Gong practitioners at the Tian'anmen Square early this year, are given sentences ranging from life imprisonment to 7-15 years in prison by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People Court on Friday. They were all found guilty of intentional homicide.  |  |
Chinese First Population of Golden Monkey Founded Picture shows adult monkeys palying with their youngster, who are members of the first population of golden monkey in China in a zoo in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province. In the great efforts of the veterinaries and keepers of Kunming Zoo, Chinese first population of golden monkey, which consists of a "monkey king", five males and two females, is founded. |  |
Chinese First Population of Golden Monkey Founded Zhao Qinkun(C), a veterinary, makes a health examination to an 8-year-old golden monkey at a zoo in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province Wednesday, August 15, 2001. In the great efforts of the veterinaries and keepers of Kunming Zoo, Chinese first population of golden monkey, which consists of a "monkey king", five males and two females, is founded. |  |
Yellow River Cobble with Peculiar Patterns Gao Pingjun, a collector of Yellow River cobbles, shows a piece of stone with a pattern looks like a runner holding a torch in Lanzhou Thursday, August 16, 2001. Gao has collected 81 pieces of Yellow River cobbles. Some cobbles in Yellow River are well recieved by stone-collectors for their peculiar patterns. |  |
Criminal Gang on Trial in Central China Zhang Shuhai(C), a major criminal of the gang robbing a branch of the Guangdong Development Bank in Zhengzhou on December 9, 2000, is escorted to the court Thursday, August 16, 2001. Eleven members of the criminal gang went on trial in Zhengzhou for a crime spree that involved one murder and several armed robberies. |  |
Flag-Hoisting Ceremony Held at Universiade Village The South African sports delegation hold a flag-hoisting ceremony at the Universiade Village in Beijing August 16, 2001. South Africa is among the first batch of delegations to enter the village. |  |
Air Show in Moscow Russian Su-27 fighters give a formation flight at the International Air Show outside Moscow August 15, 2001. As one of the world's well-known air shows, it has drawn the attendance of over 500 companies from 33 countries and regions. |  |
Largest Newspaper in the World A 10-meter-high, 15-meter-wide newspaper, the largest one in the world, is erected in front of the Hockey Stadium in Helsinki, capital of Finland Wednesday, August 16, 2001. The newspaper, edited by the "Technology and Economy" Agency, informs readers the development of high-tech and its impact on human being's daily life. During the month-long exhibition, the pages of the large newspaper will be updated twice a week. |  |
Illicit Weapons destroyed in Fuzhou Three policemen inspect illicit guns and amunitions which are to be destroyed in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian province August 16, 2001. Police of Fujian Public Security have cracked 1,654 cases involved with guns and explosives, seized 2,272 suspects and captured 13,471 guns and over 100,000 bullets since April this year. |  |
Chinese Music Echoes in Germany Jiang Guoji, eminent flute player of China's Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra stages in Balve Cave in Nordrhein-Westfalen State of Germany August 15, 2001. |  |
Harvest Song A group of young ethnic Yi people sing amid crops for celebrating abundant harvest in the suburbs of Kunming, capital of southwest china's Yunnan Province August 16, 2001. The ethnic Yi is good at singing and dancing. |  |
APEC SOM III & Related Meetings Held in Dalian The Investment Expert Group under the Third Senior Officials Meeting (SOM III) of the 13th APEC Ministerial Meeting and related meetings discuss the investment work of APEC in Dalian City in northeast China's Liaoning Province August 16, 2001. The SOM III and related meetings are held in Dalian from August 16 to 24. |  |
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