Barking up the wrong tree 找錯對象
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These Finnish hunting dogs are being used to track down and capture a bear.
芬蘭獵犬被用來追捕熊。 (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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Taitung County's Shangri La
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A view of the waterfalls inside Chihpen Forest Recreation Area, Taitung County.
PHOTOS: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Footpaths make for easy hiking and stunning views in and around Chihpen.
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London sheds sexual conservatism
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Visitors browse through merchandise at the fair.
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Entertainer Dita Von Teese performs during her show at the Erotica 2006 fair at Kensington Olympia in London.
PHOTOS: AFP
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Burrito not a sandwich 墨西哥捲 非屬三明治
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This burrito makes a tasty meal - and it isn't a sandwich.
墨西哥玉米捲帶來美味的一餐，它可不是三明治。 (照片由班•法蘭茲達爾提供)
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN FRANTZDALE
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Taiwanese arrested in Manila smuggling raid
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Philippine National Bureau of Investigation regional director Ruel Lasala, center, and two other officials display the flattened Philippine one-peso coins that had allegedly been seized from two Taiwanese nationals at a press conference at the bureau's offices in Manila on Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Media get all excited over APEC envoy's plane ride
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Chinese Nationalist Party Legislator Chiang Lien-fu yesterday holds a model presidential airplane while questioning Premier Su Tseng-chang over why the national flag was removed from the plane for Taiwan's APEC envoy Morris Chang's trip to Vietnam.
PHOTO: CNA
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DPP dishes dirt on Hau, offers little proof
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Democratic Progressive Party legislators Hsu Kuo-yung, left, and Kuan Bi-ling yesterday outline the ``inappropriate treatment'' received by former premier Hau Pei-tsun and KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Hau Lung-bin in accepting free trips to the US from US arms dealers over a 10-day period in the 1980s.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Indian police search for train bombing suspects
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Railway personnel inspect a compartment after a bomb explosion on a train near Belacoba, about 550km north of Calcutta, on Monday. The bomb blast ripped through two cars of the passenger train, killing eight and injuring 53 others, officials said. Police were searching for those responsible yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Lopez Obrador declares himself Mexican president
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Men dressed as Mexican revolutionaries ride down Juarez Avenue in front of the Monument of the Revolution during part of a parade in honor of the Day of the Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used the commemoration of the 1910 revolution to swear himself in as Mexico's ``legitimate'' president.
PHOTO: AP
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British counter-terrorism police probing alleged poisoning of former Russian spy
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The picture shows former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko on May 10, 2002.
PHOTO: AP
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The handout image released on Monday, shows Litvinenko in the University College Hospital in central London. Litvinenko has been moved into intensive care after his condition worsened slightly from an apparent poisoning, his doctors said on Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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An economist's theory on the value of art
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ViewDock makes life easier for iPod users
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Models present ViewSonic International Corp's latest offering, the ViewDock monitor, at a press conference yesterday. The new series of LCD monitors sports a docking station to support iPod digital music players.
PHOTO: CHO YI-CHUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lara smashes 100 before lunch
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West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara waves his bat and helmet after his century against Pakistan during the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies at the Multan cricket stadium in Pakistan yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sun Xiang, Sun Ji begin trial with top Dutch soccer club
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China's Sun Xiang reacts after scoring a goal against South Korea during the East Asian Football Championship Competition at Daejeon World Cup Stadium in Daejeon, South Korea, on July 31 last year.
PHOTO: AP
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Fraud investigation into player market concludes
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Marcello Lippi, former Italian national soccer coach, smokes a cigar in Berlin on Sept. 11 during a coaches' conference.
PHOTO: EPA
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Williams sisters testify in second `Battle' court case
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Venus Williams, left, listens with sister Serena on Friday to opening statements at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, during a breach-of-contract lawsuit brought by promoters against them and their father.
PHOTO: AP
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Wie set to take on men in Japan tourney
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Michelle Wie, center, is watched by her mother and father yesterday as she hits her second shot during a practice round for the Casio World Open Tournament at the Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, western Japan. The tournament starts tomorrow.
PHOTO: AP
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`Thorpedo' retires from pro swimming
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Ian Thorpe poses with his gold medal after winning the 200m freestyle at the Olympic Aquatic Center during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens on Aug. 16, 2004. Five-time Olympic champion Thorpe announced yesterday that he had quit competitive swimming.
PHOTO: AP
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