110,000 expected as Taipei march goes ahead today
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DPP Legislator Kuo Jung-chung displays an enlarged business card of Pai Tien-chih, chairman of Taiwan Agro-Fighters United, during a press conference in the Legislative Yuan yesterday, charging that Pai might be a ``bogus farmer.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lee and Ma move into final stretch
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PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Defeated New Party brass take flight across the Strait
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Former New Party lawmakers, front from left to right, Yao Li-ming, Huang Kuo-chuang, Chu Kao-cheng and Yok Mu-ming, along with Cheng Lung-shui, at podium, and other founding members of the party attend a function in this file photo. The New Party won more than 20 legislative seats in the 1995 elections to become Taiwan's third biggest party. However, after last year's polls, it is down to only one seat.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Government at odds over wine plans
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Lawmakers sample a traditional Taiwanese soup known for its high rice-wine content in the legislature yesterday. The event was held to urge the government to pay more attention to the problem of bootleg rice wine in Taiwan.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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In South Korea, echoes of the past
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Young women support South Korea against China in the basketball finals won by South Korea in October at the Asian Games in Busan.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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A man walks along the seashore, framed by an art exhibit from the Busan Biennale, at Haeundae Beach in Busan.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Old men play Chinese chess on the steps leading to the Busan Tower.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hou garners accolades for upcoming film
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Hou Hsiao-hsien at the Pusan International Film Festival.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PUSAN FILM FESTIVIAL
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Australia regains initiative on day two
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England's captain, Nasser Hussain, leaps in an attempt to stop a well-whacked ball during the second day of the second Ashes cricket test against Australia in Adelaide, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Winds howl, sailors fly in Penghu
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Sailors round a mark during yesterday's slalom event at the Penghu Pro-Am.
PHOTO: PROTEUS SPORT
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Holland's Lafeber overcomes jet lag to take lead
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Jarmo Sandelin blasts out of a bunker in Taoyuan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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John Daly tees off on the 18th hole to finish the second day of the BMW Asian Open, yesterday in Taoyuan.
PHOTO: AP
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