Referendums a right, Chen says
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Vice President Annette Lu shakes hands with guests at yesterday's opening ceremony for a leadership training course for women at the Ketagalan Academy. Lu used the event to state her support for the right of Taiwanese to hold referendums.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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`It's my duty,' heir to the UK throne says
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Truku people seek recognition
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Members of the Truku tribe voice their support for the bid to have them officially recognised as an Aboriginal tribe.
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Super cop shines as new commissioner
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Newly appointed Criminal Investigation Bureau chief Hou You-yi waits for the swearing-in ceremony to begin yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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An Asian marriage custom reshaped
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Young Indians and Pakistanis in Britain are modifying their tradition of arranged marriages by meeting in public without the presence of family members.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Escaping the trap of deflation
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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`Fly Taiwan Fly' fair spreads its wings
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A woman dressed in Tibetan dress talks to visitors at the ''Fly Taiwan Fly'' promotion in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday, held to stimulate the SARS-battered tourism industry. The fair showcased promotions by travel agencies and airlines and attracted over 20,000 participants.
PHOTO: LO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Creating a market for luxury boutique hotels
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Lai Cheng-i, chairman of The Lalu resort at Sun Moon Lake is confident that small luxury boutique hotels can be a profitable niche in the Taiwan market, despite the downturn in the travel industry due to the SARS outbreak and weakened economy.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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While US heads for recovery, Europe gets bogged down
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Three denominations, the US dollar, the Iranian rial and the Iraqi dinar are placed side-by-side at an exchange stall close to the al-Kazemiya mosque complex where the shrine of imam al-Khazem is located in Baghdad, Sunday. The dollar has become the hard currency in Baghdad, standing at close to 1,500 dinars following the US-led invasion of the country. Prior to the war the dinar stood at 2,500 dinars to the dollar.
PHOTO: AFP
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Mobile homes want to stay put
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Dee Villa-Louis, in the hot tub of her home in the Gulfstream Trailer Park, Marathon, Florida.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Karen Melnick, who is fighting displacement from the Gulfstream Trailer Park.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Boston gives up game to wild Phillies
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Pedro Martinez throws against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning during interleague play in Philadelphia on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Tyson busted for brawling
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This February file photo shows former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of the US sporting his then new tatoo on the left side of his face during a news conference in Tunica, Mississippi.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lewis TKOs Klitschko in bloody brawl
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Challenger Vitali Klitschko, right, backs away from a charging Lennox Lewis in the sixth round of their WBC/IBO heavyweight championship bout in Los Angeles, on Saturday. The fight was called after six rounds because of cuts to the face of Klitschko giving Lewis the victory by TKO.
PHOTO: AP
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Brazil slips past US in Confederations Cup
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Adriano of Brazil , right, fights for the ball with Gregg Berhalter of US during their Confederations Cup match in Lyon, France on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Regina Jacobs wins 1,500
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Jearl Miles-Clark competes in the 800m semi-final ahead of Chantee Earl at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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