Emergency centers to monitor holiday travel
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Passengers rush to board a train yesterday ahead of a proposed Railway Labor Union meeting scheduled for today. The meeting would prevent approximately 12,000 union employees from showing up for work during the busy Mid-Autumn Festival. The Taiwan Railway Administration has promised the trains will operate smoothly.
PHOTO: WANG MING-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taichung opera shows promoted
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Members of a Taiwanese opera troupe perform yesterday during a press conference in Taipei promoting a series of open-air performances to be staged in Taichung from Sept. 19 to Sept. 28. The lead performers of the carnival gave a show at the promotion press conference. Council for Cultural Affairs Chairwoman Tchen Yu-chiou, dressed as an empress, was in attendance.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Illegal immigrants yearn to return home
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Illegal Chinese immigrants detained in Taichung County call home on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday.
PHOTO: KU HENG-CHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Dalai Lama's visit to US sparks anger from China
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The Dalai Lama waits before speaking at the 20th anniversary of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in Washington on Tuesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Church settles sex-abuse lawsuits
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Attorney Robert Sherman, right, is hugged by church abuse victim Gary Bergeron, center, and thanked by victim Bernard McDaid, left, after the Boston Archdiocese agreed on Tuesday to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
PHOTO: AP
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US struggles to move beyond Sept. 11
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Members of an Amish family who did not wish to give their names look around Liberty Street during their visit to the World Trade Center site. Two years after a terrorist attack destroyed the twin towers, Ground Zero is still a place teeming with emotions -- sometimes conflicting, always powerful.
PHOTO: AP
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Ruling paves way for terror lawsuits
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The sky glows orange as the sun rises over the damaged side of the Pentagon with the US Capitol behind it in Washington, in this file photo from Sept. 13, 2001.
PHOTO: AFP
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Big Brother takes hold of the US
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Poor nations join forces against the rich
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An anti-globalization activist in the village of Cancon in France on Tuesday. Several thousand activists protested against the upcoming WTO meeting.
PHOTO: AP
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How 'Families of Sept. 11' was born and raised
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Carie Lemack poses with her dog, Naboo, in Framingham, Massachusetts. Lemack's mother Judy was en route to a business meeting in Los Angeles when she died aborad American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11, 2001. A month after their loved ones were killed, Lemack and other victim's relatives met up and eventually became the group Families of Sept. 11.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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World Trade Center attack casts shadow in Europe
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Abdel-Ghani Mzoudi, the Moroccan on trial in Germany for his alleged role in the Sept. 11 attacks.
PHOTO: DPA
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Ireland and Turkey end friendly in tie
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Ireland's David Connolly, left, and Turkey's Alpay Ozalan battle near the Turkish goal during the first half of their International friendly match at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Tuesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Chicago White Sox beat Twins twice
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Seattle Mariners' right fielder Ichiro Suzuki of Japan jumps to catch a fly ball hit by Texas Rangers' Alex Rodriguez during the fourth inning Tuesday at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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