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IMF hopeful woos China for votes

2011-06-17 07:41

Agustin Carstens, governor of the Mexican central bank, said on Thursday that China promised to take his bid to be the first non-European managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seriously and that the Chinese government is in the process of making a final decision.

Music in the air

2011-06-16 15:39

Violinist Shenzo Gregoria plays an electric violin while suspended from the roof of Sydney's Queen Victoria Building as part of his public performance June 16, 2011. Gregoria performed various pieces of contemporary and classical music for onlookers while spinning and tumbling through the air as he hangs from a steel chain many storeys above the ground.

China's Hercules pulls two cars with fingers

2011-06-16 17:28

Wu Baoxin, 60, prepares for his performance of pulling two cars with just his fingers at a square in Jiaozuo, Central China's Henan province, June 16, 2011. Wearing a pair of iron shoes which weigh 128 kg, Wu dragged two cars, weighing 2 tons in total, three meters by two fingers. The man himself weighs less than 60 kg.

Navy ship that buried bin Laden returns to US port

2011-06-16 09:57

The USS Carl Vinson returned from a seven month deployment that became historic last month when the aircraft carrier buried Osama bin Laden at sea.

Cars set on fire in Vancouver following loss

2011-06-16 13:51

Vancouver Canucks fan show experss their anger after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs to the Boston Bruins June 15, 2011.

Chinese patrol ship departs for Singapore

2011-06-16 07:15

Haixun 31, one of China's largest patrol ships, left South China's Guangdong Province for a two-week visit to Singapore, the first time China's maritime safety authorities have sent a large patrol ship to visit a foreign country.