Nazi turned sect leader arrested in Chile
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An Argentine police officer escorts one of Chile's most wanted fugitives, Paul Schaefer, to the police department after arresting him in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday. Schaefer, the leader of a secretive German colony in southern Chile had also been indicted in absentia on charges of sexually abusing 26 children in Colonia Dignidad, the secretive German enclave he founded in the early 1960s in Chile.
PHOTO: AP
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WWII `comfort women' still waiting for apology
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Cheng Chen-tao, a former Taiwanese ``comfort woman,'' wipes away a tear at a press conference yesterday. An interest group today launches a signature drive demanding the Japanese government compensate former World War II sex slaves.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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TSU drafts `anti-annexation' legislation
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Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Shu Chin-chiang yesterday announces the TSU's draft ``anti-annexation law,'' asTSU Secretary-General Chen Chien-ming, left, and TSU Legislator Lo Chih ming look on.
PHOTO:CNA
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PFP announces its roster of candidates
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Legislative Yuan Deputy-Speaker Chung Jung-chi and People First Party (PFP) Legislator Hsu Yao-chang yesterday hold a huge Japanese turnip with other PFP legislators as they announce the party's five candidates for the year-end county commissioner races.
PHOTO: CNA
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Lee willing to deal on arms budget
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A Chinese newspaper featuring a story about Beijing's proposed `anti-secession' law is seen at a news stand in Beijing yesterday, featuring a photo of Premier Frank Hsieh under a headline which reads: ``Taiwan military in panic over anti-secession law.'' Photo: AP
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Iraq's al-Sistani calls for unity after a calamity
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Filipina Muslim children join a protest rally in front of the US embassy in Manila to protest the third anniversary of the US war on Iraq yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Putting Europe into the EU budget
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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9/11 brings a world of hurt to films
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Aaron Stanford, left, and Mark Webber play brothers whose lives have been disrupted by the death of their mother in Winter Solstice.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Lil' Kim denies perjury in shooting trial
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The rapper Lil' Kim and her lawyer Mel Sachs leave Federal District Court in Manhattan.
PHOTO:NY TIMES
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Fabian Cancellara secures overall lead
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The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race between Saint Peray and Montelimar, France, Thursday. Switzerland's Cancellara won the stage.
PHOTO: AP
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Honda Classic cools hot golfers
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Ernie Els of South drives during at the Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Eagles shot down in NY
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Frank Young, center, of the West Virginia Mountaineers gets a finger in the eye as he attempts a shot between Craig Smith, left, and Sean Marshall of the Boston College Golden Eagles during the quaterfinal round of the Big East Men's Basketball Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday. West Virginia upset Boston College 78-72.
PHOTO: AFP
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Miller continues to put pressure on Raich
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Bode Miller of the USon his way to win the men's super-G on the Silvano Beltrametti course during the Alpine Ski World Cup finals in Parpan-Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Newcastle manhandles Olympiakos
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Newcastle's Brien Andy, left, and Carr Stephen, right, fight for the ball with Olympiakos Piraeus' Okkas Giannis during their UEFA Cup match in Athens City, Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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