One dies of SARS, one of worry
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Taipei Deputy Mayor Ou Chin-der, right, talks with a nurse inside Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital through a videoconferencing system set up by the city government yesterday to facilitate communications between those held in quarantine inside the hospital and their families outside.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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SARS epidemic: Top prosecutor sent on mission to hospital
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A woman yesterday waves a note to communicate with the outside world on the third day of her SARS quarantine at Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital.
PHOTO: LIAO CHENG-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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The porn monarchy gets dethroned
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A locally made adult video starring Taiwan's `Queen of Porn,' Hsuen-hsuen, and `The Taiwanese Plumber,' A-hsien, is sold over the internet in an open challenge to local police authiorities.
PHOTO: WANG JUI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Airline unions may be too successful
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Many airlines recently have pressed their unions for concessions to stay afloat, and that has raised questions about whether other industries, seeing the airlines' success in squeezing labor costs, will adopt similar accept-concessions-or-else tactics. Northwest Airlines flight attendants hold a rally before the Northwest annual meeting in Manhattan on Friday, to protest the airline's request for contract concessions.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Nissan bursts back onto the market
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Nissan has broken out of the staid image of Japanese automakers with some of the most talked about and exciting new-car designs in the industry. The 2003 Nissan Altima.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Drivable flat tire becomes available on new minivan
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Michelin's run-flat tire.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Grads optimistic amid gloom
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Taipei County's mounted police are riding high
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PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Creating a China of the mind
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No more than a glimpse of thesubcontinent
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The white elephant enters the womb.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NMH
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Nowitzki's rise bad for Trail Blazers
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Dallas Maverick Dirk Nowitzki, center, dunks as Portland Trail Blazers Zach Randolph, left, Damon Stoudamire and Bonzi Wells, right, look on during the first half in Portland, Oregon. The Mavericks beat the Trail Blazers 115-103.
PHOTO: AFP
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Hossa stars for Senators in playoff win over Flyers
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Ottawa Senators' Marian Hossa celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers during the second period of the second round of the NHL hockey playoffs in Ottawa on Friday. The Senators won the game 4-2.
PHOTO: AP
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