Two psychiatrists were walking down a hall. One turned to the other and said, "Hello." The other one thought, "I wonder what he meant by that."

11020307_1162857604716_1.jpg Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 6, 2006. Mamadou Tandja attended the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Nov. 4-5. (Xinhua Photo) ¡¡¡¡Photo Gallery >>> ¡¡¡¡ BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- In recent years, the cooperation between China and Niger in infrastructure, telecommunications, human resources and other fields has ...

Mary was having a tough day and had stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of what she thought to be well-deserved complaining and self- pitying. She moaned to her mom and brother, "Nobody loves me ... the whole world hates me!" Her brother, busily occupied playing a game, hardly looked up at her and passed on this encouraging word: "That's not true, Mary. Some people don't even know you."

¡¡¡¡ 11020308_1162771211040_1.jpg 11020308_1162771211260_2.jpg Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as he receives his verdict during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone November 5, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) ¡¡¡¡Photo Gallery >>> Bush hails Saddam Hussein's death sentence WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Sunday's verdict of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as "a ...

Time sensitive note: This joke pertains to the crash of a Chinese plane into a United States plane over International waters. China demanded an apology from us and stole technology from our plane when it was forced to make an emergency landing in Chinese lands. Top Ten Things The Chinese Have Learned By Examining Our Spy Plane 10. American codes can be broken by anyone with a basic understanding of Pig Latin 9. On-board computers were mainly used for Internet casino video poker ...

A man runs to the doctor and says, "Doctor, you've got to help me. My wife thinks she's a chicken!" The doctor asks, "How long has she had this condition?" "Two years," says the man. "Then why did it take you so long to come and see me?" asked the shrink. The man shrugs his shoulders and replies, "We needed the eggs."

Aid, trade package set to be announced 　China will announce a package of measures covering aid, investment, trade and social development for African countries during the weekend Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC). 　　Vice-Commerce Minister Wei Jianguo made the remarks yesterday at the closing ceremony of the Senior Officials Meeting of FOCAC. 　　 　　Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Seychellois President James Alix Michel review a ...

One night, a drunk comes stumbling into a bar and says to the bartender: "Drinks for all on me including you, bartender." So the bartender follows the mans orders and says: "That will be $36.50 please." The drunk says he has no money so the bartender slaps him around and throws him out. The next night the same drunk comes in again and orders a drink for everyone in the bar including the bartender. Again the bartender follows instructions and again the drunk says he has no money. So the bar...

11020310_1162429342336_1.jpg BEIJING, Nov. 2 -- Madonna said Tuesday that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son. Some critics have said it would have been better for 13-month-old David Banda if Madonna had helped his impoverished father to care for him at home in Malawi rather than bringing the boy to live with her and her family in London. "I said I would be happy to ... bring him back ...

¡¡ 13714068_2006110110013836210800.jpg The Shanghai World Financial Center, a Shanghai-based skyscraper of 492 meters tall and 101 stories, will be completed on March 23 in 2008.

A psychotherapist was having a roaring business since he started from scratch. So much so that he could now afford to have a proper shop banner advertising his wares. So he told a kid to paint the sign board for him & put it above his shop entrance. But, instead of his business building up, it began to slacken. He had especially noticed the ladies shying away from his shop after reading the sign board. So he decided to check it out himself. Then he understood why ! The boy found a small...

BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ninety-one Chinese prosecutors have been punished for violating law enforcement procedures while carrying out criminal investigations since May 2005, Prosecutor-general Jia Chunwang of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said here Monday. The prosecutors were punished as a result of a nationwide campaign launched by the SPP to regulate law enforcement activities in a bid to "enforce legal supervision and safeguard justice", said Jia in his report to Ch...

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea resumed beef imports from the United States on Monday to end a three-year ban against U.S. beef. South Korea banned the import of U.S. beef in late 2003 after a case of mad cow disease was reported there. A shipment of nine tons of U.S. beef is expected to arrive at South Korea's Incheon International Airport on Monday, which will be the first U.S. beef arrive in South Korea since the South Korean government decided to lift the ban in early Septem...

BEIJING, Oct. 28 -- In a warm-up for the upcoming launch of index futures trading, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFE) will hold index futures simulation trading on Monday. "We will begin trading in the index futures at the beginning of next year," said CFFE General Manager Zhu Yuchen. "The launch date is to be determined by the stock market performance." For now, every futures company, security company, fund management company, insurance assets management company and comm...

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is welcomed by Cheslovas Yurshenas (L), deputy speaker of Lithuanian parliament, upon his arrival in Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct. 26, 2006.(Xinhua Photo) ¡¡¡¡Photo Gallery >>> VILNIUS, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese adviser Jia Qinglin arrived in the capital of Lithuania on Thursday to start his official goodwill visit to the Baltic state. He expressed his sati...