Minor clashes as CKS hall renamed
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A policeman holds up a coat to cover the private parts of an old man who dropped his pants and shouted ''Chen Shui-bian has no balls'' to protest the renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall during a name change ceremony yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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A member of the 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign yesterday tries to pull the bars from a window in the wall surrounding the National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall during an event the campaign called ``Tear down the feudal wall and open up a democratic space.'' The event coincided with the ceremony changing the hall's name from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
PHOTO: CNA
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Summit ends in disarray, EU warns Russia
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Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans and wave flags during a protest in Samara, Russia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Newsmaker: GIO minister poised to bring a smile to new post
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Shieh Jhy-wey, the newly appointed director of the Government Information Office, is pictured smiling in this photo on April 25, 2005.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen honors Joyce McMillan at funeral service
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President Chen Shui-bian yesterday speaks at philanthropist Joyce McMillan's funeral service in Changhua County's Erhlin Happy Christian Home, which was founded by McMillan in 1965.
PHOTO: CNA
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Dignitaries bid farewell to `father of Samoa' Malietoa
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Pallbearers take Samoan Head of State Malietoa Tanumafili II to his final burial plot at Parliament Grounds, Apia, Samoa, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Indian police on high alert following blast
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A man, right, describes the events of Friday's bomb explosion with the backdrop of the landmark Charminar in Hyderabad, India, yesterday. Hundreds of police in riot gear have been deployed throughout the mostly deserted streets of Hyderabad, hoping to prevent anger over Friday's attack at the 17th-century Mecca Masjid mosque that left 10 people dead and 35 wounded and ensuing clashes with police that left four dead.
PHOTO: AP
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Bogota warned on rescue effort
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Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Araujo, left, shakes hands with Colombian policeman Jhon Frank Pinchao at the Police Hospital, Bogota, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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The myth of `superstar cities'
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Uruguayan children relish low-cost laptops
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Two students use a ``hundred-dollar'' laptop computer they had received days earlier from the One Laptop Per Child project at a public elementary school in Villa Cardal, Uruguay, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Seve endures rough Champions debut
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Seve Ballesteros of Spain hits from the sand on the first hole during the Regions Charity Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Ross Bridge in Hoover, Alabama, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Benitez set to take a final gamble on Kewell
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Liverpool's Harry Kewell, center left, scores a penalty against Charlton Athletic during their English Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, on May 13.
PHOTO: AP
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Schnyder ends Williams' hopes
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Patty Schnyder celebrates after winning her match against Serena Williams at the Italian Open tennis tournament at Rome's Foro Italico on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Prior steals the limelight at Lord's
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England debutant Matt Prior, center, celebrates his maiden Test century with teammate Ian Bell, right, while West Indies fieldsman Runako Morton looks on during the first Test at Lord's, London, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ginobili, Duncan send Spurs into final
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Phoenix Suns center Amare Stoudemire, left, drives to the basket over San Antonio's Bruce Bowen during the first half of their NBA Western Conference semi-final in San Antonio on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Tigers maul Cards in World Series rematch
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The Baltimore Orioles' Jay Payton throws his bat after striking out in the second inning against the Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium in Washington on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bears down Tigers 4-2 to take CIHL title
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A Bears player focuses on the puck as the Bears and the Tigers face off in the final of the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League at the Taipei Arena yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A nasty end for Hilton 芭黎絲的惡報？
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The sculpture of socialite Paris Hilton and her dog on an autopsy table. 社交名媛芭黎絲•希爾頓與愛犬同在解剖台上的雕塑。(照片:法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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The billion-dollar question
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Peter Jenni, spokesman for the Atlas detector in Geneva, Switzerland.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Atlas is a particle detector around the Cern (European Center for Nuclear Research), a 27km underground ring stretching from Geneva, into France and back again.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Chou Yu turns to tea
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PHOTOS: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Breast is best in Bangladesh
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In developing countries like Bangladesh, the Philippines, and South Africa, babies are at a high risk of being denied the nutritional and protective benefits of breast milk, which can prove deadly when mothers don't have access to clean water for the preparation of formula milk.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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