Breast cancer sufferers warned
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Chang Yu-mei, right, exercises at National Taiwan University Hospital yesterday, assisted by physical therapist Tsai Han-ju. Chang suffers from lymphedema, an accumulation of lymphatic fluid that causes her arm to swell. Lymphedema is most frequently seen after surgery or radiation therapy.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Disabled warn of dangerous sidewalks
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Members of the Alliance for Handicapped People demonstrate how sidewalks are often blocked by parked scooters, cars, flower pots or other objects at a press conference yesterday. The group called for sidewalks to be returned to pedestrians.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma promises to respect new nominee
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, left, and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou meet at Wang's residence yesterday. Wang invited Ma to discuss the appointment of the state public prosecutor-general and the arms procurement bill.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Envoy slams Australian accusations
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A boy rides his bike past the burnt-out remains of stores in the Chinatown area of Honiara, the Solomon Islands' capital, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Solomons claims riots were `planned'
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Two members of the Australian Federal Police arrest a Solomon Islander yesterday who was reportedly part of a group that was headed to burn down the Kitano Mendana hotel in Honiara.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japan postpones maritime survey
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South Korean demonstrators burn anti-Japanese banners in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul yesteday during a protest against Japan's plan to send survey ships near islands claimed by both countries.
PHOTO: AFP
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US names hundreds of detainees
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In this image from April 5, which was reviewed by US military officials, a detainee is transported by US Navy personnel into a building within the grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp Delta 2 & 3, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A list of 558 people, the first official roster of Guantanamo detainees who passed through the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process in 2004 and last year, was released by the Pentagon late on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bloggers provide gritty insight on Iraq
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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IMF raises Asian economic growth forecasts
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A Chinese man in a suit catches a nap during lunch hour as a homeless man walks by in Beijing yesterday. China's economy grew by 10.2 percent in the first quarter compared with the same quarter last year, the government said yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Global oil prices hit historic peaks
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Taxis queue outside Beijing railway station yesterday. Fares in China's capital are set to rise by 25 percent following a sharp rise in global oil prices, state press reported yesterday. New taxi fares issued by the Beijing Transportation Bureau call for prices to rise from the current 1.6 yuan (US$0.20) per kilometer to 2.0 yuan.
PHOTO: AFP
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AUO posts robust Q1 net profit
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From left to right, AU Optronics Corp vice president Hui Hsiung, general manager H.B. Chen and chairman K.Y. Lee look up at a screen during a company press conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dancing into controversy
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Bulareyaung Pagarlava, left, and Lin Hwai-min choreographed Cloud Gate's new production, which includes the politically-sensitive song Formosa.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLOUD GATE
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NSO announces full cycle of Wagner's Ring operas
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The most celebrated performers of Wagner's music are scheduled to wow local audiences with two weekends of opera.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF NSO
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Pop stop
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Lin Chih-ling has not quite denied that she might meet up with Jerry Yan in Europe.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Will A-hsin of Mayday bid his sidekicks au revoir?
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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The vinyl word
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Showmanship and preparation triumphed at Spring Love 2006 last Saturday.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LOOP
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Restaurant: Tonkatsu (福勝亭)
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The owners of recently opened Tonkatsu aim to take over the fried pork chop business in Taipei.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Twin Garden at Taipei International Hotel (台北國際飯店雙園廳)
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Twin Garden's Beijing barbecued duck offers five-star dining for a reasonable price.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Events & Entertainment
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Upcoming
Green Ray Theater (綠光劇團) presents a restaging of David Auburn's Proof, which premiered on Broadway in 2001 and for which the playwright won a Pulitzer Prize. The broadway show also earned six Tony Awards. The show was first staged in Taiwan last year to strong reviews and is being revived by popular demand. Bringing together some of Taiwan's top theater professionals under the direction of Luo Bei-an (羅北安), the show will be performed at the National Theater, Taipei May 5-7. Tickets are NT$350 to NT$1,600 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREEN RAY THEATER
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You Yuan (遊園) by Hong Kong Theater Ensemble, a modernist interpretation of the classic love story by Ming Dynasty playwright Tang Hsien-tsu (湯顯祖). Directed and starring Hong Kong award-winning theater actress and director Olivia Yan (甄詠蓓), You Yuan explores the facets of love as experienced by modern women. The performance is at the National Experimental Theater (國家實驗劇場), 21-1, Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei (台北市中山南路21-1號), today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm. Tickets NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing.
PHOTO: NTCH
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A festival of virtuosity
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Russian Festival Ballet is coming to town to show off its dancers' pure ballet techniques and individual characteristics.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BAROQUE ART MANAGEMENT
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Flautists of the world unite
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From left to right: Andras Adorjan, Peter-Lukas Graf, Robert Aitken and Shigenori Kudo introduce the International Flute Festival that began Wednesday and runs until Tuesday.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cartoon animals never stay caged for long
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Stars including Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi and Eddie Izzard provide the voices for this zoo-animals-gone-native tale.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BVI
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`Slither' slaloms from shriek to shrill
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A great bloody joy of B-movie madness, Slither is a hilarious concoction of gore and wisecracks that offers plenty of nods to horror history while maintaining enough slimy integrity to stand, or rather, slither, on its own.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FOX MOVIES
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Tragedy begets tenderness and beauty
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Mysterious Skin deals with the sensitive subject of child abuse and successfully conveys the full effect of that violation.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ATOMCINEMA
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`The Sentinel' scores more hits than misses
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Although this movie dispenses with normal criminal logic, director Clark Johnson pays enough attention to detail so the audience can suspend its disbelief.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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A cop, a hitman and a girl
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Even cold-hearted assassins fall in love and feel the agony of watching it all slip away.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GROUP POWER WORKSHOP
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Tasty tomatoes 美味蕃茄
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Ripe tomatoes in the US state of Florida.美國佛羅里達州的成熟蕃茄。(照片:美聯社)
PHOTO : AP
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Bugs boost the US economy 蟲蟲拼美國經濟
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Ladybug beetles on a leaf in New York. 瓢蟲在紐約的樹葉上。（照片:美聯社）
PHOTO: AP
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Wizards jinx apathetic Pistons
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The Detroit Pistons' Richard Hamilton, left, drives past the outstretched arm of Washington Wizards defender Brendan Haywood in the first quarter of their NBA game in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Proteas clinch 100th Test on Ntini's 10-wicket haul
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Two of Pakistan's supporters with painted faces stand among India supporters during the second series of the DLF Cup between India and Pakistan at the Zayad Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Elephants show Cobras no mercy
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Red-hot Elephants slugger Chen Huai-shan follows through on a swing in Tuesday night's 17-3 trouncing of the Macoto Cobras at Sinjhuang.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BROTHER ELEPHANTS
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Nicky kicks butt to keep Blues alive
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A squirrel passes Arsenal players as it runs across the pitch during the Champions League semi-final first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Villarreal at Arsenal's Highbury stadium in London on Wednesday. Arsenal won 1-0.
PHOTO: AP
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