Protesters take Chen Chu to task
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A Thai woman holds up a sign with the Chinese character for ''slave'' crossed out during a demonstration outside the Council of Labor Affairs in Taipei yesterday. She and other protesters were demanding that the council undertake a thorough review of its policy relating to imported workers.
PHOTO: CNA
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Spotlight falls on shady legislators, management firm
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Council of Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu appears in a grave mood at a Cabinet meeting yesterday as she reads documents on the riot in Kaohsiung.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP calls for probe of delays in tsunami payouts
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Former Government Information Office (GIO) head Lin Chia-lung, left, and current Minister of the GIO Pasuya Yao both smile after a meeting yesterday to clarify their reports concerning funds collected for tsunami relief on Lin's initiative when he was still in charge if the GIO.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Portuguese firefighters contain blazes
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A firefighter retreats from a forest fire near Fraldeu, central Portugal, on Tuesday. Forest fires continued to ravage Portugal on Tuesday, as firefighters battled on the ground and pilots struggled to steer water-dumping aircraft through thick plumes of smoke darkening the skies.
PHOTO: AP
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Will the Rumsfeld revolution continue?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Far EasTone shares slide after making TAIEX debut
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Douglas Hsu, chairman of Far Eastern Group, second left, and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co president Jan Nilsson, left, lead Far Eastone's management team in celebrating the company's listing on the Taipei Stock Exchange yesterday. Far Eastone shares fell by NT$0.15 on their first day of trading.
PHOTO: WANG YI-HONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Singapore plans future in science
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Ian Gray of British-based Paradigm Therapeutics is shown in this photo taken last Friday at the company's facililty at the Biopolis, a US$300 million complex of high-tech buildings dedicated to basic scientific research in Singapore. The city-state is banking on lucrative medical and pharmaceutical patents to fuel its economic growth.
PHOTO: AFP
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This picture taken last Friday shows the Biopolis, a US$300 million complex of high-tech buildings dedicated to basic scientific research in Singapore.
PHOTO: AFP
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Intel focuses on energy-saving chips
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Intel president Paul Otellini delivers his keynote speech to the Intel Developer Forum at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Tuesday. Intel said it would combine its desktop and notebook architectures to focus on increasing power of its chips.
PHOTO: AFP
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Almost alchemy
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The mold is filled with silver clay.
PHOTOS: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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The dry clay is reomved from the mold.
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A little touch-up.
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The shell goes into the kiln as clay...
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...And comes out as silver.
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Polishing with a metal brush reveals the metallic gleam.
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No sign of the clay is left.
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The shell finally becomes a necklace.
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Czar attractions
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Models present hats created by Russian fashion house Diva.
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Game Reviews
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: X-Box
Taiwan Release: Early September
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Codename Panzers [Phase Two]
Publisher: CDV Software
Platform: PC
Taiwan Release: September/October
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Publisher: Global Star
Platform: PS2, X-box and PC
Taiwan Release: September
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Darkwatch
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS2 amd X-Box
Taiwan Release: Mid/Early September
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Taiwan cleans up at university games
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Huang Yi-hsueh of Taiwan holds his gold medal last week after winning the men's vault at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey.
PHOTO: CTUSF
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Liverpool advances after 1-0 loss to CSKA Sofia
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Liverpool's Fernando Morientes, top left, vies for the ball with CSKA Sofia's defender, right, Tiago Silva during their European Champions League qualifier at Anfield, Liverpool on Tuesday. CSKA Sofia defeated Liverpool 1-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Escalona knocks in winning run
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Jorge Posada of the Yankees comes home with the winning run on a single by Felix Escalona with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4, Tuesday, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Hideki Matsui hit a tying homer in the ninth, and Derek Jeter had two hits in his return to the lineup.
PHOTO: AP
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