Gender equality law now a reality
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A young female dance instructor leads a Japanese `para para' dance session alongside Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, right, during celebrations in honor of Women's Day held at Taipei City Hall yesterday. The Gender Equality Labor Law goes into effect tomorrow, one day after Women's Day.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Vice president warns DPP not to `deteriorate'
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PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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US gives Tang visa to attend conference
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Minister of National Defense Tang Yao-ming, left, visits the Legislative Yuan yesterday to answer questions about his US trip next week along with deputy minister for military affairs, Li Chieh, center, and deputy minister for armament affairs, Chen Chao-ming.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Women welcome new gender law
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DPP legislator Wang Hsueh-fung, left, Council for Hakka Affairs Chairwoman Yeh Chu-lan, second left, Council of Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu, third left, Minister of the Interior Yu Cheng-hsien, center, lawyer Jennifer Wang, second right and long-time women's rights activist Yu Mei-nu, right, celebrate the new gender equality law yesterday.
PHOTO: CHU YU-PIN, TAIPEI TIMESN
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African-American poet broadens horizons
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Afaa Michael Weaver will recite his poetry on March 20 at Fu Jen Catholic University.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Foreign auto firms revved up for Taiwan
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The new Bertone Prototype on display at the Geneva car show this week. For many Taiwanese, ownership of a car, especially an import, is about face and social status.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The Smart Crossblade made its debut at the Geneva car show this week. DaimlerChrysler expects to sell around 3,000 to 4,000 of its compact Smart cars in Taiwan within the next five years.
PHOTO: AFP
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Larry Flynt moving upscale for greenbacks
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Porn king Larry Flynt wants to bring Hustler's naked "girl-next-door" to cities around America. With an eye to opening a string of " Larry Flynt's Hustler Club" strip parlors across the US and possibly Europe, Flynt hopes to extend his X-rated empire beyond print, video and the Internet to stiffen limp revenues from a stable of publications led by Flynt's raunchy flagship, Hustler magazine.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Global steelmakers criticize new US tariffs
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A South Korean worker cuts steel at the construction site of the soccer stadium for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Sogwipo city on Cheju island. South Korea, a major steel producer, said yesterday it may lodge a complaint with the WTO over a US decision to impose tariffs of up to 30 percent on steel imports.
PHOTO: AFP
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Hynix loss greater than expected
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Hynix's semiconductor division chief operating officer, Park Sang-ho, announces the company's results.
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