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Sacred craft

2011-08-21 09:03

Thangka craftsmen have faithfully re-created Tibetan religious icons for generations, passing down the art from masters to apprentices in a heritage chain that still keeps tight links today.

DPRK top leader set foot on Russia

2011-08-21 10:11

Kim Jong Il passed through Khasan, the border railway station of Russia in the morning of August 20, the official news agency KCNA reported.

10 dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul

2011-08-20 07:52

Taliban suicide attackers stormed the compound, killing at least 10 people in a five-hour gunfight on the anniversary of the country's independence from Britain. Photo by Ahmad Masood, [Photo/Agencies]

Farmer’s dream still grounded

2011-08-20 16:25

Farmer Shu Mansheng builds a flying device in front of his house in Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, Central China's Hubei province, Aug 19, 2011.

300-year-old horse race festival kicks off in Tibet

2011-08-20 12:16

Women in traditional costumes dance during a horse race festival held in Damxung, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, August 19, 2011. The seven-day horse race festival, with the history of more than 300 years, is held in Damxung in August each year.

Su-27 jets fly at airshow

2011-08-19 20:41

Russian Air Force Su-27 Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) jet fighters perform during the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, August 19, 2011.

Astronauts practice water landing

2011-08-19 21:09

US astronaut Karen Nyber practises the procedure for a water landing during a training exercise at an Emergencies Ministry testing ground in Noginsk outside Moscow August 19, 2011.