Prosecutors to probe vice-speakership race
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DPP lawmakers scuffle over the ballot of their colleague Chiu Chang, center, whom they suspected of voting in favor of the KMT's Chiang Ping-kun during the election for vice-speaker at the Legislative Yuan on Friday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Newsmakers: Sheng Yen reaches out to world
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Master Sheng Yen, right, founder and president of the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association in Taiwan, meets with Swamiji Chidanand Saraswati, president and spirtitual head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram of India, at the World Economic Forum on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Huachiang geese-watching season opens
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Geese that have flown south from Siberia fly near the Huachiang Bridge over the Tamsui River in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Yu Shyi-kun pushes technology
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Premier Yu Shyi-kun pays respects to his ancestors at a family shrine in Taiho village in Ilan County yesterday.
PHOTO: LI CHEN-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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Astronomer turns gaze to Tsinghua university
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PHOTO: LI CHEN-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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Exploring the China market
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Oracle's Derek Williams spoke with the Taipei Times about using experience gained in Taiwan to explore the China market.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bono finds unlikely audience at World Economic Forum
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Bono, left, lead singer of the popular rock group U2, and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sit together before a press conference at the World Economic Forum in New York, yesterday. Bono also met with top pharmeceutical executives to discuss reducing the price of AIDS drugs to poorer countries.
PHOTO: AFP
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America readies for hyped Super Bowl ads
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Levi Strauss will be advertising its Dockers pants during the Super Bowl.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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