Chinese Vice President Starts Visit to Britain Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arrives at London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday Oct. 28, 2001 for a five day visit. | |
League Leader Flying High in China Soccer League leader Dalian Shide widened their advantage to a nine points margin after beating Shenzhen Kejian 3-0 on Sunday in the 19th round of the Chinese soccer League first division. | |
HK Delegation to Compete in 27 Finals of 9th National Games Donald Tsang, secretary for administration of the Hong Kong SAR, presented the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flag to the Hong Kong delegation to the 9th National Games at the Wan Chai Sports Ground on Sunday and wished the athletes every success in the forthcoming Games. | |
Sichuan TV Festival Opens VIsitors gather at the AOL Time Warner stand at the 6th Sichuan TV Festival held in capital city Chengdu October 27, 2001. Some 1200 TV programme oriented organizations, producers and manufacturers from all over the world participated in the festival. | |
Hand Prints from Blood of Palestinian Captain Hand prints made from the blood of Palestinian Captain Mahed Jema Abdelrahman Aljuju are seen on a wall in the Al Aza refugee camp in Bethlehem, two days after he was shot by Israeli troops from the Paradise Hotel (seen at R) on October 27, 2001. Witnesses said that bystanders soaked their hands in the dead captain's blood before marking the wall as a memorial to him. This is not the first time a memorial of this kind has been made by Palestinians. [Reuters] | |
Wuqiao Acrobatic Art, Cultural Ambassador of China Wuqiao acrobatic art has become a cultural ambassador of China, and every Chinese should be proud of it, said Eduardo Murillo, president of the U.S. based World Talent Inc. here Sunday. | |
Quake Hit Yunnan Province A local man carries gravels in the relics of his house in Yongsheng County, a quake-strike area in southwest China's Yunnan Province October 28, 2001. The county was jolted by a quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale Saturday afternoon, one person killed, more than 100 injured, according to sources. | |
Soldiers of the Afghan Northern Alliance Train Soldiers of the Afghan opposition Northern Alliance forces make ball firing practice outside a barrack near the frontline with Taliban in northern Afghan Oct. 27, 2001. | |
CPF's First Female Leader Marie-George Buffet is elected as national secretary of Communist Party of France during the 31st CPF National Congress. She is the first woman who has won the leading position in CPF. | |
Beijing 4th International Music Festival 1,500 children and their parents enjoy the free programs performed by American mime artists and Singapore symphony orchestra in Beijing 4th International Music Festival Oct. 28, 2001. | |
Burundian Tansitional Government Upcoming Burundian main opposition party FRODEBU leader Jean Minani gestures to the welcoming people at the airport in Bujumbura, Burundi, October 28 ,2001. Jean Minani, along with other Burundian Hutu opposition leaders, returned from exile to participate in a transitional government due to start on November 1st and aimed at ending Burundi's eight-year civil war. | |
Barracks of the Northern Alliance Forces A soldier of the Afghan opposition Northern Alliance forces faddles with his comrade in a barrack near the frontline with Taliban in northern Afghan Oct. 27, 2001. The big hole of the barrack was damaged by the rocket fired by taliban soldiers. | |
Kindergarten for Afghan Refugee Children Afghan refugee children attend a class in Shogofa Kindergarten in Mashhad, October 18,2001. Goshofa Kindergarten was established about 8 months ago and has admitted 130 Afghan refugee children, most of whom lost either their father or mother, or are from extremely poor families. The kindergarten is financially supported by United Nations Children's Fund and provides children with two free meals a day and preschool education. | |
New British Hairstyle A model displays a new hairstyle during an international hair dressing exhibition in London October 27, 2001. | |
Red Leaves Attract Visitors to Fragrant Hill Many visitors climb the Fragrant Hill, western outskirts of Beijing, to enjoy the red leaves in such a sunny fall day October 28, 2001. | |
WFP Deliver Food Aid To Afghanistan People A worker is carrying a bag of food aid from World Food Programme(WFP), before sending them to Afghanistan to assist the refugees there in Peshawar, Oct. 26, 2001. The WFP is preparing to deliver 30,000 tonnes of wheat to help up to 6 million people in Afghanistan who will need food aid this winter. | |
Hu Jintao Meets with Kasyanov Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (R) shakes hands with visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao in Moscow October 27, 2001. | |