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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 19

2011-02-20 16:50

Snapshot photos capture the moments of events happened all around the world during the past 24 hours of Feb 19.

Back again, mass migration tests China's rails

2011-02-20 10:47

As the traditional Spring Festival season ended two days ago, a new wave of post-holiday travel rush came to China's railway system, the Ministry of Railways said Saturday.

Here comes the Kremlin skiing buddies

2011-02-20 10:17

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin share a ride on a chairlift during their visit to the Krasnaya Polyana resort near Sochi.

Chinese mummy on display in Philadelphia

2011-02-20 10:03

A 3800-year-old mummy is on show during an exhibition featuring archeological findings in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at the museum of Pennsylvania University in Philadelphia.

US warship Blue Ridge pulls into Hong Kong

2011-02-19 21:02

The USS Blue Ridge, flagship for the Commander of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, Saturday started its port visit in Hong Kong which will last around five days.

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 18

2011-02-19 15:37

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 18

Taikonaut simulates landing on Red Planet

2011-02-19 09:31

After 267 days in a locked, windowless steel capsule, Wang Yue, the only Chinese crewmember of the Mars 500 mission, performed his first simulated landing on the Red Planet on Friday.