Train fans in Kaohsiung relive old memories on the Kuanghua Express
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The driver and two former train conductors yesterday take photos with the Kuanghua Express at the Kaohsiung Train Station to mark the 40th anniversary of the train.
PHOTO: CNA
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Shih says 2 million will attend `siege'
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Organizers of the campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian hold a press conference to explain their plans to hold a ``siege'' around the Presidential Office during the National Day celebrations. The organizers promised not to disturb foreign dignitaries attending the festivities.
PHOTO: CNA
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DPP legislators continue Hau attacks
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei mayoral candidate Hau Lung-bin denies accusations made by rival Democratic Progressive Party candidate Frank Hsieh that his father, former chief of the general staff Hau Pei-tsun, inappropriately occupied a military residence. Hau accuses Hsieh of attacking him to boost his own chances in the election.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Japan, S Korea start marine survey
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The Japanese coast guard vessel Kaiyo leaves Moji port, southern Japan, yesterday, to take part in a joint marine survey with South Korea in waters claimed by both countries. The Oct. 7-14 joint survey is part of efforts to defuse a long-simmering row between Japan and South Korea, which both claim the Sea of Japan islets.
PHOTO: AP
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Move over Q: Thai inventor specializes in security tools
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Thai workers check a gun that fires ''bullets'' of water and is used to clear bombs at a factory in Samut Prakarn last month. Songphol Eiamboonyarith designs many of the devices at the factory to help Thailand's security forces combat an Islamic insurgency in Muslim-majority provinces along the southern border.
PHOTO: AFP
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Russia deports Georgian citizens
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Georgians arrive in Tbilisi aboard a Russian emergency plane yesterday. Russia deported about 200 Georgian nationals by airplane from Moscow on Friday amid rapidly deteriorating relations between the neighboring countries.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sudan rejects UN report on Darfur rights abuses
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A young girl washes her family's clothes in the North Darfur refugee camp of El Sallam on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Morales sees conspiracy against Bolivia
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Police officers climb Posoconi mountain as an ambulance passes by in the city of Huanuni, 290km south of La Paz, Bolivia, on Friday. The Bolivian government sent 700 additional police to the quell a clash between rival bands of miners over one of South America's richest tin mines.
PHOTO: AP
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US Navy corpsman gets one year in jail
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Navy Petty Officer Third Class Melson Bacos, center, is escorted into his court-martial hearing by his defense attorneys on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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The Amish and modernity
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Holidays keep Asian markets quiet
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A trader gives the thumbs up at the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday. The Hang Seng Index on Friday shed 4.28 points to close at 17,903.39.
PHOTO: EPA
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US dairy industry bowing to popularity of natural foods
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Unlike some of his colleagues, dairy farmer Jim Werkhoven, pictured on his farm in Monroe, Washington, last month, is happy to inject his cows with the rBST growth hormone.
PHOTO: NYT IMAGES
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Hockeyroos book place in final
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The Netherlands' Eefke Mulder, top, jumps over Argentina's goalkeeper Mariela Antoniska during their Women's World Cup semi-final hockey match in Madrid on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Argentine soccer star set for the long haul at West Ham
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Javier Mascherano of English side West Ham United battles with Andrea Caracciolo of Italy's Palermo during their UEFA Cup first round, first leg tie at West Ham's Upton Park, London, on Thursday, Sept. 14.
PHOTO: EPA
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Federer defeats Becker to set up clash with Henman
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Loser Benjamin Becker, right, of Germany congratulates Roger Federer of Switzerland after their semi-final match in the Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Rogers pushes NY nearer elimination
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Starting pitcher Kenny Rogers of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the New York Yankees during game three of the American League Division Series on Friday at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers won 6-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Louisville survives early scare at Middle Tennessee
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Louisville linebacker Preston Smith, No. 6, catches up to Middle Tennessee running back Eugene Gross, No. 20, in the second quarter of their college football game on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee.
PHOTO: AP
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Massa bumps Schumacher off pole
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Brazil's Felipe Massa steers his Ferrari ahead of Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso during qualifying for today's Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka yesterday. Massa took pole position and Alonso was fifth.
PHOTO: AP
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Parise scores two as New Jersey dump Hurricanes
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The Los Angeles Kings' Anze Kopitar, left, of Slovenia, checks the Anaheim Ducks' Francois Beachemin during the first period of their NHL game in Anaheim, California, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bulls trample Elephants to nab final playoff spot
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The Sinon Bulls' Chang Tai-shan, right, tags the Elephants' Chen Rei-cheng in Sinjhuang last night.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Four Pacers in hit-and-run incident
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The Indiana Pacers' Marquis Daniels, Jimmie Hunter, Stephen Jackson and Jamaal Tinsley are shown during the team's media day in Indianapolis, in these Oct. 2 photos.
PHOTO: AP
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New parallel-parking helper 路邊停車新好幫手
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A parking lot in Bailey, Colorado. 美國科羅拉多州貝利市的一處停車場
PHOTO: AFP
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Bargain basement babies
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Actor Brad Pitt holds Angelina Jolie's daughter Zahara upon his arrival at Tokyo's international airport at Narita. Pitt became the adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's children.
PHOTO: AP
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Rebecca Sroge met her daughter for the first time through a color photograph sent from China. Sroge and her husband, David Johnson, had waited nearly two years to adopt the girl, who they named Stella Xia.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Brothers by blood made enemies by language
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
By Andrew Roberts
752 pages
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Awakening the spirit and coming out
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Jaxin Enemy-Hunter, left, and Travis Goldtooth balance an apple between their heads at the Two-Spirit Gathering in Denver.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Brian Rainforth, left, and Raven Heavy Runner take a break from seminars at the Two-Spirit Gathering on Seeley Lake, Montana.
PHOTO COURTESY OF A MOVING SOUND
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The traveling humanitarian
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Wang Chih-hong photographs wild animals, a physically demanding task when 5,000m above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WANG CHIH-HONG
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Wang Chih-hong holds a special spot for Tibet in his heart.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WANG CHIH-HONG
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Some you win, some you lose
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Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
By David G. Schwartz
592 pages
GOTHAM
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