Ma backs off promise to rid Taipei of prostitution
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Wang Cho-chun, director of the Taipei City Police Headquarters and 14 district police chiefs looked glum yesterday after questioning by Taipei City councilors over Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's campaign to drive the sex industry out of Taipei.
PHOTO: HAKU HUANG, LIBERTY TIMES
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Taliban hit with thunderous B-52 strike near Kabul
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A Northern Alliance fighter points toward Taliban positions bombed yesterday
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Newsmaker: Taiwan loses a fiery independence fighter
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Lee Chen-yuan, seated, and President Chen Shui-bian, left, greet a crowd of well-wishers at a ceremony to honor Lee which was held earlier this year.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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California bridges threatened
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A freighter ship sails under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. California Governor Gray Davis warned that "credible threats" had been made against landmark suspension bridges in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
PHOTO: AFP
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Using wealth against terrorism.
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ILLUSTRATION: YUSHA
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Marooned in Keelung
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The 11m ketch, Remedy, as it appeared in better days.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN AND LISA MILLER
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The Millers with their disabled boat.
PHOTO: DAVID FRAZIER, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Remedy in its final resting place at Wharf 19.
PHOTO: DAVID FRAZIER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Movie: Don't say a word (¨IÀq¥Í¾÷)
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Don't Say a Word has lots of frantic action, but this color-by-numbers thriller fails to deliver the thrills.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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Sales sputtering for bike makers
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A Taipei motorcycle shop owner dusts off bikes at his Pateh Road store. The nation's top three motorcycle makers have been axing staff as domestic and international demand tapers off due to the global economic slowdown.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Panama offers visitors a culture rich in content and expression
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The Panama Canal, one of the world's greatest engineering achievements, has, for more than 80 years, been a vital link in the world transport chain. PHOTO: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
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Employees rebuild devastated company
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Heidi Olson, the chief administrative officer in the equities division of Cantor Fitzgerald, talks on the phone outside the temporary offices in Manhattan.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Microsoft agrees to trading curbs
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Traders react as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The markets reacted positively to word of a deal in the Microsoft antitrust battle.
PHOTO: AP
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