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Tiger Woods never stops having fun in golf

2011-04-13 11:05

Tiger Woods played for nearly 90 minutes with more than 200 young Chinese golfers in Shenzhen Tuesday, attracting more than 30,000 fans to watch.

Sick man helps stray dogs in E China

2011-04-12 19:17

Liu Shuxia invested more than 200,000 yuan ($30,570) and helped more than 300 stray dogs find homes in Jinan, Shandong province.

Quake-damaged memories

2011-04-12 16:45

Fisherman Koichi Sasaki looks for his marriage ring which was lost during the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a damaged area in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, April 12, 2011.

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, April 11

2011-04-12 17:46

Collection of photos shot around the world on April 11, 2011.

Peony flowers bloom Luoyang's economy

2011-04-12 16:09

An artist paints peony flowers on the front of a fan in Luoyang, April 11, 2011.

France bans full face veils, spurring protests

2011-04-12 10:17

France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, exposing anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burqa in public to fines of 150 euros ($216) and lessons in French citizenship.

China builds world's largest underground theater

2011-04-12 10:10

Occupying an area of 650,000 square meters, including 570,000 square meters underground, the theater will become the largest and deepest underground theater, with the most number of seats, when it opens in July.