148 trapped miners in Henan feared dead

Rescue work is underway in Henan's Daping Mine, where a deadly gas explosion took place Wednesday night, leaving over 56 people dead and 148 missing.(Xinhua Photo)

Computer exhibition opens in Tokyo

A model demonstrates a writable television conference system made by Japanese electronic company Pioneer on a computer exhibition opened in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 20, 2004. Some 372 companies from China, the United States and Japan joined the fair. Besides computers and related products, other new products such as digital DVD player, thin TV set were also exhibited.

Teenager lion dancers at farmers' games

Huang Jinge, lion dancer from central China's Hubei Province, during tight-rope training before the obstacle event of South Lion Dancing, at China's the fifth farmers' games, October 20. Lion Dancing is divided into South Lion and North Lion. The competitors this time are mostly teenagers who win bursts of applause with their vivid and breathtaking presentation.

China holds anti-hijack exercise in Urumqi

Anti-hijack troops dash into the passenger compartment through a blown door of an airliner supposed to be hijacked during an anti-hijack exercise held at the International Airport in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Oct. 20, 2004. Over 600 people and some helicopters, fire engines, armored vehicles participated in the collaborated exercise.

Search and rescue exercise held in Guangxi

Rescue ships search a passenger ship supposed to be crashed on the sea in the Beibu Gulf in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Oct. 20, 2004. More than 450 people and 23 ships and a helicopter participated in the air-and-sea search and rescue exercise.

Susilo swears in as the 6th president of Indonesia

Indonesia's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) takes an oath during his inaugural ceremony at the parliament building in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Oct. 20, 2004. Yudhoyono was sworn in as the 6th president of Indonesia Wednesday.

Ancient brick carving discovered

The picture taken on Oct. 20, 2004 shows a piece of brick-carving among the two from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) that were discovered recently in an ancient folk dwelling in Tunxi Village, in east China's Anhui Province.

PAF gives aerobatic show in HK

"Patrouille de France" (PAF), the famous aerobatics team with the French Air Force,presents an aerobatics show in Hong Kong, China, Oct. 20, 2004. Founded in 1931, PAF enjoys a world-wide reputation for its outstanding aerobatics performance.

Beijing, Sichuan exchange giant pandas

A worker in Beijing Zoo says goodbye to giant panda Tiantian in Beijing, China Oct. 20, 2004. Three giant pandas from Beijing Zoo are sent to Wolong of Sichuan Province, southwest China, Wednesday and three others in Sichuan will fly to Beijing Friday, under an exchange program aimed to maintain the biodiversity of the giant panda population.

Typhoon tears across Japan, killing 13

Typhoon No. 23 is pounding the Japanese archipelago northward, leaving at least 13 people dead as of Wednesday afternoon. Twelve people were missing and more than 100 injured in the 10th typhoon that hit Japan this year. Downpour brought by the typhoon has been witnessed in Tokyo forover 12 hours. Rainfall in central Tokyo area since the beginning of October has reached 56.5 millimeters, a record high in the past10 years.