French nurse World Cup hangover
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Foreign wives see discrimination
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Four foreign brides who reside in Taipei wave to the camera yesterday while attending this year's ``Chinese and Foreign Brides' Camp'' held by the Taipei City Bureau of Civil Affairs.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Banking on the Internet rises in US
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Alexander Sloan, a venture-capital investor, uses a bank's online system to track accounts at his home in San Francisco. Now millions of Americans are doing at least part of their banking on the Internet as established institutions and new ones have finally created reliable, easy-to-use online systems.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Tour du monde
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Bon voyage! The Huang family pauses during a weekend training session near Ta-an Park in Taipei.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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At home and abroad with a famous English fop
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The Art of Travel
By Alain de Botton
261 Pages
Hamish Hamilton
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Illuminating glasswork's opaque world
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Milan Handl's Light Graphics.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Growing to love `plant people'
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Above and top, Ren Rong's ``plant people.''
PHOTOS COURTESY OF REN RONG
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Standing at the dragon's tail
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Liu Ching-cheng stands next to one of his boats which will take part in races scheduled from June 16 to June 18.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, right, carefully dots a dragon's eyes in a tradition dating back thousands of years.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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