Beijing protests planned Lee speech to press club
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Former president Lee Teng-hui, left, talks to Alaskan Governor Frank Murkowski, right, during a train ride near the Alaskan capital of Anchorage on Wednesday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Fighting erupts before Rice visit
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Afghan farmers harvest opium in a field in the remote Jurum district of Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan Province in June. Afghanistan urgently needs to legalize its massive opium crop, which supplies most of the world's heroin, to avoid becoming a narco-state and to fund reconstruction, a think tank said in Kabul last month.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pakistan death toll more than 25,000
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Pakistani earthquake survivors wake up after sleeping in the street in Balakot, Pakistan, yesterday. An aftershock jolted parts of Pakistan, panicking hungry, homeless survivors of last weekend's devastating earthquake.
PHOTO: AP
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Deadly bird flu found in Turkey
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Czech veterinary worker Milan Novak, left, phlebotomizes a goose for a blood test on bird flu at a chicken farm in Rohozna near Jihlava, Czech Republic, yesterday. A strain of bird flu has been detected in samples from Romanian ducks, confirming that the virus has arrived in Europe. The EU said yesterday that the bird-flu virus found in Turkish poultry was the H5N1 strain.
PHOTO: AP
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US aid to Pakistan should help to improve image
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Number portability takes effect
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Two models show a new clamshell Nokia handset, the Nokia 6060, at a product launch in Taipei yesterday. The handset is the firm's 14th new model this year.
PHOTO: WANG YI-HUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Apple releases video version of iPod
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Apple Computer Inc CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPod showing an episode of the hit television show Desperate Housewives, during the introduction of the new device in San Jose, California, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Local brews go head-to-head
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PHOTOS: DAVID MOMPHARD, JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Testing, testing, local beers.
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In memory of those who fought for us
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High-ranking Chinese Nationalist Party army generals.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARMED FORCES MUSEUM
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General Xue Yue discusses strategy.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARMED FORCES MUSEUM
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Belt and army manual.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARMED FORCES MUSEUM
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POP STOP
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Andy Lau's advice on how to improve the film industry has backfired, and understandably.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Huang Hsiao-lei says she's in love, but insists she has no boyfriend. Confused? She is.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Suzanne Hsiao's surgeon is going for Jennifer Lopez's butt. You heard it here first.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Seeing through author's eyes
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A scene from a play at Eslite this weekend.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ESLITE
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The Vinyl Word
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DJ Takkyu Ishino spins at Luxy.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LUXY
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Restaurant: Flavor ¬vª±·N¨à
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Swedes rule the roost in cooking.
PHOTO: STEVE PRICE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Sabrina's
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Italian restaurants are not hard to find. But good ones are.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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All dressed up and somewhere to go
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Check out the annual carnival in Shijr tomorrow.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DREAM COMMUNITY
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Pottering about in Yingge
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Ceramic artifacts provide a colorful sight at the Ceramics Park in Yingge.
PHOTO: DEREK LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Revolution is never a comfortable affair
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Growing up is tough, more so during tumultuous times.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX MOVIES
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Love, innocence and sex are seen Taiwan-style
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A bit on the side means many things to this cynical young man.
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOD FILM
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Love is a complex emotion, but seemingly a little more simple on a beautiful island.
PHOTO COURTESY OF OCEAN DEEP FILMS
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Reel News
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It's more murder, mystery and suspense for 67-year-old Al Pacino
PHOTO: AP
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Daniel Craig may get a license to kill.
PHOTO: AP
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A creative car
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PHOTO: EPA
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Goalie Danis shines in dream debut
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Atlanta Thrashers' Bobby Holik (16) crashes into Montreal Canadiens' Francis Bouillon (15) and goalie Yann Danis during the first period on Wednesday in Atlanta.
PHOTO: AP
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