French Missile Frigate Visits Guangzhou for First TimeFrench missile frigate "October" arrived in Guangzhou in the afternoon of November 5 for a 6-day visit. A welcoming ceremony was held by Chinese navy in Guangzhou base. During their visit French sailors will go on sightseeing trips to scenic spots and historical monuments of the city and Guangzhou citizens would visit the frigate. |  |
Afghan Opposition Troops Paraded Afghan opposition Northern Alliance fighters fire a vehicle-mounted cannon at a training camp in the outskirts of Jabal us Seraj, some 60 km (37 miles) north of the Afghan capital Kabul, November 5, 2001. Thousands of Afghan opposition troops paraded before their leaders on Monday in a symbolic sign that their beleaguered army was ready to take on the Taliban and push to the gates of Kabul. |  |
Hurricane Michelle Pounds CubaHurricane Michelle, the worst storm to hit Cuba since 1944, pounded the Caribbean's largest island with torrential rain and fierce winds on November 5. At least five people died when it roared through the western part of Cuba. |  |
Castro Hold Talks with Li PengCuban President Fidel Castro talks with Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPC) and his delegates at the National Hotel of Cuba in Havana on Monday, Nov. 5, 2001. Li is on an official visit to Cuba. |  |
Chirac Meets Chinese Vice-President Hu JintaoFrench President Jacques Chirac, left, shows the way to Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, prior to a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Nov. 5, 2001. Hu is in Paris for a diplomatic visit and will meet Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on Tuesday. |  |
Chinese People's Help 'Great Encouragement to the Cuban People': CastroVisiting top Chinese lawmaker Li Peng said Sunday in Havana during his meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro that China will provide assistance to Cuba for combatting the ongoing Hurricane Michelle that is sweeping the island country.  |  |
Premier Zhu Spells out Five-Point Proposal on ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji spelled out Monday in Bandar seri Begawan his five-point proposal on advancing cooperation between the ASEAN and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Gabonese GuestsLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met Monday with a delegation from Gabon's Economic and Social Council headed by the Council's president Louis Gaston Mayila. |  |
Eighth Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Expo Opens The Eighth China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Expo opened Monday at the country's only state-level agricultural high-tech demonstration zone in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. |  |
Eighth Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Expo Opens The Eighth China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Expo opened Monday at the country's only state-level agricultural high-tech demonstration zone in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. |  |
China's Cloned Calf in Good Condition China's first calf cloned from a skin cell has been doing well since its birth at the Laiyang Agricultural College in Shandong province Saturday evening. |  |
