A security officerguards a closed school in Beijing May 5, 2003. China
ordered schools in Beijing to stay closed for two more weeks to stem
the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which has
killed at least 100 people in Beijing. REUTERS/Wilson Chu

ASW/RCS

Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray stands to answers questions on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, March 30, 2001. An abnormally high number of Liberals attended the Friday session of parliament after being caught offguard by opposition members in an adjournment vote yesterday. For the first time since the Liberals took power in 1993, the government lost a vote in the Commons by a count of 98-95 when the four opposition parties joined forces to protest government stonewalling and arrogance over repeated questions about Prime Minister Jean Chretien's personal financial dealings.

JY/JP

Steve Melton of Hollywood gets caught off-guard by the heavy surf brought by the outer bands of hurricane Floyd September 14. It is expected the Miami and Fort Lauderdale metropolitan areas will be spared the wrath of Floyd's category 4 winds as the storm made a more northerly turn early today.

CB/BM

Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (L) gestures as he talks to his Hungarian counterpart Gyorgy Keleti (R) prior to a Euro-Atlantic Partnership council Defence Ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels June 13. Washington caught its NATO allies offguard yesterday with its announcement that only Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic should be in NATO's first expansion.

Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (L) talks with his Polish and Hungarian counterparts Stanislaw Dobrzanski (C) and Gyorgy Keleti (R) prior to a Euro-Atlantic Partnership council Defence Ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels June 13. Washington caught its NATO allies offguard yesterday with its announcement that only Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic should be in NATO's first expansion.

Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (L) talks with his Polish and Hungarian counterparts Stanislaw Dobrzanski (C) and Gyorgy Keleti (R) prior to a Euro-Atlantic Partnership council Defence Ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels June 13. Washington caught its NATO allies offguard yesterday with its announcement that only Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic should be in NATO's first expansion.

NATO DEFENCE

Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (L) gestures as he talks to his Hungarian counterpart Gyorgy Keleti (R) prior to a Euro-Atlantic Partnership council Defence Ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels June 13. Washington caught its NATO allies offguard yesterday with its announcement that only Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic should be in NATO's first expansion. In the background is an unidentified member of the Hungarian delegation.

NATO DEFENCE