Chen to meet young `ambassador'
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President Chen Shui-bian gives soccer balls to Senegalese children Tuesday. Chen left Senegal for Sao Tome and Principe yesterday, the second stop on his four-nation African tour.
PHOTO: AFP
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Typhoon ushers in relief
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A boy rides a bicycle past sand bags piled along a road in Taipei City's Nankang District as a defense against flooding yesterday.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT nominates Ma as its Taipei mayoral candidate
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KMT Chairman Lien Chan, right, holds up Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's hand after announcing Ma's nomination as the party's candidate in the upcoming mayoral race.
PHOTO: CHU YU-PIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lions roar over name, flag dispute
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Denny Hsu, former chairman of the Lions Club in Taiwan, displays a protest banner that Taiwan chapter members plan to take to the group's international meeting in Japan next week. The protest banner voices opposition to a proposal that the Taiwan chapter be called ``China Taiwan.''
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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A protest fan displaying the Taiwan chapter's proposed flag.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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HP to stick with local suppliers
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Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of the notebook computer group at Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) and Rosemary Ho, country general manager for HP-Taiwan, take questions from the media yesterday. The executives said the company would account for a staggering 10 percent of Taiwan's exports this year.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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WorldCom fights for survival
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PHOTO: AFP
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Vivendi to install `safe pair of hands'
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Jean-Marie Messier, the outgoing chief of Vivendi Universal, is applauded by the employees of the company as he leaves Vivendi Universal headquarters in Paris Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Wooing would-be audiences
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Director John Woo is in town for the next few days promoting his latest film, Windtalkers.
PHOTO: SHEN, CHAO-LIANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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