Pakistani bomber attacks school bus
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Police examine the remains of a suicide bomber's car after an attack at Kamra, Pakistan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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High school students bag top country prize at science Olympiad
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Taiwanese participants in the Fourth International Junior Science Olympiad hold up national flags and a trophy during the closing ceremony at CPC Corp, Taiwan's conference hall in Taipei.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
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Hall's reopening draws crowds
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A woman shouts for President Chen Shui-bian to step down as she stands in front of a group of Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers who were planning to give flowers to Ministry of Education Secretary-General Chuang Kuo-jung at the ministry in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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FEATURE: New award aims to inspire bright young academics
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Chairman of the National Science Council Chen Chien-jen, right, Professor Peter Jonas of the Department of Physiology at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, center, and Klaus Ploog, former director of the Graduate Institute of Solid State Electronics at the Max Planck Society, are pictured last Tuesday at Technology Building in Taipei City.
PHOTO: HSU MIN-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Seoul accused of slow response to oil spill
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Waters polluted by crude oil around islands off Taean, about 170km southwest of Seoul, South Korea, are pictured yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese media follow party line on world news
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Alexander Group closes down all its health centers
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A sign saying ``Closed for Maintenance'' stands outside Alexander Health Club's World Trade Center branch in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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NBA: Riley wins 1,200 as Heat beat Clippers
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The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, right, hits a jump shot against the Los Angeles Clippers' Cuttino Mobley in the second half of their NBA basketball game on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hosp, Raich claim first slalom wins of season in Aspen
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Nicole Hosp celebrates in the finish area after skiing the fastest time during the women's FIS Ski World Cup Slalom in Aspen, Colorado, on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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NHL: Rangers terminate Devils' nine-game winning streak
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The New York Rangers' Brendan Shanahan celebrates after scoring the winning goal during overtime in the NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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Liang sweeps top Asian Tour awards
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Liang Wenchong of China poses with the UBS Order of Merit Award, the Lowest Stroke Average Award and the Player's Player of the Year Award at the Asian Tour awards-night presentation gala dinner in Bangkok on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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FEATURE: Why can't Taiwan host a soccer tournament?
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Zhongshan Soccer Stadium is pictured during Taiwan's Asian Cup qualifier against South Korea on Aug. 16 last year. The Asian Football Confederation has said that the stadium does not meet international standards.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHINESE TAIPEI FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
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Pooch in peril flees home 「麻煩」遠離家園
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Leona Helmsley and her dog Trouble photographed in Leona Helmsley's Park Lane Hotel apartment, New York, Jan. 31, 2003.
二OO三年一月三十一日,里歐娜.赫姆斯利和她的愛犬麻煩攝於里歐娜.赫姆斯利的紐約柏寧酒店公寓中。 照片:美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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Orangutan alert! 紅猩猩逃家記
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A male orangutan plays at a halfway house inside the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation area near Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Aug. 16, 2007.
八月十六日,一隻公的紅猩猩在鄰近加里曼丹東部的巴里巴伴的「婆羅洲拯救紅猩猩基金會」的中途之家玩耍。 照片:歐新社
PHOTO: EPA
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In one ear, out the other
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Illustration: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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MOVIES: Filmmaker focuses on helping
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The children of people with leprosy star in The Children Branded by Leprosy.
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