Warm welcome for first lady in NYC
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First Lady Wu Shu-chen -- accompanied by a group of wives of senior government officials -- arrives in New York late Thursday and shakes hands with Taiwan's Deputy Representative to the US, Tsai Ming-hsian, at Newark International Airport.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Earthquake early-warning gadget not yet ready for market, say experts
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The ``SOS-Life'' digital earthquake-warning system marketed by Life Protection B.V. The Dutch company claims the device can give 120 seconds warning of a major earthquake. Nonsense, say seismologists.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LIFE PROTECTION B.V.
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Anchor faces allegations of being a `gold digger'
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PHOTO: ETTODAY.COM
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921 Aftermath: Quake victims struggle with government regulations
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Liu Wen-ho, second right, and his wife, center, talk to a Taipei Times reporter about life in a temporary housing unit in Taomi Village.
PHOTO: CHANG YU-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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921 Aftermath: Surviors rebuild their lives
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A garden grows on a deserted site in Tungshi Township. Traces of collapsed buildings can still be found along Pen Street in the township.
PHOTO: CHANG YU-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wu Chun-ching sits in front of his cafe, Cote, in Taomi Village.
PHOTO: CHANG YU-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Two men in Peigang imprint the village's traditional symbol on T-shirts on Sept. 13, a day before President Chen Shui-bian was scheduled to visit the village.
PHOTO: CHANG YU-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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921 Aftermath: Director defends handling of earthquake's aftermath
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Kuo Yao-chi, the executive director of the Cabinet's 921 Earthquake Post-Disaster Recovery Commission, hopes to meet the target of finishing all the reconstruction efforts before the next anniversary of the devastating quake.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Daimler to buy Asian truck units
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New trucks await delivery in the compound of the Mitsubishi Motors Co plant in Kawasaki, Japan, in this file photo. DaimlerChrysler AG yesterday announced that it will take stakes in commercial vehicles businesses being spun off by Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp and South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co.
PHOTO: AP
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Gida wins a close one at home; Elephants can't clinch
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John Burgos of the Lions pitches last night in Tainan.
PHOTO: HAKU HUANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan's Kao takes lead in Acer Open
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American Andrew Pitts tees off at the tenth hole during the 2002 Acer Taiwan Open on Thursday, at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Yangmei, Taipei
PHOTO: AP
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