ASEAN wraps up week-long talks
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PHOTO: AP
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Standard & Poor's sticking to its guns
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Minister of Finance Yen Ching-chang said yesterday that a negative report on Taiwan uses inaccurate data.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Animal rights group says`no way' to skinning cats
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Members from the Taiwan United Animal Protection Association protest in front of the Interchange Association, Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan, yesterday. They were asking the Japanese government to impose curbs on the trade in cat hides, which are used in Japan to make drums.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cats destined for slaughter peer from inside cages.
PHOTO: TAIWAN UNITED ANIMAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
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Music brought down to earth
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The Aboriginal music album Bura Bura Yan, by Huegu & Docdoc, is a local release by the Trees Music & Art label. Huegu and Docdoc have also appeared on Trees Music's Betel Nuts album.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TREES MUSIC & ART
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The voice of the grasslands in Taiwan
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Urna Chahar-Tugchi is a Trees Music & Art singer from Inner Mongolia.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TREES MUSIC & ART
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Volkswagen's Piech attracts buyers but upsets investors
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PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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The Volkswagen concept Microbus was displayed at the New York International Auto Show in April this year.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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Microsoft pushing growth possibilities
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates addresses members of a research faculty summit earlier this week at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
PHOTO: AP
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AOL eying the real estate on Windows XP desktop
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Las Vegas buses to go on autopilot
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A Civis bus, like this one in Rouen, France, uses a dashboard camera to watch the road markings to keep the bus on course.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Hewlett-Packard employees brace for 6,000 pink slips
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PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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