Blasts at MOE mar Sun's anniversary
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Independent candidate Lin Chin-chang, left, who was recently expelled by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), yesterday tries to cause a commotion in front of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, demanding that KMT Chairman Lien Chan and People First Party Chairman James Soong step down.
PHOTO: CHEN TZE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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APEC summit for trade and not politics, Lee says
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Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh tells a press conference yesterday that he is well prepared for attending the upcoming APEC summit in Chile, and that all the information he needs is in his head.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hindu religious leader charged with murder
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One of India's top Hindu religious leaders, Jayendra Saraswati center, is escorted by police at the Judicial Magistrate's Court in the city of Kanchipuram some 70km southwest of Madras yesterday. Saraswati, has been charged with the murder of a temple official, police said.
PHOTO: AP
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Afghan government bans cable TV
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A poster of a Hollywood movie, center, is displayed along with Bollywood films and pop videos, right, at a film DVD market as Afghan customers looks on, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Ivorians count cost of violence
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People rush to supermarkets on Thursday after four days of anti-foreigner violence in the streets of Abidjan that left scores dead and many businesses looted.
PHOTO: AFP
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Mosul explodes into chaos as insurgents shift the fight
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Armed Iraqi fighters run across a street in the northern city of Mosul, 370km from Baghdad, yesterday. In simmering lawlessness masked rebels stormed into six Iraqi police stations in the city seizing weapons and torching buildings, a reporter in the city said. The US military said it attacked suspected rebel targets in Mosul with air and ground fire after an upsurge in the violence in the city.
PHOTO: AFP
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Getting past the US election
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Big plans for minigolf
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PHOTOS: GAVIN PHIPPS
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President of the German Minigolf Federation, Gerhard Zimmermann, led a special invitational German squad at the recent Asia Minigolf Championship in Taipei.
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Team Taiwan tees off. With a squad of only 11 members, all of whom are students at the Taipei Physical Education College, the national squad came a respectable second in the Asian Minigolf Championship.
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Sport Briefs
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Jamal Lewis may be a problem
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Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, with ball, is tackled by Browns defensive lineman Evenezer Ekuban, center right, and linebacker Chaun Thompson, bottom right, as Ravens tackle Ethan Brooks, right, tight end Terry Jones, top left, and Browns linebacker Andra Davis, top right,follow the play during the first quarter on Sunday. Baltimore defeated Cleveland 27-13.
PHOTO: AP
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Atletico defeats Gimnastic Tarragona
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Atletico Madrid's Ballesta, right, vies with Gimnastic de Tarragona's Abel during a King's Cup match in Tarragona on Thursday. Atletico won the match 1-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lions take 3-2 series lead
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Lions closer Michael Garcia is congratulated by his teammates after 1-2/3 innings of relief work. He retired all five hitters he faced for the win in Game 5 of the Taiwan Series.
PHOTO: CPBL
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Cheng Jau-han of the Bulls rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the bottom of the fourth inning during Game 5 of the Taiwan Series in Hsinchuang on Thursday.
PHOTO: CPBL
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