Premier Su hints at Cabinet reshuffle
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Premier Su Tseng-chang, left, and his wife shake hands with Gambian children yesterday during a visit to a women's farm run by Taiwan's technical team in Gambia.
PHOTO: CNA
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Newsmaker: Minimal change expected under Mayor Hau
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Taipei Mayor-elect Hau Lung-bin speaks at a rally in Taipei's Xinyi District in the file photo taken on Nov. 12.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nepal interim constitution inked
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Nepalese riot policemen stand guard on Friday outside Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's official residence in Kathmandu, as leaders of the seven ruling parties and top Maoist rebels met to finalize a temporary constitution.
PHOTO: AP
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Feature: Many Bangladeshis hoping for a return to military rule
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Bangladeshi soldiers stand guard in downtown Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 9.
PHOTO: AP
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UN votes to set up Palestinian office for barrier damages
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An Israeli police officer climbs over a fence during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier at the village of Bilin, near the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Iraqis unite to cheer team in Asian Games soccer final
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Iraqis watch the Asian Games soccer match final between Iraq and Qatar in Sulaimaniyah, 260km northeast of Baghdad, on Friday. Iraq lost the final to Qatar 0-1.
PHOTO: AP
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Northwestern US battered by huge storm
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Cary Fisher, right, shows neighbors the damage to his house from fallen trees on Friday morning after Thursday night's storm in Edmonds, Washington state.
PHOTO: AP
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Africa's disappearing lakes
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Falling US inventories, output cuts push oil higher
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A man carries coal bricks on his motorized tricycle in Beijing yesterday. Energy ministers from five leading energy-consuming nations are meeting in Beijing today to address stabilizing oil supplies, among other things.
PHOTO: EPA
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Trawling the Net for your innermost desires
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Bruce Ertmann, corporate manager for Consumer-Generated Media at Toyota Motor Sales USA, poses at a showroom next to a Lexus GX470 in the foreground and the Lexus Hybrid RX400h in the background last Monday. Ertmann uses Nielsen BuzzMetrics to monitor blogging on the Internet to get a feel for consumer thinking on Toyota and Lexus products.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Players to benefit from US immigration change
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Baltimore Oriole Miguel Tejada is tagged out by Boston Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli in a game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 30. Tejada and other foreign athletes will benefit from a US immigration law change that will treat them as internationally recognized athletes.
PHOTO: AP
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Aussies pile on the Ashes agony
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Australia's Adam Gilchrist celebrates after scoring 100 from 57 balls on day three of the third Ashes Test against England in Perth yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fergie ignores Jose's mind games
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, right, and club legend Sir Bobby Charlton pose for photographers at the launch of the Manchester United Opus on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Moenchengladbach suffer at the hands of Bochum
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Gladbach's Wesley Sonck struggles with Bochum's Christoph Dabrowski during their Bundesliga match with VfL Bochum at the Rewirpower Stadion in Bochum, Germany, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Barcelona, Liverpool to face each other in Championships League knockout stage
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UEFA CEO Lars-Christer Olsson of Sweden conducts the draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Yao verging on NBA elite
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Yao Ming, center, of the Houston Rockets makes a layup against Andrew Bynum, left, of the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on Friday in Los Angeles.
PHOTO: AFP
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China leaves mark on Asian Games
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Taiwan's Chen Shao-chi shows off her moves during the women's changquan wushu competition at the Asian Games in Doha on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cyber crime gets real life punishment 網路犯罪難逃真實制裁
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The Skoda Octavia Combi, shown at the Nitra motor show, September 2006.
今年九月在尼特拉車展亮相的Skoda Octavia Combi. (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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Arianna Huffington takes no prisoners
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Arianna Huffington reinvented herself countless times over the last decade, taking a twisting political journey from outspoken Republican, chic Washington hostess to darling of the liberal West Los Angeles gliteratti-literatti to progressive populist candidate for California governor.
PHTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The sweet science and the fates of two of its greatest practitioners
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Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
By Jack Cavanaugh
471 pages
Random House
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Thant Myint-U finds his feet in Myanmar
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The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
By Thant Myint-U
361 pages
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Tired, wired and young
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Cocaine is the latest and most controversial entry in the burgeoning market for so-called energy drinks.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Energy drinks such as Red Bull are all the rage at bars, where vodka and Red Bulls have become the mix drink of choice. The thought behind the combination is the alcohol gets you buzzed, and the energy gets you hepped up. But is this safe?
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Going green isn't easy
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Organic tea fields in Mingchien Township, Nantou County.
PHOTOS: LU CHANG-PING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Weeds are an essential part of a healthy ecosystem supported by organic farming practices.
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Wang Yu-li has plowed his organic tea field for the past 15 years.
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