With his latest film Lust, Caution winning the Golden Lion Award at this year's Venice Film Festival, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (李安) was awarded a prize on Tuesday from the Government Information Office (GIO) for his outstanding work.

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By Sun Yi-hsin 孫一信
For almost a decade, the Parents' Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability has advocated measures to give intellectually challenged criminal suspects the services of a lawyer during police questioning and prosecutorial investigations. A press conference held by the Legal Aid Foundation last Monday marked the formal beginning of such a measure.

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By Cao Changqing 曹長青
The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) National Congress that opens on Sunday will be a key factor in shaping the political environment of Taiwan, not only in terms of next year's legislative and presidential elections, but also the future of the DPP. The focus of the meeting will be on whether to add a clause to the "normal country resolution" stipulating that the nation's title shall be changed to "Taiwan."

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In the past decade Hong Kong's customs and excise department has stopped just three consignments of antiques illegally entering -- and officials do not believe it's a problem
By John Saeki
Lucky fat ladies, porcelain pigs, ceramic musicians and giant Buddhas are crammed into Hong Kong's antique boutiques, but some experts, backed by Chinese law, say many of them shouldn't be there at all.

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By Charlie McDonald-Gibson
Huge protests against Myanmar's junta will likely end in one of two ways, analysts say -- the first genuine steps toward democracy, or a bloody crackdown all too familiar on Yangon's streets.

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Why it's the women who leave remains a topic of intense discussion. Sociologists suggest that female-headed households and a lack of male role models may play a role
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Silke Gawenda's east German hometown has its charms -- brick fortifications and timbered houses from the Middle Ages, quiet streets lined with linden trees.

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Absent in the string of recent comments by Washington officials regarding the proposed referendum on joining the UN using the name "Taiwan" are the negative ramifications that would arise if the public voted against the UN bid.

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