FIRST-DAY FRUSTRATIONS: The company's vending machines were overwhelmed by the demand after customers began lining up on Monday night to purchase tickets
By Jessie Ho
Thousands of people flooded into the eight stations of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC) for the first day of ticket sales yesterday, but frequent malfunctions in the booking system made a lot of people unhappy.

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Indonesia's transportation minister said yesterday that rescuers had not found the wreckage of an Indonesian jetliner more than 24 hours after it disappeared during stormy weather.

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A new report by scientists studying Louisiana's sinking coast says the land is not just sinking -- it is sliding ever so slowly into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Shares closed 1.24 percent higher at a six-year high yesterday as liquidity-driven buying helped the market get off to a good start in the new year amid increased turnover, dealers said.

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SPOUSAL OBLIGATION: The judges decided that since Walter Lin owed his wife Sophie Yeh money, the funds should go to her many creditors
By Rich Chang
The Taipei District Court ruled yesterday that the husband of former Procomp Informatics Co chairwoman Sophie Yeh (葉素菲) must pay investors NT$10 million (US$308,660) in compensation for losses incurred as a result of his wife's embezzling.

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