Wednesday / July 11, 2007

Foto 1 de 56 | 12/07/2007 | Crédito : AP / Edición: C. Edwards

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Foto 2 de 56 | 12/07/2007 | Crédito : Reuters / Edición: C. Edwards

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Construction is underway at Beijing´s National Stadium known also as the Bird´s Nest in Beijing, China. Beijing´s 2008 Olympic venues are nearing completion, with 11 of them set to hold test events in August. The only venue that´s not expected to be entirely finished this year is the 91,000 seat National Stadium, known as the "Bird´s Nest". However, it will be completed early next year, in time to hold a test event in the spring.

French radio personality Sam Bernett, whose French language book is called "The End: Jim Morrison", claimed Morrison died in a toilet stall of his nightclub, after what he believes was a heroin overdose. Bernett, who was in his early 20s when Morisson died in 1971, went on to become a prominent radio personality, rock biographer and a vice president of Disneyland Paris. Bernett kept his story quiet until his wife suggested writing a book last year.

A "Wing-In-Ground" (WIG) aircraft, designed by the scientific research crew of Tongji University in Shanghai, is seen in this undated handout. The plane can fly as low as half a meter (1 ft 7 inches) off the surface, hitting speeds of up to 300km (180 miles) per hour and can carry up to 4 tons on takeoff.

Daniel Radcliffe, the movies´ Harry Potter, is interviewed on the NBC "Today" television show in New York. The fifth adventure for the teen wizard "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens today.

The Abora III, a boat made of reeds and wood passes the Empire State Building after it was launched today in New York Harbor for a transatlantic crossing. Project leader German botanist Dominique Görlitz is trying to show pre-historic Atlantic crossings were possible. The crew hope to reach Spain in six to nine weeks, stopping off at the Portuguese islands of the Azores on the way.

Daniel Radcliffe, the movies´ Harry Potter, is interviewed on the NBC "Today" television show in New York. The fifth adventure for the teen wizard "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens today. Ver más.