With all of the activities relating to Aboriginal autonomy in the news lately, there might be good cause to think that Taiwan's indigenous peoples are gradually leaving the shadow of dependence and indignity that has saddled them since the Japanese era.

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By Mike Chang 張昭仁
After visiting Taiwanese businesspeople based in Southeast Asia during the legislative recess, Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) proposed turning the nation's abandoned industrial parks into "offshore special industrial zones" to differentiate them from other domestic industrial parks.

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Wall Street money, post-9/11 foreign policy matters and anger at the Bush administration have fueled the rise in think tanks
By Elisabeth Bumiller
The economy may be slowing down, but Washington's ideas industry is booming.

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By Eduardo Porter
What is to be done with the bankers? From the savings and loan meltdown in the 1980s to the current housing-led seizure, financial institutions have proved unable to curb their appetite for risky assets -- blowing up the bank and spreading economic mayhem.

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By Leo Hickman
Any advertiser flicking through the UK Advertising Standards Authority's code of practice quickly arrives at Section 2.2.

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Most people are familiar with the Greek legend of Narcissus. Well, just in case you're not, it tells the story of a handsome young man whose beauty caused everyone he met to fall in love with him.

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The 'Times,' it ain't changin'

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