Change of name must happen: Lee
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Former president Lee Teng-hui, far left, who is also the chief convener of the ``call Taiwan, Taiwan'' movement, watches as one of its members waves a flag at a flag presentation ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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French painter completes murals
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From left to right, Chu Ta-cheng, superintendent at Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital; French artist Jaques Bosser; Liao Hsien-hao, director of Taipei Cultural Affairs Bureau; Hung Shih-min, manager at Uni-President Enterprises Corp and Wu Wen-hao, deputy director of the Taipei City Cultural Affairs Bureau, yesterday unveil five pictures by Bosser on the hospital's external wall.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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President vows to preserve Aboriginal culture
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Dressed in traditional Aboriginal costume, President Chen Shui-bian, left, applauds during the graduation ceremony for the first Aboriginal studies class at the Ketagalan Academy yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Churches hold NTU youth festival
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A group of teenagers sing together during a youth carnival, held at a stadium of National Taiwan University yesterday afternoon. The event -- organized by the New Life Pastoral Development Association -- was held in an effort to encourage youngsters to participate in volunteer activities.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Thousands flee forest flames in Canada
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A firefighter battles a flare up of the Okanagan Mountain park fire near the area where 15 homes were burnt down by the Okanagan Mountain park in Kelowna, British Columbia, in Canada on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Schroeder, Berlusconi meet after opera botch
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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, greets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at Verona's prefecture yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Pushy parents step over the line
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Asian benchmarks start to roll
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tries out a Malaysian motorcycle maker's new120cc two-stroke moped, the Modenas ''Dinamik'' as Modenas chief exeutive Rashid Din looks on during the official launching ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. Malaysia needs to master the technology to make engines so that domestic automakers can effectively compete in the open market, said Mahathir.
PHOTO: AP
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Sobig attack slowed, FBI traces source
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People shop for laptop computers at a tech-mall in Beijing, yesterday. The Sobig.F worm computer virus may have attacked more than 30 percent of China's poorly protected Internet users, wreaking havoc on more than 20 million computers, as China's growing online population has been easy prey to the virus, which has expolited a low level of awareness and a widespread absence of efficient anti-virus software to infect computers across the country.
PHOTO: AFP
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L.L. Bean: the store that never sleeps
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L.L. Bean, a retail store in Freeport, Maine devoted to the great outdoors, is the largest tourist attraction in Maine, hauling in 3.5 million customers annually -- nearly three times the state's population. It is also a paradise for traveling insomniacs, as it remains open 24 hours a day. Kathy Durr re-folds shirts at the store at 1:43am on Thursday, Aug. 14.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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A mythical bird no longer
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PHOTO COURTESY: LIENCHIAG COUNTY GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION BUREAU
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A group of Chinese crested terns on the islets in Matsu.
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A Chinese crested tern in the company of other terns, making it difficult to identify.
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A Chinese crested tern about to land.
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The trip of your life by train
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The Southern Link Star pulls out of the station.
PHOTO COURTESY OF EAST COAST SENIC AREA
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Rafting in Taitung and Hualien.
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Revealing the romance and labor of China's wild west
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Wild West China
By Christian Tyler
314 pages
John Murray
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Exploring themes of confrontation
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An Untitled work by Jacque Bosser.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI ARTIST VILLAGE
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Evolution of the US military since Vietnam
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America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of US Military Engagements: 1975-2000
By Peter Huchthausen
254 pages
Viking
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Striving for modernity
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Make -up II by Leu Tseng-zou.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Nirvana by Liu Chen-hsiang.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Halladay leads the league after win
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Red Sox second baseman Todd Walker throws to first base too late to get Bret Boone of the Mariners out on a hit in the sixth inning at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki looks down the third base line as he runs the bases against Bostonat Fenway Park, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bashar mounts fight with successive half centuries
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Bangladeshi batsman Rajin Salah hits a boundary off Pakistani spin bowler Umar Gul during the fourth day of the first test match in Karachi, Saturday. Salah made 60 runs before being bowled out by Pakistani bowler Sabbir Ahmed.
PHOTO: AFP
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England at 197 for three in fourth test
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South Africa's Jacques Kallis, center, celebrates with teamates after bowling and then catching England's Marcus Trescothick on the second day of the fourth test, Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Svetlana Khorkina sets historic mark
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Spain's Elena Gomez performs on the uneven bars during the women's individual all-around finals at the World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Russia's Svetlana Khorkina performs on the balance beam during the women's individual all-around finals at the World Gymnastics Championships, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Michelle Wie falls flat and now must go back to class
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Michelle Wie lines up a putt on the 11th hole at the Wild Bluff Golf Club during the second round of the Bay Mills Open Players Championship in Brimley, Michigan, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Capriati to face Davenport
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Jennifer Capriati returns a shot to Amelie Mauresmo of France during the Pilot Pen tournament at Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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