Fugitive says Chen took his donations
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Chen Wen-tsan, Director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Department of Information and Culture, holds yesterday's copy of the Central Daily News -- which published three open letters to the president by former chairman of the Tuntex Group Chen You-hao -- at a press conference yesterday to deny the accusations leveled at the DPP government.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Domestic poultry products `safe'
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Council of Agriculture Chairman Lee Ching-lung reported on the avian flu situation in Taiwan yesterday with a may indicating affected areas in Asia as a backdrop. Lee stressed that Taiwan remains unaffected by the devastating epidemic and consumers should be confident of eating poultry products.
PHOTO: CNA
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Chen's young `scouts' learning quickly
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President Chen Shui-bian has a discussion with his aides at his residence in this file photo from last summer.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITE PUBLISHING LTD
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President Chen Shui-bian tries to comfort his aide Chen Hsin-yi, right, who is in charge of coordinating his daily schedules, and has hung a sign at her desk protesting her workload.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITE PUBLISHING LTD
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Sex workers of the world unite -- at Taipei festival
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A member of the Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters marches underneath a placard reading ``Decriminalize sex workers'' during a demonstration in front of the Chinese Nationalist Party and People First Party's presidential campaign headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bombs draw Kurd factions together
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A Kurdish nurse attends burned victims of suicide bombers that killed 56 people and injured 200 others on Sunday at a local hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.
PHOTO: AFP
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King Fahd orders Mecca changes
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Hajj pilgrims are funneled by police on Sunday in Mina, Saudi Arabia, as they try to reach the Jamarat Al Aqaba -- a symbol of the devil that is prominent in a rite in which the pilgrims throw stones.
PHOTO: EPA
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Candidates steer clear of race issue in S. Carolina
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With a full-sized biplane poking through a hangar wall, Democratic presidential hopeful US Senator John Kerry gestures while addressing a rally at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Too complete a victory for Tony Blair
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Computer exhibition set for Friday launch
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Models present some of the latest information-technology products at a press conference yesterday to announce the year's first computer exhibition, the Computer Edutainment and Multimedia Show. It is due to start this Friday, along with the Taipei Game Show, at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall.
PHOTO: CNA
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Poultry inventory expected to fall
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A Chinese shopper walks past a row of shutdown poultry stalls at a market in Shanghai yesterday. China's densely populated financial hub of Shanghai has halted trade of live poultry in a bid to stop the spread of deadly bird flu that has triggered health scares across the country, the government said yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bangkok gets the star treatment
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Christopher Doyle, left, poses with the Thai makers of last Life in the Universe.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Val Kilmer, in Thailand for the filming of Alexander, added star power to the festival.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hollywood director Oliver Stone smiles after receiving a Golden Kinnaree in Bangkok, Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Rwanda shocks Nations Cup with win over Congo
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A painted Congo supporter blows a whistle before his team's match against Rwanda on Sunday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Arsenal battles back to top of the table
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Manchester City's Claudio Reyna, right, tackles Arsenal's Ray Parlour during their English premier league soccer match at Arsenal's Highbury ground in north London on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Thierry Henry celebrates scoring against Manchester City on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Vinatieri hits the sweet spot
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Top, New England Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri, on right, is congratulated after his game-winning 41-yard field goal in the final seconds of the game against the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium on Sunday. Above, Bill Belichick, head coach of the New England Patriots holds the Vince Lombardi trophy. Left, a streaker runs onto the field.
PHOTOS: AFP
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Jackson gets booby prize after `accidental' strip
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Singer Janet Jackson's right breast is exposed during the halftime show as Justin Timberlake, right, looks on.
PHOTO: AFP
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