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[Metro & Sports]

• The landscape of Beijing is set to continue sprawling as a new subway line linking the southeast Tongzhou District to the city center will add into the capital's underground traffic network this year.
• Nearly 300 Miss Etiquettes have began a 2-month training course in east China's Zhejiang Province, in preparation them for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
• Hundreds of pupils at a school for children of migrant workers in Shijingshan district in Beijing are attending a special week long course taught by a group of foreign students from Yale University.
• A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger and extend till the start of the rainy season in May, according to two provincial meteorological stations.
• Real Madrid was eliminated from the Champions League in the first knockout round for the sixth year in a row Wednesday after drawing 1-1 against Lyon, sending the French club through 2-1 on aggregate.
• Wayne Rooney led Manchester United cruise into the Champions League quarter-finals after beating AC Milan 4-0 at Old Trafford.

[China's Champion] Zhang Yuejiao-China's First Woman Grand Justice of Dispute Settlement Body of WTO

The World Trade Organization is the highest level international trade institution in the world. Inside the WTO there is a Dispute Settlement Body which consists of seven high ranking judges who have the power to make final decisions regarding trade conflicts. Zhang Yuejiao is one of them and she is also China's first female judge in such an organization. She was appointed to this position in June 2008. Now, at the age of 64, Zhang Yuejiao has entered this brand new, challenging chapter in her career.

[Cultural Voyage] "Home-Project" Exhibition

There has always been a saying of "Home, sweet home."

Many may not deeply comprehend this saying but Milla-Kariina Oja, a photography artist, does. She is taking this to the next level by documenting it in pictures to further explain why home is always sweet.

• The documentary that Jia Zhangke is making for the Shanghai World Expo may not be ready in time for the event's opening in May.
• Chinese mainland pop diva Na Ying has been named jury chairwoman of the upcoming 10th Music Chart Awards, which will take place in Shenzhen on April 11.
• The 1980s' teen idol Corey Haim died of an accidental overdose on Wednesday morning. He was 38.
• A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.

[Strange News]

• "A miracle fall" happened to a 38-year-old man while he had a 10-floor plunge down a hotel cable shaft.
• "I was surprised and frightened to see a man falling from onto my balcony again. It's lucky I don't have heart disease, otherwise."
• US officials are investigating after a child was apparently allowed to direct planes at New York's busy JFK airport.

[Real China] China to Raise Awareness of Children Violence

Violence against children is a serious international problem and China is not immune to the need to address this issue and find solutions. Currently efforts are being made in Chinese society to raise the level of awareness about this topic.

[Flexible Segment] Vincent Patar & St覰hane Aubier

In an unusual movie plot a Cowboy and an Indian plan to celebrate the birthday of their master, a horse, by building a barbecue in the horse's house. But when they order the bricks for their construction, a typing error multiplies the number ordered by one billion. And the excess bricks destroy the horse's home instead. This crazy story happens in the Belgian animation film "Panique au Village", or "A Town called Panic". Already receiving a lot of recognition in Europe, this award winning film is now being screened in Beijing. Directors Vincent Patar and Stephan Aubier are in town to promote their film.