KMT lawmakers rally to protect Ma
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, right, pats KMT Legislator Alex Tsai on the shoulder yesterday as they enter the party's weekly Central Standing Committee meeting. Tsai has proposed amending party rules to allow Ma to run for office even if he is indicted.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hospitals ignore medical record rules, survey says
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Liu Mei-chun of the Health Reform Foundation uses a giant hammer yesterday to symbolically smash the various administrative obstacles used by some hospitals to keep patients from getting their medical records on request.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen honors former Japanese PM
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, toasts former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori in the Presidential Office yesterday after awarding him the Order of the Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon in recognition of his contributions to Taiwan-Japan relations.
PHOTO: CNA
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Discovery of four bodies puzzles police
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This aerial photograph from the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office shows where the bodies of four women were found in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, on Monday. Police placed white locater dots on the photo, shown at center behind buildings, to point out where the bodies were found.
PHOTO: AP
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Director Robert Altman dies at 81
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Director, producer and writer Robert Altman poses with the honorary Oscar he received during the 78th Academy Awards telecast on March 5 in Los Angeles. Altman, 81, died on Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
PHOTO: AP
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Google navigates an offline course
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Japan `Ubiko' robots interact with people,take on human jobs
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Tmsuk Co Ltd president Yoichi Takamoto, right, introduces to press representatives the ``Ubiko'' robot, which can recognize human speech and talk to guests as a guide or receptionist, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cleveland barely hold off Grizzlies
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The Los Angeles Lakers' Luke Walton dunks the ball over the Los Angeles Clippers' Sam Cassell during the first half of their NBA game on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
PHOTO: AP
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New Hammers boss says Pardew's job in safe
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Eggert Magnusson leaves West Ham United's Upton Park stadium in London on Tuesday. The club announced on Tuesday that it had accepted a takeover bid from an Icelandic group headed by Magnusson, who is also the president of the Football Association of Iceland.
PHOTO: AP
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Jaromir Jagr helps Rangers swagger past Hurricanes
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Jaromir Jagr, front, of the New York Rangers celebrates scoring a goal in the second quarter against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
PHOTO: AFP
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The long Ashes wait is finally over
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting, left, and England captain Andrew Flintoff pose with the Ashes trophy on the eve of the first Test match in Brisbane yesterday. Australia and England play the first of five Test matches starting today, with Australia attempting to win back the Ashes after losing them to England last year.
PHOTO: AFP
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Minnesota's Morneau edges Jeter to receive MVP award
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Minnesota Twins first-baseman Justin Morneau stands in front of a poster of himself during an interview on Tuesday in Minneapolis after he was named the American League Most Valuable Player.
PHOTO: AP
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Red hot cars and sexy babes
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Racy models with curvy lines and slender figures, Automesse has it all.
PHOTO COURTESY OF AUTOMESSE
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How low can you go?
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Models wear lingerie at the Fourth Guangzhou Sexual Culture Show in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
PHOTOS: EPA AND AFP
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Models are getting younger and thinner.
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As time goes by 客家年代
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An ox pulls a cart at a Hakka festival in Chiayi.
一隻牛在嘉義客家文化節上拖著推車。 (照片：記者王鈺淳攝)
PHOTO: WANG YU-CHUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Technology Review
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MagicSports 3 from CyberLink.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A Living Picture's Memento electronic picture frame.
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The ION Educational Gaming System from Hasbro.
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Nikon's D40 Digital SLR camera.
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The Verizon G'zOne phone.
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