Bin Laden search heats up
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Northern Alliance soldiers pose in front of a police headquarters in the western Afghan city of Herat yesterday. The Afghan opposition captured the city, which has a mainly ethnic Tajik population, after a popular uprising against the ruling Taliban militia.
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Chen addresses the Chinese people
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President Chen Shui-bian speaks on a radio program broadcast by the Central Broadcasting System yesterday. In the interview, Chen talked about his family background and political ideas. The program will be broadcast globally in 18 languages.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Freed aid workers recall ordeal
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Rescued German aid workers left to right, Katrin Jelinek, Silke Durrkopf and Margrit Stebner, arrive at the German Embassy in Islamabad yesterday after they were rescued from Afghanistan by US special forces. Eight foreign aid workers, including four Germans, two Australians and two Americans were rescued from the Taliban.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Curtain opens on Golden Horse Film Festival
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Director Leon Dai, at right, works closely with his actors to achieve the desired result in Summers.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GOLDEN HORSE FILM FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMI
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Dai's House of Stinky Tofu ¿W¯ä¤§®a
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The fried tofu of the house is the flagship dish at Dai's House of Stinky Tofu.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN
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Chez Moi ºk¿i§{
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Grilled lamb chops with herb butter are a house specialty at Chez Moi.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN
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The problem with proxies
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Spa resorts with traditions
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All year round, more than 40 health spas all round Poland offer a gentle climate, picturesque landscapes, charming boarding houses and modern sanatoriums as well as a high standard of treatment.
PHOTO: THE WARSAW (POLAND) TRADE OFFICE
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Discover Warsaw's beauty
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Warsaw has many historical monuments, well-preserved historical buildings, vast Italian and French style-gardens, English landscape parks, and richly stocked museums.
PHOTO: THE WARSAW (POLAND) TRADE OFFICE
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Microsoft Xbox goes on sale in the US
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Bill Gates, right, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft, plays on the Xbox video game system with Edward Glucksman of Keansburg, New Jersey at the Toys R' Us store in New York City on Wednesday. Glucksman purchased the first unit to be sold directly from Bill Gaites.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Makers of gas masks thriving
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Employees of Taiwan's Woei Cherng Advanced Technologies Co display the company's gas masks in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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