Thai mask requirement angers DOH
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A man disinfects the trunk of a taxi at the Taipei Children's Museum of Transportation and Communication yesterday. The service is being offered free for two days by Taiwan Taxi to help contain the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome. All taxis in the Taipei area have been invited to have their vehicles sterilized today and tomorrow.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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China Airlines cuts flights to HK
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A woman wearing a surgical mask in a bid to protect herself from severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, prays in Taipei's Lungshan Temple on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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China faces dilemma over pneumonia
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Tourists wear protective masks at the Temple of the Heaven in Beijing, yesterday. A team of World Health Organization experts will go to Guangdong Province, where severe acute respiratory syndrome first appeared, to investigate the disease.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Post-war oil may not flow
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A firefighter directs a bulldozer near an oil well fire at Rumailah oil field in southern Iraq on Tuesday. Kuwaiti and American firefighters are involved in putting out the blazes at six oil wells that had been sabotaged by retreating Iraqi forces.
PHOTO: AP
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The Beastie Boys to play Taipei, and bring a message
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The Beastie Boys, a hip-hop groupwith a message of Tibetan independence.
PHOTO: TAIWAN ROCK ALLIANCE
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Getting animated about film
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Animation takes all sorts of unexpected forms at the Taiwan International Animation Festival.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIAF
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A dance for those who cannot see
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Dancing in the dark produces some amazing results.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATHALIE FALGARONE
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A dose of theatrical minimalism from Critical Point
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A scene from Critical Point's minimalist interpretation of Pinter.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Melodies of Nature with a native twist
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Folk sounds from Aboriginal singer Samingad and the band AM.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HUASHAN MUSIC HOUSE
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Vienna Philharmonic plays for those who can pay
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Vienna Philharmonic draws the crowds.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL
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Computer game reviews
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Restaurant: Pearl Liang º}«G
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Pearl Liang combines the best in Eastern and Western culinary arts.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN-, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Yang Lo ¦Ï¼Ó
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A cold collation that offers a range of flavors and textures.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN- TAIPEI TIMES
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A stream of Asian talent heads toward Europe
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Japanese soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata of Parma tries an acrobatic shot during an Italian first division soccer match between Parma and Juventus, in Parma, Italy, on Sunday. Nakata was one of the first successful Asian players in Europe.
PHOTO: AP
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