Chen raises pitch of anti-China rhetoric
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Members of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations pump their fists in the air and cheer in Tokyo yesterday when President Chen Shui-bian in a video telecast says that there is ``one country on either side'' of the Taiwan Strait and that the nation should consider passing a referendum law to protect its sovereignty.
PHOTO: CNA
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Powell says attack won't stop talks
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An Israeli soldier stands guard as an armored personnel carrier sits nearby on a street in the Old City of Nablus during a house-to-house search yesterday.
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`Hunger angels' begin 30-hour fast
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Aboriginal children sing a song during the opening ceremony for the 13th ``30 Hour Famine Campaign'' yesterday. This year the campaign, organized by World Vision Taiwan, will raise funds for 15 emergency relief projects around the world.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Analysts mull the results of Chen's pronouncement
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian backs legislation for a referendum to decide whether Taiwan should formally declare independence from China, yesterday.
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Newsmakers: Hsu sees his life as a waterwheel
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Hsu Shui-teh: ``the kind of of waterwheel that always makes sure that there is water to pedal.''
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Newsmakers: KMT believes in Huang Jun-ying
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KMT Secretary-General Lin Fong-cheng, right, announced on Wednesday that the party had chosen Huang Jun-ying, left, to take on PFP Vice Chairman Chang Chao-hsiung to represent the pan-blue camp in the election for Kaohsiung mayor.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Newsmakers: DPP legislator sidestepping problems in his private life
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DPP Legislator Cheng Yu-chen, in and out of the legislature since 1980, has been evading questions about his private life.
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Stocks fall on disappointing jobs data
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Brad Griffith rubs his eyes as he trades options on United Airline's stock, at the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Friday. UAL's stock fell after the airline confirmed it had hired bankruptcy attorneys months ago.
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Martha Stewart gets hit with lawsuit by an angry shareholder
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Martha Stewart, right, chairman and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and a New York Stock Exchange board member, visits the exchange trading floor on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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A tortoise, many hares and a web of convergence
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Though Viacom uses some Web functions for projects such as its hit MTV TV show, The Osbournes, starring Ozzy Osbourne, above, it is the is the only global media conglomerate that has steadfastly resisted the ``big idea'' of the 21st-century media business -- that the Internet would profoundly transform the way people consume information and entertainment.
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When two guys are flavors of the month, they sell a lot of ice cream
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After appearing on People magazine's ``Top 50 Bachelors'' list, Bruce, left, and his brother, Mark Becker's love lives and ice cream business have boomed.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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No-name stars of the Internet find clip 'n paste fame
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George Chen, `the Internet Guy' has been in numerous online ads.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Who's the fairest of them all?
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Top-placed contestants, from left to right, runner-up Gisiele Wu, winner Lin Yi-hsin, and Chu Hsiao-chi. Top of page, contestants line up for a final review before the judges make their decisions.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIQUE PREMIER MODELING
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'Beautiful system' in the eye of the beholder
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Yu Po-chuan expounds on his Tongyong system at his office at Academia Sinica.
PHOTO: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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Humor meets a sharp eye
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Fortune, left, and Beauty, by Hong Yi.
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Chinese Horoscope.
PHOTO: DAVID VAN DER VEEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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China's literary hero becomes human
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The True Story of Lu Xun
By David E. Poliard
242 pages
Chinese University Press
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Art out of place
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Dorothea Lange's photography is ill-placed in Fnac's reading room at their Kuanchian Rd. location. At top, Lange's Cotton Picker.
PHOTO: DAVID FRAZIER, TAIPEI TIMES
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