Liberia needs our help: lawmaker
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John Cummings, right, Liberia's ambassador to Taiwan, calls for humanitarian aid for his war-torn country during a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hsieh chosen to run in Hualien County
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Former Cabinet secretary-general Hsieh Shen-shan shows his determination to win the Hualien County Commissioner election after being nominated by the KMT-PFP alliance.
PHOTO: YU TAI-LANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Former Hualien County commissioner Wu Kuo-tung waves to his supporters yesterday, pledging to run for the commissioner's seat in August, despite failing to obtain the nomination from the pan-blue alliance.
PHOTO: YANG YI-CHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Vajpayee upbeat after talks with Chinese
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Visiting Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, left, meets with Chairman of the Military Commission and former Chinese president Jiang Zemin in Beijing yesterday. Vajpayee is on a six-day visit to bolster relations between the two countries.
PHOTO: AP
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`Road map' lost on Orthodox Jewish settlers
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A view of new mobile homes on a hilltop near the Jewish settlement of Shvut Rachel, some 15km south of the West Bank town of Nablus, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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US highest Court rewrites Web censorship legislation
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The US Supreme Court in Washington.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Caracas cops duck bullets, politics
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Venezuelan metropolitan police take cover behind their shields during weekend clashes with supporters of President Hugo Chavez in Caracas.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fight stresses dangers in Congo
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A child suffering from a gunshot wound is treated at a hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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SARS was just the tip of an iceberg
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Monster Ice owner looks to Japan
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Ice Monster employee Chen tzu-hwa serves a plate of mango ice to a customer at the company's Taipei outlet on Yungkang Street yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG
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Apple shows off new Power Mac
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Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs holds up the 12-inch computer chip for the new Apple Power Mac G5 personal computer, while introducing it at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. The Mac G5 goes on sale in August.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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'Sisters under the sheets'
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Jackie Kennedy and her sister Lee Radziwell on Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India, in 1962. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe were both rivals and admirers of each other.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Frames from Peter Mangone's 8mm film of Marilyn Monroe on a shopping trip.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Devil Rays get runs off of Clemens to beat Yankees
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Flight attendants from Japan Airlines System hold dolls of New York Yankees' Japanese player Hideki Matsui while posing beside a Boeing B747-400 called "The Matsui jet." in Tokyo on Tuesday. The airline will kick off a "go go Matsui" campaign beginning on July 18 on their domestic flights.
PHOTO: AP
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Rice beats Stanford to win the College World Series
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Rice players pile up as they celebrate their 14-2 championship win over Stanford in the final game of the College World Series best-of-three championship series in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Croatian takes out Hewitt in England
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John Van Lottum of the Netherlands crashes to the ground, during his Men's Singles, first round match against Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten on Center Court during the first day of the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon on Monday. Kuerten won the match after Van Lottum retired injured.
PHOTO: AP
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Chandra Rubin of the US prepares to serve to Iva Majoli of Croatia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, England on Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cameroon and the US end match scoreless
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USA player Kyle Martino, right, challenges Cameroon's Achille Emana during a Confederations Cup match at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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