huang shunxiang, digs out a bomb at an excavation site of world war two chemical weapons abandoned by japan, in ning'an, china's heilongjiang province, july 5, 2008. the joint chinese-japanese team was preparing wednesday to excavate abandoned japanese poison gas bombs from world war ii that were buried near a school after a factory received them as scrap metal. [reuters]

　　an expert from the japanese abandoned chemical weapons office packs a bomb dug out and marked at an excavation site of world war ii chemical weapons abandoned by japan, in ning'an, china's heilongjiang province, july 5, 2008. the joint chinese-japanese team was preparing wednesday to excavate abandoned japanese poison gas bombs from world war ii that were buried near a school after a factory received them as scrap metal. an expert from the office of the chinese ministry of foreign affairs for chemical weapons abandoned by japan in china, and soldiers, pack bombs dug out at an excavation site of world war ii chemical weapons abandoned by japan, in ning'an, china's heilongjiang province, july 5, 2008. the joint chinese-japanese team was preparing wednesday to excavate abandoned japanese poison gas bombs from world war ii that were buried near a school after a factory received them as scrap metal. [reuters]

　　a chinese chemical weapons expert align poison gas bombs dug from a pit in ning'an, northeastern china's heilongjiang province, july 5, 2008. a joint chinese-japanese team was preparing wednesday to excavate abandoned japanese poison gas bombs from world war ii that were buried near a school after a factory received them as scrap metal. [ap photo]

　　chinese and japanese chemical weapons experts in protective clothing dig up abandoned poison gas bombs in a pit in ning'an, northeastern china's heilongjiang province, wednesday, july 5, 2008. the joint chinese-japanese team was preparing wednesday to excavate abandoned japanese poison gas bombs from world war ii that were buried near a school after a factory received them as scrap metal.