Villagers decry late rescue efforts
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Inhabitants of Nantou County's Dili village make their way over a rock-covered road yesterday. Mudslides caused by Typhoon Toraji killed 16 villagers and cut the village off from the outside world.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Muslim rebels behead nine Filipino hostages
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A young villager transports the body of beheaded hostage Rodolfo Francisco by water buffalo cart near the town of Lamitan town yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chen visits typhoon-torn Chiayi
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President Chen Shui-bian went to Nantou County's Yufeng village yesterday to see the effects of landslides in the area.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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More taking, less conflict
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US Postal Service should switch gears with cyclist
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Lance Armstrong shown on his way to winning the 32km time trial 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Grenoble to Chamrousse in the French Alps in mid July. Some say Armstrong's sponsor could do more to capitalize on his success.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Germans losing their taste for beer
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A beer maiden carries full mugs during the opening of Oktoberfest in Munich last year. Despite the popularity of the annual festival, beer consumption in Germany has fallen sharply in recent years, largely because young Germans are drinking far less of the country's national beverage.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Asian X Games stars take to the air in Taipei tourney
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A competitor at the 2001 Asian X Games does a stunt with his roller skates on a ramp during the qualification runs for the 2001 Asian X Tour yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Filling in the blanks on Taiwan's map
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A Japanese map from the early 20th century shows a panoramic view of the northeastern coast of Taiwan. The Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan undertook comprehensive mapping of Taiwan at the turn of the last century.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WEI TE-WEN
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A Dutch map from the 18th century comes close to providing the correct shape of Taiwan. The Dutch were among the first to undertake mapping expeditions of Taiwan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WEI TE-WEN
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Wei Te-wen shows off an 18th-century Dutch map of Taiwan.
PHOTO: JEROME FAVRE
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Dig in to a feast of art and flesh
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Deng Wen-jen's Festin-Metamorphose II.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHU WEI STUDIO
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Fishing for abundance
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The print Blessing Left to One's Children contains images of fish, which in traditional Chinese folk culture have symbolized wishes for plentiful children.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
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Shown is a painted pottery bowl decorated with a twin fish motif dating from the Neolithic Ban-po civilization in China.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
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Movie Guide: Kiss of the Dragon Às§k
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No one is left standing once Jet Li gets through with them in Kiss of the Dragon.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BUENA VISTA
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Movie Guide: Planet of the Apes ¨M¾ÔµV²y
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Mark Wahlberg, center, leads a group of humans in their fight for freedom in Planet of the Apes.
PHOTO: FOX
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