Government's get-tough plans anger Chinese spouses
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Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen introduces the toll-free number of a foreign-spouse association during a press conference at the legislature yesterday. The association was set up to protect the rights of foreign spouses.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hurricane Isabel batters US East Coast
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A man walks by a beachfront home in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, ruined by Hurricane Isabel. Isabel lashed the US East Coast yesterday, killing at least 13 people.
PHOTO: AFP
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EU trade chief reassures Taiwan of trade relations
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President Chen Shui-bian -- accompanied by European Chamber of Commerce Taipei Chairman Dirk Sanger, right, and the head of the European Economic and Trade Office Brian McDonald -- proposes a toast to the guests at the chamber's annual banquet yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan to integrate with Pacific nations
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President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu welcome, left to right, Tuvalu's governor-general Faimalaga Luka, Guatemala Vice President Francisco Reyes Lopez, Honduran Vice President Armida Villela de Lopez and other guests at the opening of the first Democratic Pacific Assembly at Taipei's Grand Hotel yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT lawmakers want Lin's answers
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Vice Premier Lin Hsin-i, right, yesterday pays a courtesy call to the legislative caucus of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taipower's openness questioned
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Members of the Nuclear 4 Referendum Initiative Association display the group's new flyer that explains the issues of a referendum on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant at a press conference yesterday. The press conference was also held to mark the group's 10th anniversary.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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UN to vote on Israel threatening Arafat
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An angry Palestinian gestures while tyres burn after Palestinian police arrested three militants of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza city on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The Dalai Lama on tour
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Mundell defends China's policy
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One man's Green Destiny
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Swords from the Warring States period (403 to 221BC).
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kuo Chang-shi makes swords in his forge in a small fishing village in Kaohsiung County.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kuo Chang-shi makes swords in his forge in a small fishing village in Kaohsiung County.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kuo Chang-shi makes swords in his forge in a small fishing village in Kaohsiung County.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wie walks into trouble at PGA event
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Thirteen-year-old Michelle Wie hits out of the rough on the 14th hole on Thursday during the Albertsons Boise Open at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho. Wie went on to finish the day at 7-over-par 78.
PHOTO: AP
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Rangers win leaves Mariners all at sea
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Seattle Mariners pitcher Julio Mateo, right, stands on the mound as Texas Rangers' Shane Spencer rounds the bases after his solo home run in the sixth inning in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday. The Rangers beat Seattle 2-1.
PHOTO: AP
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Swiss man arrested for offering to kill alleged Kobe victim
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Patrick Graber, who was arrested in an alleged plot to murder the alleged victim in the Kobe Bryant case, is shown in this handout photo.
PHOTO: AP
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