Elephants clinch Taiwan Series as ticketless fans riot
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A street sweeper cleans up the streets around Taipei's Tienmu Stadium after ticketless baseball fans went on the rampage because they were told the crucial Taiwan Series baseball game between the Brother Elephants and the Sinon Bulls was sold out. The Elephants won the game in extra innings to clinch the national championship.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI
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`I don't know where Chu is,' wife now says
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Wu Te-mei, wife of former Kaohsiung City Council speaker Chu An-hsiung, makes her way through a group of photographers as she walks into the Kaohsiung District Court yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Blind masseurs get fashionable image
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Masseur Chen Lien-tsai massages a client in the Blind Massage Health Center yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Stephen Chang, right, general manager of the Blind Massage Health Center in Taipei, and masseur Chen Lien-tsai talk about their experiences as masseurs and their thoughts about opening the profession for sighted masseurs in the massage center yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Troops, kids greet Bush in Manila
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US President George W. Bush and Philippine President Gloria Arroyo greet school children following a welcoming ceremony yesterday at the Malacanang Palace in Manila.
PHOTO: AFP
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Filipino protesters burn US flags during a rally near the Philippine Congress in Manila yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bolivian president pushed out
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Thousands of miners and members of several organizations gather in a La Paz square on Friday hours before Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada announced his resignation.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mining giant tries to erase stigma of AIDS
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Amish in conflict with labor laws
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As economic pressures and a scarcity of farmland fuel a shift from farming to small business, the Amish see a fast-growing need to train teenage boys in woodworking. The Amish, who number more than 150,000 in rural communities in 25 states, predominantly Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, have persuaded several allies in the US Congress, including Senator Arlen Specter, to introduce a bill that would let Amish children aged 14 to 17 work in sawmills and woodworking factories. An Amish farmer with his team of mules navigates his harvesting rig in early morning traffic in Georgetown, Pennsylvania, last Tuesday.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Putting local literature in its place
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Designed by Japanese architect Moriyama Matsunosuke and completed in 1916, the building is now home to the National Museum of Taiwanese Literature, which opened last week. Originally used by the Japanese colonial government, the striking building was the headquarters for the ROC Airforce until the early 1970s and it was the Tainan City Hall until the 1990s.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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The museum's director Lin Juei-ming was adamant that the museum should be in Tainan rather than Taipei.
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Weekend warriors down n' dirty
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Shots taken from previous Action Asia Challenges, including the Tyrolean traverse, which is much less difficult than it looks but certainly adds excitement to the race.
PHOTO COURTESY OF AAC
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A bible for peace of questionable literary quality hits bookshelves
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The Fifth Book of Peace
By Maxine Hong Kingston
Secker & Warburg
401 pages
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Exposing Taiwan's celluloid
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Wu Jin-miao's 1943 shot titled Musical Exercise is one of the works on display inan exhibition celebrating Taiwan photography at the National Museum of History.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
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Chang Chai's untitled photo was taken in 1940s Taipei.
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Revisiting Levinson's `Diner' in print rather than film
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Sixty-Six
By Barry Levinson
288 pages
Broadway Books
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Seeing the light of day
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Listening to the Wind in the Pines is a work that represents the importance of man in nature, as shown in late Sung dynasty paintings.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NPM
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The Ping-an, Ho-ju and Feng-chu scroll is a pre-Tang dynasty copy of the calligraphy of Wang Hsi-chih (307 ti 365), who is regarded by many as China's greatest calligrapher.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NPM
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Ferrero beats Srichaphan
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Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain serves to Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Tennis Masters Series Tournament in Madrid, Spain, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Henin-Hardenne, Clijsters advance
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Jelena Dokic reacts during her quarterfinal match against Patty Schnyder of Switzerland at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Kloten, Switzerland, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sports Briefs
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The Babe gets a toast from grateful Yankees
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Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis looks at the plaques in Monument Park on Friday at Yankee Stadium in New York as Florida prepares to play the New York in the World Series.
PHOTO: AP
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Australia gets 13 tries on Romania
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Australian winger Wendell Sailor, left, and centre Elton Flatley, bottom, tackle Romanian fullback Danut Dumbrava during their Pool A Rugby World Cup 2003 in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Hat-trick try scorer Mat Rogers out runs Romanian Valentin Maftei during their Rugby World Cup Pool A match. Australia defeated Romania 90-8.
PHOTO: EPA
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Australian center Elton Flatley scores a try against Romania on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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