Nari leaves 59 dead as it whips nation
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A woman yesterday prays for her son, daughter-in-law and their two children after the four were buried inside their house in Taipei's Neihu District by mudslides triggered by Typhoon Nari. Police are still searching for the bodies. Nari, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has killed at least 59 people while 21 are still missing.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nari's victims pick up the pieces, count their losses
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, walks in the mud supported by his aides yesterday as he inspects the disaster area in Neihu hit by Nari.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Additional military personnel suit up for clean-up effort
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Rescue workers search for Neihu residents who were buried by mudslides yesterday. The military has joined in rescue and restoration efforts in Nari's wake.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rescuers to focus on retreiving bodies
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A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Long arm of the law grows longer in US
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PHOTO: APN
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Bite into a pieceof the moon
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The Chinese character for ''east'' is molded into these mooncakes made by the Far Eastern Hotel.
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Traditional wooden molds are still used to shape mooncakes.
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Bakers prepare a date paste with egg yolk filling for Cantonese-style mooncakes.
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Preparation is time-consuming and complex for the crust of a Cantonese-style mooncake.
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Baked mooncakes come out of the oven golden brown.
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A baker prepares Soochow-style mooncakes using the dry fry method.
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Taiwan's beauty czar strikes gold in China
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Owner and founder of Taiwan's Natural Beauty group, Tsai Yen-ping stands by her company's most popular cosmetic products in her office in Taipei.
PHOTO: AP
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Business Focus: Grasso back at NYSE helm
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Richard Grasso, chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, speaks at the NASDAQ Market site in New York City's Times Square on Monday. Behind him, from left to right, are: Salvatore Sadano, chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange; Harvey Pitt, Chairman of the SEC; and Hardwick Simmons, CEO of the NASDAQ.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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WTO won't be a bed of roses for China's coddled firms
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Tourists walk past a Starbucks Coffeee outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City yesterday. Foreign companies expect greater access to China's markets after it becomes an active WTO member next year.
PHOTO: AP
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World Business: Military greets anxious New Yorkers
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A member of the National Guard walks by a statue of a bull in the New York financial district on Monday. The New York Stock Exchange opened for the first time since the collapse of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. The bull represents prosperity in the market.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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World Business: Merrill, Schwab urge clients to hold
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Eddie Horn in the Dow Jones Indutrial Average stock index futures pit.
PHOTO: AFP
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Residents in Taipei's Nankang District washed their furniture and belongings yesterday after the worst flooding in northern Taiwan in 50 years.
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In Hsichih, Taipei County, a young couple carry their two children on their shoulders and leave their home after being trapped there by flooding for two days.
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Residents in Taipei County's Hsichih yesterday cleaned up mud brought by the flooded Keelung River when Typhoon Nari pounded northern Taiwan.
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Police scrambled to evacuate residents in Taipei County after a road collapsed from severe flooding.
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A woman and her two little nieces wait for neighbors to return with food. Her house -- located in Hsichih, Taipei County -- has been drenched with muddy water for almost three days.
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A dog drys off as residents in Taipei City's Neihu District clean their mud-covered furniture after the flooding receded yesterday.
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Muddy water blues
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In memory of ...
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Editorial Cartoon
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Vigilance
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