Groups call for the establishment of the `Taiwan Republic'
|
|
Peter Wang, the convener of the 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign, calls on the public to push for the Taiwan's formal independence yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Hsieh fails to sway opposition legislators
|
|
Premier Frank Hsieh, left, shakes hands yesterday with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng at the Legislative Yuan after a briefing about the proposed NT$80 billion flood-control program.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Chen calls science park a Taiwan success story
|
|
President Chen Shui-bian, center, accompanied by a group of officials, yesterday attends celebrations marking the second anniversary of the Central Taiwan Science Park in Taichung.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Indonesia's pig-killing lambasted
|
|
Indonesian agricultural ministry officials throw electrocuted pigs which they claim are infected by bird flu into a hole before burning them during a culling in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Ulster unionists skeptical about IRA's words
|
|
A pedestrian passes flags hung outside a shop selling Loyalist memorabilia on Thursday in the Protestant Sandy Row area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, after the IRA called on all its members to stand down.
PHOTO: AP
|
A `Little Paris' nestles on the steppe
|
|
ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
|
Find enlightenment at Dunhuang exhibition
|
|
Art from Dunhuang, at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KAOHSIUNG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
`Reinvigorating' Condoleezza Rice tops the `Forbes' list of wealthy and famous women
|
|
|
British Open experiences a big chill
|
|
Paula Creamer of the US tees off on the sixth hole, on the first day of the Women's British Open at the Royal Birkdale course near Southport, England, Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Andre Agassi reaches quarterfinals
|
|
Andre Agassi blows a kiss to the crowd following his win over Kevin Kim during Day 4 of the Mercedes-Benz Cup at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
|
Small comes up big for NY Yankees
|
|
Houston Astros' Brad Ausmus, center, reaches to bunt the ball on a suicide-squeeze play as teammate Eric Bruntlett, right, runs toward home plate during the seventh inning in Houston, Texas on Thursday. Mets catcher Mike Piazza, left, waits for the pitch. Bruntlett scored on the play to tie the game at 2-2. Houston won the game 3-2 for their fifth straight and their 11th victory in 12 games.
PHOTO: AP
|
