WHO lauds China, Taiwan fumes
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A post office worker displays a new series of anti-SARS stamps in Taipei yesterday. Funds collected from the new commemorative stamps will be used to fight SARS.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Railway workers plan protest
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Representatives of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union chant slogans with their fists pumping the air at a press conference yesterday, which was called to ask union members to unite against the government allegedly sacrificing the railway enterprise in favor of the north-south high-speed railway.
PHOTO: CNA
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Cartoon's creator hailed as a real-life Asian hero
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Chang Jung-kuei, right, creator of Taiwanese e-cartoon character A-Kuei, receives an award at a ceremony held Wednesday in Tokyo to honor this year's 29 `Asian Heroes' selected by Time Asia magazine.
PHOTO: CNA
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ROC passports will get makeover
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien yesterday holds a copy of the new passport with the word ``Taiwan'' printed on the cover. The passport is due to be issued starting Sept. 1.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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ASEAN faced with recalcitrant member
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Myanmar citizens chant slogans and demand the release of of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Rumsfeld warns of threat from Iran
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PHOTO: APN
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Blast has Israelis questioning their leader's motives
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An Israeli policeman searches a bus destroyed by a suspected Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The bomber killed at least 16 people and injured nearly 100 to avenge an Israeli bid to assassinate a Hamas leader; Israel struck back within minutes, killing seven.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ethiopia yields oldest known human remains
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The frontal view of a reconstructed adult male skull of the Homo sapiens idaltu, discovered in Ethiopia's fossil-rich Afar region.
PHOTO: AP
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Raiders of the lost art
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Evil breaks out at 2nd Floor
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Danny McMillan
PHOTO COURTESY OF CONTAGIUS MUSIQ
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Hitting the hot springs and avoiding the hot spots
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Bathers take a spring spa at Tien Lai Spring Resort on Yangmingshan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIEN LAI SPRING RESORT
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Two women relax and enjoy the scenery at the same resort.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIEN LAI SPRING RESORT
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Playing out the human condition
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While psychological subtlety is not the strong point of Human Condition, this is made up for by the vivacity of the performances.
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREEN RAY THEATER
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Breathing life into opera
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Four Spirits Dance, by Han-Tang Yuefu.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HAN-TANG YUEFU ENSEMBLE
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Nankuan, or Southern Winds music, by Han-Tang Yuefu.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HAN-TANG YUEFU ENSEMBLE
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Burning Brides may spearhead latest rock revival
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A crowd packs the beach at last year's Ho-Hai-Yan concert.
PHOTO COURTESY TAIPEI COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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Remembranceof things past
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Ku and Dancers look back.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KU AND DANCERS
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Tech reviews
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From front left, clockwise, Gaggia makes one of the world's most popular entry-level espresso machines; Saeco is one of the few manufacturers to make a home superautomatic version; while Giotto's sexy semi-automatic model will set you back some US$1,500. The la Pavoti is an example of a piston model espresso machine
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS
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Restaurant: in House
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Appearances are everything at in House.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Shihfang (¹¤è)
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Scallops with horseradish and cabbage salad, calabash in pork gravy, caviar on celery with tuna tartar and lavender, and steamed egg with roe and seaweed
PHOTO: DAVID FRAZIER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Frills but no thrills beset this movie
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John Travolta, left, plays the bad-apple DEA agent, with Samuel Jackson as the detested US troop leader.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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John Travolta, looking good, but unable to lift the film.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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Taking aim at the audience for a good thriller, Basic fails on just about every level.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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A road movie that's too slow and too tedious
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Brian O'Conner is back on the streets.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL
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Racy women feature in 2 Fast 2 Furious.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL
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Roman Pearce and Brian O'Conner.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL
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Woods prepares for some errors
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Tiger Woods hits on the driving range at Olympia Fields Country Club on the final day of practice for the US Open in Olympia Fields, a suburb of Chicago, on Wednesday. The tournament begans yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Australia's Hewitt advances at Queen's Club
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Lleyton Hewitt serves to Raemon Sluiter during their second round match at the Stella Artois Championships at Queen's Club in London, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Astros hand Yanks no-hitter in Bronx
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Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, left, chats with Baltimore Orioles pitcher Willis Roberts, center, and bullpen coach Elrod Hendricks on the field at Camden Yards on Wednesday. Major League Baseball ruled that Sosa's suspension for using a corked bat will be reduced from eight to seven games.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Nets even series as teams get defensive
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Stephen Jackson, right, of the San Antonio Spurs drives past Kerry Kittles of the New Jersey Nets during the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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England comes from behind to beat Slovakia
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Matthew Upson, left, of England vies with Robert Vittek of Slovakia during a Euro 2004 Qualifier at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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