Chen to go ahead with referendum
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More than a thousand members of the Taiwan Power Company Labor Union and their relatives express their opposition yesterday to the government's plan to phase out nuclear energy. The activists were protesting outside the Nuclear-free Homeland Conference in Taipei.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Peace deal looks set to stick, despite lastest killings
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Palestinians carry the body of militants killed by Israeli troops, during their funeral at Noseirat camp in Gaza Strip yesterday. The men died in a clash as Israeli troops surrounded the family home of Hamas explosives expert Adnan al-Ghoul.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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GIO shoots down cable channels grouping concept
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Taipei City's Bureau of Information Director Wu Yu-sheng hands a joint petition to outgoing Government Information Office Director-General Arthur Iap asking for different groupings of cable TV channels that will allow package deals to viewers.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT, PFP want referendum law
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DPP Legislator Chen Chi-mai, right, yesterday reminds KMT legislative caucus whip Tseng Yung-chuan to keep his party's promise after the KMT and the PFP proposed holding a special legislative session to pass a referendum law.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hunger strike meets HK security law
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A police officer stands in front of a bust of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa carried by pro-democracy demonstrators as they protest outside Hong Kong's legislative council where Tung was holding a question and answer session with lawmakers, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Death toll rises in fight for Monrovia
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With posters declaring that the dead were un-armed, angry crowds laid out the bloody, broken bodies of shelling victims before the US embassy in Monrovia on Thursday, accusing the US of failing to protect Monrovia's people from fighting overrunning the capital.
PHOTO: AP
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The Middle East's new anti-semitism
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A home far from home for a foreign bride
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Nguyen Diem-quyen teaches her customers to eat Vietnamese duck eggs.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nguyen Diem-quyen prepares Vietnamese cuisine. Her shop specializes in selling exotic foods.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Spirited Brewers down Chicago Cubs
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Milwaukee Brewers' Geoff Jenkins is congratulated by Scott Podsednik after hitting the game-winning three-run home run against the Chicago Cubs in the ninth inning in Chicago on Thursday. The Brewers won 5-3.
PHOTO: AP
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Rich pickings as Cavaliers draft James
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LeBron James, of Akron, Ohio, smiles before the start of the 2003 NBA Draft on Thursday in New York. James was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the overall first pick.
PHOTO: AP
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Cameroon to play final despite death
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Marc-Vivien Foe of Cameroon is taken off during the semi-final Confederations Cup match at Gerland stadium in Lyon, central France, on Thursday. The player later died.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The hand of Thierry Henry, right, points to the sky in memory of Foe after France's opening goal on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Agassi negotiates second-round hurdle
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Andre Agassi of the US blows a kiss to the crowd after his second-round defeat of Germany's Lars Burgsmuller at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Thursday. Agassi won the match 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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