UN chief visits Bird's Nest
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) receives a model of China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, during his visit to the stadium in Beijing, capital o ... english.people.com.cn |
China' twins advance to the synchronized swimming event final
&$ &$Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting of China compete during the duet free routine preliminary at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games synchronized swimming event in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting ranked the fourth in preliminary and advanced to the final.&$&$ &$ &$Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting of China compete dur ... english.people.com.cn |
A Long-Ago Bay Shore, and the Man Who Captured It
43 years after his death, the photographs of James T. Johnathan, an African-American renaissance man, will be shown for the first time in a gallery exhibition. nytimes.com |
Back to Nature, in Pictures and Action
Sebastião Salgado sets out to record undeveloped pockets of the planet. nytimes.com |
Russian Director Presents Grand Epic of World War II
The budget for Nikita Mikhalkov's $55 million war film was the largest of any post-Soviet Russian production, which made use of materials from American and British military archives and documents. nytimes.com |