Some US Troops are in Kabul: RumsfeldUS Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday that a small number of US troops are inside Kabul, advising the Afghan opposition Northern Alliance leaders.  |  |
PLA Navy Fleet Concludes Portcall to Hong Kong The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy fleet, comprising guided missile destroyer Shenzhen and multi-purpose replenishment ship Fengcang, completed its three-day portcall in Hong Kong Tuesday and left for the mainland. |  |
Bush, Putin Promise to Reduce Strategic Nuclear Arsenal U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that their countries will respectively cut the nuclear arsenal. |  |
Li Ruihuan Meets Fijian Foreign Minister Li Ruihuan met with Kaliopate Tavola, Fijian minister of foreign affairs and external trade. |  |
Li Ruihuan Meets Fijian Parliamentary LeaderLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met Tuesday with Taito Waqavakatoga, president of the Fijian senate. |  |
Chinese Premier Meets Rwandan PresidentChina hopes Africa achieve peace and stability, national unity and territorial integrity, said Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Tuesday morning. |  |
Chinese Top Legislator Visits Uruguay Chinese top legislator Li Peng (Front, second from Left) makes a speech during his meeting with Acting President of National Congress of Uruguay Alejandro Atchugarry Bonomi (First from Left) in Montevideo, capital of the country, Nov. 12, 2001. Uruguay is the fourth leg of Li's five-nation visit to North Africa and Latin America which has brought him to Algeria, Cuba and Argentina and will take him to Tunisia. |  |
China's First National AIDS Conference Calls for Attention to Fight the Disease An HIV-infected man who quietly shared his early feelings of isolation and despair to an audience of 2,000 at China's first national AIDS conference in Bejing received thunderous applause for his courage and candor. |  |
Song Zhijuan Breaks Women's 58kg Weightlifting National Record Chinese athlete Song Zhijuan wins the women's 58kg category weightlifting with a total of 250kg at the 9th National Games in Heshan, Guangdong Province, Tuesday, November 13, 2001. Song broke the national record in snatch with 115kg. |  |
First China AIDS and STD Prevention Conference Opens in Beijing The first China AIDS and STD Prevention Conference opens in Beijing Tuesday, November 13, 2001. AIDS patients are now reported in China's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. The number of HIV-positive carriers totals 600,000 in the country.The number of STD patients has also been on the rise in China. |  |
Women Drivers of Tibet Xie Ga cleans her truck before class at the Driving Training School of Amdo county, Nagqu area of north Tibet Autonomous Region, November 13, 2001. After 3 months of training by local government, Xie Ga and her classmates are ready to work as drivers. They are among the first women drivers in Tibet. |  |
(2) Successful Liver Transplant Operation Performed in Beijing A monitor live shows the operation process while Chinese doctors perform liver transplant operation on 12-year-old Chen Huanhuan in Beijing, November 12, 2001. With advice from a group of 18 liver transplant specialists from Taiwan, Chinese doctors of the No. 1 Clinical Hospital attached to Beijing University have successfully transplanted three fifths of the liver of Chen's mother into her body, who had congenital liver cirrhosis and had suffered repeated hemorrhagic shock in the past three years. The operations began at 8:30 Monday morning, and finished at around 3:00 Tuesday morning. |  |
(1) Successful Liver Transplant Operation Performed in Beijing With advice from a group of 18 liver transplant specialists from Taiwan, doctors of the No. 1 Clinical Hospital attached to Beijing University perform liver transplant operation on 12-year-old Chen Huanhuan in Beijing, November 12, 2001. Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted three fifths of the liver of Chen's mother into her body, who had congenital liver cirrhosis and had suffered repeated hemorrhagic shock in the past three years. The operations began at 8:30 Monday morning, and finished at around 3:00 Tuesday morning. |  |
UN Security Council Representatives Mourn For Victims Representatives attending a UN Security Council anti-terrorism meeting mourn for the victims of American Airlines flight 587 from New York, Nov. 12, 2001. An Airbus A300-600 crashed in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens Borough in New York soon after takeoff from John F. Kenney Airport bound for the Dominican Republic. |  |
People Concern Air Crash Diplomats and UN employees watch TV news, concerning the latest development about a crashed plane of American Airlines in UN headquater, New York, Nov.12, 2001. An Airbus A300-600 crashed in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens Borough in New York soon after takeoff from John F. Kenney Airport bound for the Dominican Republic. |  |
Manhunt International 2001 Rajeev Singh of India (C), the winner of the Manhunt International 2001 World Final, shares a smile with the first runner up Zhang Weibiao of China (L) and the second runner up Louis Nery of Venezuela (R) after being announced, November 12, 2001 in Beijing. Started in 1993, the Manhunt International contest has become one of the most important male model contests in the world. |  |
