Thai coup leaders announce new PM
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Thailand's newly appointed prime minister, retired General Surayud Chulanont, right, greets coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, left, after a press conference at the Government House building in Bangkok yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Thousands join festival swim across Sun Moon Lake
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Participants gather at Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County to participate in the Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival held yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Security rules `links' policy: Su
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Kinmen County Commissioner Lee Chu-feng, right, and Premier Su Tseng-chang, second right, exchange ideas on how to implement direct transportation links between Kinmen and China during Su's inspection tour of the island.
PHOTO: WU CHENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Feature: Pigs not the most practical pets, activists say
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Pudding, the pet pig of a scooter shop in Taichung, attracts some attention while taking a stroll outside in a picture taken on Aug. 17. Now a year old and weighing more than 100kg, Pudding also serves as the shop's watchdog and has chased workers coming to collect discarded parts for recycling, thinking they were thieves.
PHOTO: TSAN CHAO-YANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Reporter's Notebook: Watching the Shih-campaign crowd from the street
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Participants in the anti-President Chen Shui-bian campaign eat lunch while taking part in the sit-in outside the Taipei Railway Station.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Typhoon Xangsane batters Vietnam and the Philippines
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A man braves strong winds as Typhoon Xangsane hits the central coastal city of Danang, Vietnam, yesterday, sparking flight cancellations nationwide.
PHOTO: AFP
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India to give Pakistan bomb plot evidence
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Members of the Indian Youth Congress Party burn the Pakistani flag in Amritsar, India, yesterday in response to allegations that Pakistan's Directorate of Inter Services Intelligence was behind the Mumbai bombings.
PHOTO: AP
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Bosnians hit polls on key vote
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Bosnian girls pass by election posters in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Saturday, in a part of the city that was destroyed during the 1992-1995 war.
PHOTO: AP
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Russian - Georgian spy spat sparks war of words
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Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian embassy in Georgia enter the aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies at Tbilisi airport on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Iraq raids net some 20 terror suspects
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Two Iraqi girls yesterday inspect the broken glass of a window at their house located near the site which residents claimed was targeted by an overnight US raid in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City.
PHOTO:AFP
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Now is the perfect time for Tony Blair to leave
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Computer geeks descend on Yahoo for `Hack Day'
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Canadian computer hackers, right to left, Jason Barnes, Robert Ellis and Peter Sawka collaborate intensely while ``mashing'' together Yahoo programs to make a creative new application of their own during the Internet search giant's 24-hour ``Hack Day'' in Sunnyvale, California, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Injured Daniiliduo wins in Seoul
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Greece's Eleni Danilidou holds her injured knee following her victory over Japan's Ai Sugiyama in the final of the Korea Open tennis tournament at Olympics Park in Seoul yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Stade Francais go 15 points clear
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Clermont flanker Gonzalo Longo Elia, right, tries to avoid the tackle of Toulouse center Maleli Kunavore during a Top 14 match.
PHOTO: AFP
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Whales nip fading Cobras
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Macoto Cobra Wang Chuan-chia pounds out one of his three hits during Saturday's game against the Chinatrust Whales. He now has 1,001 career hits.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Australia defeats feisty S Koreans
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Spain's Nuria Camon, left, fights for the ball with China's Li Hua Gao during their World Cup Group A field hockey match at the Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain, on Friday. Spain won 1-0.
PHOTO: EPA
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Ohio State wins on road against Iowa
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Ohio State's Roy Hall, left, catches a touchdown pass in front of Iowa defender Adam Shada during the second quarter of their college football game on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa. Ohio State won 38-17.
PHOTO: AP
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India's Gaurav Ghei wins the Taiwan Masters
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India's Gaurav Ghei takes a swig of beer after wining the Taiwan Masters golf tournament in Tamshui yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, AP
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Gaurav Ghei shows off the trophy after winning the Taiwan Masters yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, AP
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Schumacher wins Chinese Grand Prix
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Fernando Alonso recovers from an off-track excursion during the Grand Prix of China at the F1 racetrack near Shanghai, China, yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Log-leaders Chelsea held by Villa
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Chelsea's Salomon Kalou, left, and Aston Villa's Gavin McCann battle for the ball during an English Premiership soccer clash played at Stamford Bridge stadium in west London on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Flamenco 佛朗明哥
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A flamenco dancer performs in Santander, Spain. 一名佛朗明哥舞者在西班牙桑坦德市表演。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Watch out for that egg! 當心雞蛋
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Protesters throw eggs at a parade in Estonia in August. 愛沙尼亞的抗議民眾在八月的遊行中丟雞蛋。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Leap into 'Action'
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Reminders of war are everywhere in Kinmen, still a heavily militarized island littered with unexploded ordnance.
PHOTOS: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Weekend warriors test their mettle in the Kinmen Action Asia Challenge that took place yesterday.
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Team Taiwan Exustar, Team Asia Miles and Schmucknuckles claim their prizes in the Kinmen Action Asia Challenge.
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