Academics attend a seminar on regional stability and N Korea
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National Policy Adviser to the President Chiou Chwei-liang, center, holds up a copy of a recent issue of Newsweek magazine as he discusses US President George W. Bush's motives for starting a war with Iraq. Chiou and Presidential Office Secretary-General Joseph Wu, left, attended a seminar yesterday on the Iraq and North Korea conflicts.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Keeping tabs on nature
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Real-time video cameras record the rich biodiversity of the Fushan Research Station in a project linking Taiwan's ecological data with the wider world.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING
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A little grebe makes its nest in the Fushan research site.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING
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A litsea cubeba persoon, known in Chinese as ``mountain pepper'' is an example of Fushan's rich biodiversity.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING
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Hsieh Fan-fan greens the ranks of country's police
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Hsieh Fan-fan, right, took over as Ilan County police chief from her predecessor Wu Hsing-jen, left, last week.
PHOTO: CHIANG CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chung Chin turns a page as new Sogo chairwoman
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Chung Chin started her first day of work as chairwoman of Pacific Sogo Department Store last week.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hsu Su-ming has vision for biomedical industry
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Hsu Su-ming is vice superintendent of National Taiwan University Hospital.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Japan must end its silence
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Deregulation fuels Tokyo building boom
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Construction cranes surround the new 37-story Marunouchi Building last Tuesday. Large-scale development projects are booming in Tokyo despite the nation's economic picture.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ailing German economy lacks immediate cure
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A worker fixes a light-box on the Logo of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, Europe's biggest telecommunications company, at the Cebit fairground in Hanover, yesterday. Experts say Germany needs to scale back unemployment compensation, health care and other government benefits to save the nation's troubled economy.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Chelsea holds Arsenal in FA Cup
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Arsenal's Swedish midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg, right, shoots at goal past Chelsea's Dutch defender Mario Melchiot, left, Jody Morris, second left, and French defender William Gallas during their FA Cup quarter final match at Highbury on Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Coulthard emerges ahead in Australia
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McLaren teammates celebrate as Scotland's David Coulthard crosses the finish line to win the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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