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EU Delegation in Pyongyang DPRK leader Kim Jong Il poses with Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson along with EU Security Affairs Chief Javier Solana and EU External Relations Commisioner Chris Patten prior to talks, in Pyongyang Wednesday, May 2, 2001. Persson is leading a European Union delegation on a three-day visit to North Korea.  |  |
62 Confirmed Dead in Chongqing Landslide Pictuer shows a navvy working on the site of the landslide in the seat of Wulong County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 2, 2001. A total of 62 people were confirmed dead in the landslide by zero hour Thursday, with 18 of the bodies recognized by relatives and cremated. |  |
Water-Splashing Festival Celebrations People sprinkle each other to show best wishes for friends as well as strangers at the Water-splashing Festival celebrations held Wednesday at the Park of Nationalities of China, May 2, 2001, Beijing. Water-splashing Festival is a festival of Dais and some other minority nationalities. |  |
Activities Held to Mark the 82th Anniversary of May 4th Movement Students of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics perform Ode to the Red Flag at the gathering held to mark the 82th anniversary of the May 4th Movement Wednesday in Beijing, April 2, 2001. The May 4th Movement of 1919 was an anti-imperialist, anti-feudal, political and cultural movement influenced by the October Revolution and led by intellectuals having the rudiments of Communist ideology. |  |
Donald Tsang Takes New Post of Hong Kong Administrative Secretary Tung Chee-hwa, chief executive of Hong Kong SAR, talks with new administrative secretary Donald Tsang (L) and new financial secretary Leung Kam-chung (R) on the first day in their new posts in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 2, 2001. |  |
China's CPPCC Chairman Meets Turkish PM Li Ruihuan (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in Ankara May 1, 2001. |  |
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