Iran said on Thursday the US was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz".
The combined light painting photo taken in China's Hong Kong (top), Britain's London, Belgium's Brussels, France's Paris and Egypt's Cairo (from L to R, bottom) shows a smiling face and the sign of "2012", to greet the coming New Year.
Massive hacking of Web portals, causing leakage of classified information about Internet users, has raised concerns about safeguarding privacy in virtual space.
A panda cub plays with a toy - a New Year gift - in a nursery room at China's Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Ya'an, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Dec 28, 2011.
The first Altay International Ice and Snow Festival began on Dec 28 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China.
Entirely made of ice, the hotel offers accommodation where the temperature is between -2 and +2 degrees Celsius.
Braving chilling water and cold air, swimmers cross the Yangtze River in a traditional winter activity in the Southwestern municipality of Chongqing on Dec 26, 2011.
China's largest offshore wind power plant began operation in Rudong county, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 28, 2011.
The safety of schools and school buses is now at the top of the agenda for China's education authority.
The world's top sports news in 2011 selected by Xinhua News Agency.
Many students rush a train ticket sales agent in an attempt to buy a ticket home for the winter break in Nanjing city, capital of East China’s Jiangsu province on Dec 28, 2011, the day the rail authority started selling student tickets for the Spring Festival travel period.
Work crews have completed the foundation for the world's second tallest building one month ahead of schedule and are now rushing to construct the ground structure of the 632-meter Shanghai Tower, second only to the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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