Lee knew of Zanadau proposal
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Police officers try to stop a scuffle between supporters and opponents of former president Lee Teng-hui outside the Taipei District Prosecutors' office yesterday. Lee was at the office to testify in the Znandau scandal along with former China Development Holding Corp chairman Liu Tai-ying.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Billionaire Soros makes ousting Bush No. 1 goal
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Eel exports to Japan suspended
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Fishermen handle freshly caught eel yesterday as the Council of Agriculture announced a three-week suspension of eel exports to Japan, due to the discovery of excessive levels of sulfanilamide in a live batch of eels in Japan.
PHOTO: HSIEH YIN-CHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chinese-medicine doctors spark backlash
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Wu Ming-ling, left, a doctor at the Veteran's General Hospital, accompanied by Lei Yung-yao, the hospital's deputy director, yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan Quick Take
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PHOTO: AFP
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Pan-blue camp celebrates Sun Yat-sen's anniversary
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Several hundred people demonstrate at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall yesterday in opposition to plans to draft a new constitution for Taiwan. Yesterday was the 138th birthday of Sun Yat-sen, who is considered the founding father of modern China.
PHOTO: CNA
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Christmas card drive cheers needy kids
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Children pose with a post office mascot yesterday during the launch of the Christmas card drive.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Leaders attempt to defuse crisis
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, center, stands with the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, left, and Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen before talks in Colombo on Tuesday. The country's political turmoil has overshadowed the visit of a Norwegian delegation, who arrived late on Monday to arrange preliminary talks intended to sort out issues and logistics before resuming direct talks to end the 20-year civil war.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Lynch says army overdramatized her rescue
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Jessica Lynch says she is ``disturbed'' by military reports that falsely said she went down shooting in an Iraqi ambush and dramatized her rescue by US troops.
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Love and loathing across the pond
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Back to normal nudity for Rio
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A Brazilian nudist reads a book at Abrico beach in Rio de Janeiro. The city is "as famous for its natural beauty as it is for Carnival reveling with televised samba parades and belles in their olympic nakedness," said one Brazillian judge. And with these words last month, he dismissed a ban on nudism at a beach called Abrico, ruling that arguments of immorality did not apply to well-behaved naked sunbathers on the outskirts of merry Rio.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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A nudist plays a game of volleyball on Abrico beach.
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Tension mounts ahead of semifinals
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Australian centre Nathan Grey, center, releases the ball watched by flanker David Croft (on the ground),flanker Phil Waugh, left, and fullback Matthew Burke, right, during a training session in Coffs Harbour, yesterday. The Wallabies are preparing for their semifinal clash with New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Celtics get lucky as the clock runs out
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Paul Pierce, left, of the Celtics is defended by Fred Jones of the Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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No. 1 Roddick aces his way past Moya
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Carlos Moya reaches out for a backhand service return against Andy Roddick during the first round of the Masters Cup Tennis in Houston, Texas on Tuesday.
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Boston Bruins start to win at home
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Blue Jackets' Todd Marchant hits Canadian goalie Mathieu Garon during first period action in Montreal on Tuesday.
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