Club, cafe owners protest proposed smoking rules
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Representatives from a restaurant association for the greater Taipei area yesterday display an anti-smoking poster during a press conference to protest against proposed amendments to the Tobacco Hazards Control Act.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Seafood ice cream an unlikely hit
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An employee of Liny Hsueh's ``Dr. Ice'' shop prepares ice cream made of seafood in Keelung's Bisha port in this Oct. 23 file photo. Salty, pungent seafood does not seem ideally suited to sweet and soft ice cream, yet Hsueh Hsueh has managed to find a harmony between the two to create the nation's only seafood-flavored frozen desserts line.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taiwan Quick Take
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Huang Chih-ming, a Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) candidate for Taoyuan County councilor, draws his election number yesterday with his lucky pig to highlight his grassroots background.
PHOTO: CNA
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APEC delegate ready to deliver nation's message
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Senior presidential adviser Lin Hsin-yi, right, yesterday receives applause from government officials at the Government Information Office (GIO) after he was appointed Taiwan's representative to the APEC summit.
PHOTO: CNA
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Mumbai stock exchange bombing suspect questioned
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Activists from the All Indian Muslim Youth forum shout slogans during a demonstration against suspected gangster Abu Salem and his girlfriend in New Delhi yesterday. Photo: AFP
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Skull reveals new details about Jurassic crocodile
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Computer animation of a marine crocodile, a ``sea monster'' nicknamed Godzilla. The crocodile, which lived 135 million years ago in what is now Argentina, had the head of a dinosaur and the tail of a fish, paleontologists said.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq
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An Iraqi soldier inspects the site where car bomb exploded in central Baghdad yesterday, wounding seven people, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tech-savvy kids are revolutionizing the Web
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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World Business Briefs
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A Chinese man behind sticks of ``tanghulu,'' a traditional Chinese snack, waits for customers in Beijing's business area yesterday. China will enjoy another year of strong growth and contained inflation next year, with the yuan gradually continuing to appreciate, a government think-tank said in a report published yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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New Airbus jumbo jet makes Asian debut
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Two airport policemen stand guard as the world's biggest passenger jet, an Airbus A380 superjumbo touches down at the Changi International Airport yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Who needs gas?
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PHOTO: EPA
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A final resting place is hard to find in China
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As China's economy grows and capitalism takes hold, a remnant of Communist policy, a ban on burials appears to be as strongly enforced as ever.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Away from the cities the art of making coffins lives on.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Sports Briefs
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Crosby & Co take down Canadiens
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Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, right, goes top shelf over Montreal Canadiens goalie Jose Theodore to score the game-winning goal in a shootout in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Penguins beat the Canadiens 3-2 with Crosby scoring twice in the contest.
PHOTO: AP
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Chcago Blackhawks' goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, top, is called for holding on St. Louis Blues Barret Jackman during the second period in St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Writers reward Carpenter
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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen watches action from the dugout against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit on Sept. 29. Guillen, of the World Series champion Chicago White Sox, was voted American League Manager of the Year on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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St. Louis Cardinals' Chris Carpenter pitches against the Florida Marlins on, Aug. 29, in Miami. Carpenter won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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It's smooth sailing for Clippers, so far
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Wayne Simien, left, of the Miami Heat, fouls Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets druring their game at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Thursday. Yao Ming had 24 points and 14 rebounds for Houston as the Heat downed the Rockets 88-84.
PHOTO: AFP
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