High-speed rail safety in question
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KMT Legislator Alex Tsai yesterday criticizes Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp for what he said was the poor quality of its construction work during a press conference, demanding that the government establish a special committee to monitor the project.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Porn star out to prove she's not just a pretty face
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Japanese porn actress Madoka Ozawa works hard to revamp her public image on a visit to Taiwan yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Madoka Ozawa, a popular Japanese adult movie actress, strikes a sexy pose during an automoblie exhibition, held in Taipei on Dec. 28 last year.
FILE PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen says he'll push for equality
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Cabinet Secretary-General Liu Shih-fang, center, and Council for Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu sing together in a ceremony yesterday to honor female government officials on International Women's Day. The Ministry of Interior was honored for giving women the biggest share of high-level positions. Twenty-three of the ministry's 41 senior positions are occupied by women.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Stocks rise following Bin Laden report
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S&P 500 futures traders Eric Smith, center left, and Gary Polisner, center right, follow the markets near the end of trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Reebok streaks into contention
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New Reebok products shown on display in a Manhattan store front last month. Analysts say Reebok has a good chance to double its market share in the next few years.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Hydrogen-powered vans to fill up at Shell
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General Motors' Hy-Wire fuel-cell car on display at the Geneva auto show this week. The Europeans believe in diesel and have been investing heavily in high-mileage engines.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Facing up to a gambling problem
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A stallholder on Linsen North Road serves up sausages with the bowl and dice he uses to take bets from customers in the foreground.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Customers line up to buy tickets for the national government-sponsored lottery draw on I-tong Street.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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A woman sells scratch-off lottery tickets from a stand on Nanjing East Road.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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A new direction in architecture
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One of four houses constructed under the first Ilan House project, in rural Ilan County.
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUNGSUN
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Deconstructing Taiwan's gay scene, from a woman's perspective
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Notes of A Desolate Man
By Chu Tien-wen
169 pages
Columbia University Press
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Plaster German shepherds and other inanities
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Probing the Cloister's Silence
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Scenes of monastic life photographed by Bruno Rotival, above and right.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FNAC
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An inside look at the new generation of Chinese leaders
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China's New Rules: The Secret Files
By Andrew Nathan and Bruce Gilley
150 pages
New York Review of Books
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Celtic keep hoop dreams alive
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Celtic's John Hartson, left, vies with Rangers' Craig Moore during the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier League match at Celtic Park in Glasgow yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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