Taipei sees biggest demo ever
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Tens of thousands of farmers and fishermen pour into Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei yesterday in the biggest demonstration in Taiwan's history.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lee urges premier to stay
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Former president Lee Teng-hui is seen yesterday during a tea party with farmers in Taipei's Mucha District. Lee said that he never intended to cause trouble for for Premier Yu Shyi-kun and his Cabinet.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Redoubtable Lin facing fresh trial
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Lin Ling-san, center, is embroiled in allegations of an affair with a married woman. Lin refutes the claims, brought to light by a prospective candidate in the Taipei City councillor elections, saying that it is a ploy to gain political exposure.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Young shrimp vendor has big plans to put fishy business on road to success
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Chou Chih-feng is making a go of his shrimp restaurants and has big plans for the future.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen Rong-jye ready to adapt to life in Russia
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Chen Rong-jye will take up the post of Taipei representative to Russia later this month.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, LIBERTY TIMES
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Mr. Coffee buzzes young consumers
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Sunbeam wants to ensure the Mr. Coffee brand maintains its lead by attracting younger coffee drinkers. The new ads will use celebrities and athletes that appeal to people in their 20s to 40s. Olympic snowboarder Chris Klug shown in a recent Mr. Coffee ad.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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De Beers' new outlet has a shaky start
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De Beers is turning for the first time in its 110-year history to selling the finished product, diamond jewelry, to the public.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Suds continue to rise on US share markets
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Shares of American brewers Anheuser-Busch and Adolph Coors have risen 20 percent over the last year, and the long-term outlook for the industry remains strong.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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No change amid great change: the China Syndrome
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A young Chinese soldier waits with his colleagues in Shanghai Railway Station, before boarding a train to Tibet on Friday. In the article below, Patrick Smith states: ``Everything that happens in China will happen under the party's auspices.''
PHOTO: AP
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When this table talks, people listen
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Inquirers surround the table in a solemn atmosphere.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hou Hsiao-hsien shows his lighter side in Busan
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Hou Hsiao-hsien belts out karaoke with Ku Rong-kao, a castmember from The Rule of the Game.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Kitano promotes 'Dolls'
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Takeshi Kitano.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A little confusion that is far from uninteresting
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Two of the winning entries in FNAC's 24-hour Photo Marathon by Yang Yi-sheng and Lee Jia-lun.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FNAC
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Discovering new cultural perspectives
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Costume de pleureur pour le ballet le Chant du Rossignol.
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US gymnasts take gold on balance beam and floor
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Elena Gomez from Spain competes in the women's floor discipline semi-final at the Gymnastics World Championships in the Foenix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary, Friday. She took the third place with 9.437 points.
PHOTO: AP
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Radis takes title, gets girl
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Competitors race for the buoy, yesterday, off Penghu.
PHOTO: PROTEUS SPORTS
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Immelman, Harrington creeping up on Lafeber
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Wearing designer sunglasses, Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden tees off on the third day of the BMW Asian Open, yesterday in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan's Wu sweeps to victory at Taroko
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Marek Dryja of Poland, left, sets the pace early on in the Taroko Gorge Marathon yesterday in Hualien. Taiwan's Wu Wen-chien won the race in two hours and 23 minutes, nine seconds, with Uladimir Kotau in second place and Dryja in third.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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