Tunnel opening draws eager crowds
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A police cruiser, right, yesterday checks to see if drivers are breaking the 70kph speed limit in the Hsuehshan tunnel. Violators exceeding the speed limit by even 1kph can be fined of between NT$3,000 and NT$24,000.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Economic benefits mixed, analysts say
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Premier Su Tseng-chang, behind the wheel, and former premiers Chang Chun-hsiung, front left, Yu Shyi-kun, back left, and Frank Hsieh give the thumbs-up sign after driving through the Hsuehshan Tunnel on its opening day yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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US releases al-Qaeda in Iraq photo
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A picture released by the US Army yesterday shows Abu Ayyub al-Masri, alias Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Mohajer, who is believed to be the successor of slain al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
PHOTO: AFP
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Activists want environmental action
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A social activist yesterday is wrapped in paper notes to protest about environmental degradation. The protest was part of an event held by the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union to demand that people's environmental rights be included in the Constitution to better protect the environment.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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`Tug of love' kid stays with mom
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Nadia Juan holds a bag of toys for her daughter Emily during a press conference in Taipei last month. Emily is trapped in a custody battle between Juan and her American father Cary Sartin.
PHOTO: AFP
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Legislature ignores flood bills
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Residents from Dongshih Township, Chiayi County, protest in front of the Legislative Yuan yesterday, calling on the legislature to put politics aside and pass the flood prevention bill immediately.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sri Lankan forces bomb stronghold
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Villagers, fearing further attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels, arrive at a school to spend the night there, in Kabithigollewa, about 210km northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday. Suspected Tiger rebels attacked a crowded bus Thursday in northern Sri Lanka, triggering a pair of hidden explosives that killed at least 64 people in the worst violence since a 2002 ceasefire, officials said. The government quickly launched retaliatory air strikes against rebel-held positions.
PHOTO: AP
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Peres says Israel will talk to Abbas soon
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Hundreds of Palestinians bathe at Gaza City's beach on Thursday. Hamas offered to restore a tattered ceasefire with Israel on Thursday, several days after calling off the truce to protest a deadly explosion on a Gaza beach -- reflecting pressure from spiraling violence alongside a cash crunch that has bankrupted its government.
PHOTO: AP
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Wake up and smell the climate change
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French aircraft executive defends share sale
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Noel Forgeard, the French co-chairman of Airbus parent EADS, leaves the Europe-1 radio station in Paris yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Globe trotting: Suriname 世界走透透：蘇利南
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A man holds up a fish he caught in the Suriname River.
一名男子舉起他在蘇利南河抓到的魚。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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King og the Sherpas
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Mount Everest, left background, has claimed the lives of 11 climbers so far this year.
PHOTO: AGENCY
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Roethlisberger promises that he will wear helmet
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FILE PHOTO: AP
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Mets net eight consecutive victories
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David Wright, right, of the Mets, is congratulated at the dugout after his three-run home run against the Phillies during the first inning in Philadelphia on Thursday. New York defeated Philadelphia 5-4 for their eighth consecutive victory.
PHOTO: AP
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World Cup: Ecuador earns very first place in knockout stages
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Scorer Ivan Kaviedes, left, celebrates with teammates Edwin Villafuerte, right, and Damian Lanza after the Group A match between Ecuador and Costa Rica in Hamburg on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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World Cup: Kaviedes honors late teammate with Spider-man mask
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Ecuador's Ivan Kaviedes wears a mask after scoring his goal during the Ecuador versus Costa Rica match at World Cup Stadium in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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World Cup: Italians fearful of American backlash
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Italian forward Vincenzo Iaquinta smiles as he signs autographs for supporters at the end of a press conference in `Casa Italia' in Duisburg on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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World Cup: Eriksson's `wild dream' comes true
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Supporters of Trinidad and Tobago wear headdresses during the match between England and Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg, Germany, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Victoria Beckham, right, wife of England captain David Beckham, and Colleen McLoughlin, center, Wayne Rooney's girlfriend, sit in the stands before England's encounter with Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremberg, Germany, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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A combo of four pictures shows English forward Peter Crouch scoring against Trinidad and Tobago's goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, right, in their opening-round Group B World Cup soccer match at Nuremberg's Franken Stadium on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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