Teachers take to the street over jobs
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Advocates for the rights of teachers yesterday hold placards bearing the words, ``No reduction in classes and teachers'' to show their dissatisfaction with the current problem of ``stray teachers'' and the shrinking rate of qualifiers in annual teacher-selection exams. The protest march began in front of CKS Memorial Hall and ended at the Legislative Yuan.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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French reporter, aide freed in Iraq
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Combo of two pictures given by Reporters Without Borders showing French ex-hostage Florence Aubenas, left, and Iraqi guide Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi. Aubenas and Al-Saadi were freed Saturday after a five-month hostage ordeal in Iraq. The pair were abducted in Baghdad Jan. 5, triggering a public campaign in France and Europe to have them released.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wang `helped' in Cheng's release
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Cheng Min-kun, second left, the vice chairman of the Jenlan Temple, is accompanied by colleagues yesterday as he gives thanks to Matsu for protecting him during his 10-day kidnapping ordeal.
PHOTO; TSAI CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wang touts Kinmen as potential `island of gold'
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, center, is accompanied by local officials yesterday as he bears a shoulder pole and holds up a wide-brimmed rain hat at the opening ceremony of his KMT chairmanship campaign event.
PHOTO: WU CHENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Myanmar's brutality little understood
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A man walks with a child on his shoulders, while others crowd into a bus on the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Arroyo calls for doing away with dirty politics
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A dove flies past President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as she waves during the ceremonies marking the 107th Independence Day at Luneta Park in Manila, Philippines yesterday. President Arroyo promised to safeguard the country's democracy and pursue economic reforms amidst allegations of election fraud and rumors of destabilization plots to oust her from power.
PHOTO: EPA
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Japan's classroom attack probed
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Students take refuge in the gymnasium of Hikari High School in western Japan on Friday, after a student threw an explosive into a classroom, injuring 53 people.
PHOTO: AP
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Australia's nuclear U-turn
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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BenQ makes a big bet on Siemens
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A Chinese promotion girl shows off the latest mobile phones from Taiwan's BenQ, at a launch in Beijing last week.
PHOTO: AFP
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AmCham white paper released
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Tom Johnson, AmCham president, gestures during the interview.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Shake-out seen soon for Asia's budget airlines
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Passengers board a no-frills AirAsia plane in Bangkok earlier this year.
PHOTO: EPA
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Macho man's out know yourself is in
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Male models showcase Mundo Unico Men's underwear.
PHOTO: AFP
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The French Spiderman can
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French ``Spiderman'' Alain Robert climbs up the 283m-tall Cheung Kong Centre, in Hong Kong, last week. Using just his bare hands and feet, he has climbed up many of the world's most renowned structures.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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Torre fires up Yankees' Big Unit
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Randy Johnson of the Yankees pitches against the Cardinals during their interleague game in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday. Johnson pitched seven innings, throwing 94 total pitches with 66 strikes, holding the Cardinals scoreless through seven innings.
PHOTO: AP
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