New top KMT officials sworn in
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New Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Secretary-General Wu Den-yih, right, receives a bouquet of flowers from a supporter from Nantou County, where Wu once served as county commissioner, during a swearing-in ceremony yesterday at KMT headquarters.
PHOTO: CNA
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Russian tycoon arrested in French vice ring raid
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Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is seen in Moscow in October 2003. Prokhorov has been detained for questioning in a crackdown on a suspected prostitution ring at an upmarket ski resort.
PHOTO: AP
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Fatah flexes muscles at West Bank rally
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In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, holds balloons in the colors of the Palestinian flag during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Both US parties slam Bush plan
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One day after US President George W. Bush ordered 20,000 more troops to Iraq, 92-year-old Cecelia Gast joins demonstrators during a protest against US military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia on Thursday near the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California.
PHOTO: AFP
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US loses faith in death penalty
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Damaged phone cables get low-technology fix
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John Walters, general manager of Global Marine Singapore, stands on Thursday next to a model of a boat similar to those used to recover and fix fiber optic cables damaged in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan on Dec. 26.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kidd records 82nd triple-double
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New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd blows a kiss to the basket before shooting a free throw in the final seconds of the fourth quarter of his NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Weather playing havoc with World Cup super-combi
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Swiss ski racer Marc Berthod clears the Hundschopf jump during the first training run for today's men's ski world cup downhill at the Lauberhorn near Wengen, Switzerland, on Thursday. Yesterday's World Cup super-combi was canceled because of warm weather and rain.
PHOTO: EPA
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Ex-NASCAR ace wins Dakar rally stage
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Competitors cross a dune during the sixth stage of the Dakar rally between Tan Tan in Morocco and Zouerat in Mauritania on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Frenchmen Guerlain Chicherit and co-driver Mathieu Baumel are helped after an accident during the sixth stage of the Dakar rally on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Boucher breaks world record for Test match catches
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South African bowler Jacques Kallis, left, celebrates with wicketkeeper Mark Boucher as the latter claims his 367th Test catch on the first day of the first Test between South Africa and Pakistan at SuperSport Park in Centurion, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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AC Milan prove too strong for Arezzo in Italian cup
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AC Milan forward Filippo Inzaghi celebrates after scoring during the Italian Cup quarter-final first leg soccer match between AC Milan and Arezzo at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Globel trotting: Germany 世界走透透 - 德國
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Officially adopted in 1918, and banned by Hitler in 1933. Re-established after World War II. However, social decorum meant that citizens never flew the flag, as displays of nationalism were frowned upon. During last year's World Cup, the flag was suddenly seen on cars and from windows. Happily, the German citizens seem to have broken their unfortunate taboo and once more take pride in their flag. 德國國旗自一九一八年採用，希特勒在一九三三年下令禁用，迄二次大戰後才重新採用。然而，社會禮儀意味著公民決不可以揮舞國旗，以免宣揚民族主義引人蹙眉。去年世足賽期間，德國國旗忽然出現在車子上與窗台上，可見德國人以打破過去的不祥禁忌，開始為自己的國旗感到驕傲。
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Morning fog lifts from the mountainsides as the landscape is reflected in lake Spitzingsee, southern Germany, Jun. 27, 2006. 去年六月二十七日，德國南部Spitzingsee湖的山間塵霧飄邈，美景倒映湖中。
PHOTO: AFP
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