APEC summit ends with anti-terror pledge
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Lee Yuan-tseh, center, President Chen Shui-bian's special emissary to APEC, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the closing ceremony of the two-day summit in Bangkok yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Wife seeks help for her husband trapped in China
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Chen Shu-ya, center, calls on the Chinese authorities to release her husband, Lin Shao-kai, a member of the Falun Gong movement, at a press conference yesterday. On the right is Chang Ching-hsi, a National Taiwan University professor and head of the Taiwan Falun Gong movement.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Mahathir reopens anti-Semitism row
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Leaders attending the APEC summit listen to the reading of the joint declaration in Bangkok yesterday. The leaders are (front row from left) South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (back row from left) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and US President George W. Bush.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israeli attacks target Hamas strongholds
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Sisters of a Hamas member killed in an Israeli air raid weep during his funeral in Gaza City on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sniper suspect debuts as lawyer
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Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, at the podium, delivers his opening argument as prosecutors Paul Ebert, left foreground seated, Richard Conway, seated center, and James Willett, seated right, listen during court proceedings on Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Hear this: a pill to protect against loud noise
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Tablet PCs still fail to impress
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A Microsoft Taiwan Corp employee shows a tablet PC, which was launched last November, at a press conference yesterday. Microsoft and Acer yesterday announced a joint media campaign to revive interest in the product.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ghosn rules out a merger
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Nissan Motor president Carlos Ghosn delivers a speech during the International Automotive Conference in Tokyo yesterday. The motor show will be open to the public from Saturday until Nov. 5.
PHOTO: AFP
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'Goya's spiritual heir'
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Lang Vei, an oil and skulls on canvas painting from 1967 to 1968, by Swiss painter Hans Burkhardt. Burkhardt, an abstract expressionist, best known for painting images of war, currently has an exhibit of his large canvases at the Jack Rutberg Gallery in Los Angeles, which will finish at the end of the month.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Pakistan wins by eight wickets
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South African player Gary Kirsten, left and coach Eric Simons, right, stand dejected during the prize distribution ceremony after Pakistan defeated South Africa by eight wickets in the first test at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Chiefs stay undefeated
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Kansas City Chiefs Eddie Kennison celebrates just after he gained 43 yards on a pass play from quarterback Trent Green during the first quarter of their game against the Oakland Raiders at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California, Monday. The play ended on the Oakland one yard line and was followed by a Chiefs touchdown.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown as Oakland Raiders Napoleon Harris make the tackle.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rangers finally win one
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Vancouver Canucks' goalie Dan Cloutier, left, pushes Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury away during the first period of their NHL game, Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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