Meteorologists predict more rain
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Pedestrians unfurl their umbrellas as it began to rain in Taipei City yesterday. The Central Weather Bureau predicts more rain across Taiwan today.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Earthquake gives northern Taiwan a big jolt
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The roof of a house in Ilan collapsed during yesterday's earthquake.
PHOTO: YU MING-CHIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rain fails to quell forest blazes
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Firefighters battle forest blazes in central Taiwan yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHUN-HAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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55th Cannes Film Festival unspools
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A technician checks a camera in front of the Palais des Festivals on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 55th Cannes Film Festival. Twenty-two films are in competition for the Palm d'Or.
PHOTO: AFP
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US director Woody Allen loves the attention from US actresses Tiffani Thiessen, left, and Debra Messing on a terrace of the Palais des Festivals during the photo call for his film Hollywood Ending. Woody Allen's most recent film will open the festival out of competition.
PHOTO: AFP
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Beck's beer planning a comeback
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Beck's beer girls show off the German brew. After a four-year absence from the market, Beck's said it was returning to Taiwan.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tax cuts could revive European economy
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Tens of thousands of Dutch wait in line to attend the lying-in-state ceremony of slain anti-immigrant politician Pim Fortuyn in front of the H. Laurentius and E. Elizabeth Cathedral in Rotterdam last Thursday. The 54-year-old maverick was shot in Hilversum, central Netherlands, last Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Apple joins the fray
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CEO Steve Jobs.
PHOTO: AP
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`Clones' unlikely to break `Spider-Man' records
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Star Wars fans dressed as Boba Fett, left, and a stormtrooper gather in Leicester Square in London. Episode II: Attack of the Clones debuts worldwide today and opens tomorrow in Taiwan.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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