US up in arms over `anti-secession' law
|
|
A man hangs a banner with the text "Oppose China's unilateral enactment of the anti-seccession law" over the entrance to the Democratic Progressive Party's Kaohsiung headquarters yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
|
China victory not assured
|
|
Independent Legislator Li Ao, left, yesterday shakes hands with Minister of National Defense Lee Jye, right, after the two exchanged ideas at a question-and-answer session in the legislature.
PHOTO: WANG MING-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Party leaders urged to unite against anti-secession law
|
|
DPP legislative caucus whip Lai Ching-teh yesterday holds a poster saying ``Jiang Zemin ordered China's Central Military Commission (CMC) to dispatch troops to take over Taiwan right before he resigned as CMC chairman.''
PHOTO: WANG MING-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Palestinians set to receive Jericho
|
|
An Israeli soldier patrols the West Bank city of Hebron during a curfew on Tuesday, following a Palestinian ambush on an Israeli border police post in which two policemen were injured.
PHOTO: EPA
|
Bomber kills four in Baghdad
|
|
A fireman runs from the scene after a garbage truck exploded at dawn near a hotel used by western contractors in central Baghdad, Iraq yesterday. The blast shook buildings and covered the area with acrid black smoke. Volleys of automatic weapons fire could be heard before and after the blast.
PHOTO: AP
|
How Tuvalu drowned in cash
|
|
?
|
Soft dollar boosts Asian oil prices
|
|
A Chinese gas station attendant gets ready to pump gasoline into a car in Beijing yesterday. Chinese oil demand will grow by 33 percent more than previously forecast this year, as the expected drop in demand for fuel to run power generators hasn't materialized, the statistics arm of the US Department of Energy said on Tuesday. The agency said Chinese oil demand will reach 800,000 barrels a day, down from last year's pace of 1 million barrels a day but up from the 600,000 barrels a day in growth the agency forecast last month.
PHOTO: AP
|
Gaming firms tackling allegations
|
|
Electronic Arts employees choose their lunch in their company's gourmet cafeteria on Feb. 28, one of the perks of their employment which also include a complete on-site fitness gym, gaming rooms with pool and ping-pong tables, arcade games and video-game rooms with large-screen monitors.
PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES
|
Mapping the regeneration of Taipei
|
|
|
|
Shown at top and above are computer renditions of proposed renovations to the National Taiwan Museum.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF J.M. LIN ARCHITECT GROUP
|
Need a new watch?
|
|
L'Esprit des Cabinotiers. The piece opens like a lotus flower to reveal its inner mechanism. The piece is designed as a sphere to show symbolic representations of time and eternity.
|
|
St Gervais. Only 55 St Gervais watches were made, combining the most complex technologies developed by the horologer.
|
|
Metier d'Art. This is a set of four wristwatches in platinum and gold made specially for Vacheron Constantin's anniversary.
|
|
Jubilee 1755. Unique black dial watches with a double-date feature and a newly developed automatic-movement caliber.
|
|
Tour de l'Ille. A unique double-faced astronomic wristwatch with a visible tourbillion and black dial. This watch was exclusively designed for the 250th anniversary.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANTIQUORUM
|
PC game reviews
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scrutiny surprises NY's Isiah Thomas
|
|
Kobe Bryant, left, of the Lakers, drives to the basket past Chris Wilcox of the Clippers in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Sport Briefs
|
|
|
Chelsea, AC Milan and Lyon advance
|
|
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, right, battles AC Milan's Gennaro Guttuso during their UEFA Champions League match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday.
PHOTO: EPA
|
Ireland gives Kevin Maggs a call
|
|
Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll scores a try against England during their Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Ireland, on Feb. 27. Ireland faces France on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
|
