Vietnam's painters profit from copying craze
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Painters copy works of famous artists at a shop in Vietnam's commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City. Afters years of proverty and isolation from the West, many peoiple in the communist country regard art as a bourgeois extravagance. But art sales, driven by a fast-growing middle class with a taste for decorative furnishings, are taking off. While traditional Vietnamese art is making inroads in galleries and private collections in London and Paris and can command thousands of dollars, a less ingenious form of art reproduced from great masters has gained admiration at home.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Diana Chen prods DPP in Hualien
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Diana Chen, center, chairwoman of China Development Financial Holding Co, presents flowers to You Ying-lung, the DPP's candidate in the Hualien County commissioner by-election, yesterday. Chen offered You advice on ways to boost development in the county.
PHOTO: YANG YI-CHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Falun Gong members target Jiang
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Activists practice Falun Gong exercises during an event in Taipei City's Ta-an Park yesterday to protest against China's suppression of the movement.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lien, Ma visit weekend markets
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KMT chairman Lien Chan, right, and Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, left, wave to the public during a visit to the city's Chienkuo flower and jade markets yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Professors demand education reform
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A number of people are reflected in the glasses of an educator attending a press conference held over Taiwan's educational reform program.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Party colleagues question ability of KMT lawmaker to lead their caucus
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KMT Legislator Lee Chia-chin, right, accosts speaker Wang Jin-pyng during a special session two weeks ago.
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Stir caused by appointed Miss
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Eleven Taiwanese beauties line up for an photo-op during a press conference yesterday announcing the upcoming Miss Taiwan Beauty Contest finals, which will be held this coming Sunday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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CIA proffered dated assessement
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Seven months after telling Congress he would do so, the US Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet, has yet to provide the names of agency officials responsible for one of the most glaring intelligence mistakes leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11. He is shown above while testifying in October at a Congressional hearing,
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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US soldiers die in attack in northern Iraq
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Iraqis carry portraits of assassinated Shiite cleric Mohammed Sadeq Sadr and banners expressing loyalty to his son Mogtada and rejection to imperialism while chanting anti-US slogans, in Baghdad on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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`Arrogant behavior' comes back to haunt US
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Citibank chief confident about Taiwan's potential
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Chan Tze-ching, head of Citibank Taiwan, said he's confident the government and legislature will be able to clean up the nation's non-performing loan problem.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG. TAIPEI TIMES
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When family planning becomes baby trafficking
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In the picturesque but poverty-stricken area of Guangxi, in southern China, population control is taken seriously. What is distinctive about Guangxi is a strict enforcement of China's one-child policy, which these days is only halfheartedly followed by officials in other places. Xin, a farmer in Guangxi, has one son and regrets that he and his wife, right, are not allowed to have more children.
PHOTO: NYT
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Australia cruising toward innings victory in Darwin
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Bangladeshi batsman Habibul Bashar, right, is watched by Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist as he hits the ball to the boundary during his innings of 54 in the first cricket Test at Marrara Oval in Darwin, yesterday. Australia won by an innings and 132 runs. PHOTO: afp
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David Wells wins on Old-Timers' Day
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Atlanta Braves closer John Smoltz pitches against the New York Mets batter in Atlanta on Saturday. Smoltz earned his 100th career save as the Braves won 7-4.
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Tiger briefly leads at Royal St. George's
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Tiger Woods eyes the line of a putt on the third day of the British Open at Royal St George's in Sandwich, England, on Saturday.
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Despatie strikes gold on the 10m platform
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Alexandre Despatie dives during the men's platform finals at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, on Saturday.
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Canada's Alexandre Despatie celebrates winning a gold medal at the World Swimming Championships.
PHOTO: AP
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Alice Mills of Australia in the 200m individual medley heat at the World Swimming Championships yesterday.
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