Lee advises treating China as an enemy
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Former president Lee Teng-hui sings in chorus at a seminar held by Taiwan Advocates to promote the drafting of a new constitution in Taichung yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen, Lien face off in first debate
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, and Chinese Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan shake hands before Taiwan's first-ever televised presidential debate, held at a Public Television Service studio in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Iruan spends first day in new home eating, playing
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Iruan, left, blows out candles to celebrate his return to Brazil during a welcome home party in Canoas, near Porto Alegre in southern Brazil on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Chen and Lien face the nation
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, the Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate, pats the back of Lien Chan, the Chinese Nationalist Party's candidate, as they enter a Public Television Service studio yesterday for Taiwan's first-ever televised debate between presidential candidates. In the game of mahjong, opponents traditionally attempt to pat each other on the back before playing as it is thought to bestow bad luck.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fishing around for new opportunities
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Kiribati President Anote Tong says that his small Pacific-island nation has more potential than many observers have given credit for.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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New strike sees violence flare in Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi policemen use their batons to hit a female activist of country's main opposition Awami League party during a day-long nationwide general strike in Dhaka yesterday. The league called the strike, the second in as many days, to protest against what it called ``government action'' on its leaders and workers during a stoppage on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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S Korean ethics clash with national pride in clone row
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Researchers at Seoul National University work to harvest stem cells yesterday. South Korean researchers have won acclaim for opening a new chapter in curing intractable diseases, but have also been accused of demeaning human life.
PHOTO: AP
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Russian politician claims kidnapping and drugging
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Russian presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin speaks at a press conference in London on Friday. He claimed that he had been kidnapped and drugged after being lured from his home under false pretences last Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Car blast kills former Chechen leader
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An official from the Qatar Civil Defense Department collects debris from the site of a blast which hit the car of former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev on Friday. Yandarbiyev, an Islamic extremist linked by Moscow to al-Qaeda, died of injuries he sustained in the blast.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Judge rejects block on gay marriage
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom stands between newlyweds Cissie Bonini, left, and Lora Pertle, during a reception at San Francisco City Hall on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Clark requests permission to come aboard campaign
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US Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry, left, receives endorsement from General Wesley Clark at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Brain scan sheds light on speech
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Morbid dolls shrink-wrap a brooding subculture
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Steve Varner, the inventor of the action figures called Bleeding Edge Goths, with one of his dolls in his Torrance, California, studio, where he is assisted by his 16-year-old son and a few other dyed-hair, goth-influenced artists.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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`Naruwan! Welcome to Taiwan!'
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Taiwan is getting more international visibility, such as this boat festival of Tao Aboriginal people, because of the govenrnment's intention to double tourist numbers by 2008.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOURISM BUREAU
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Ads that appeared in Time magazine.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOURISM BUREAU
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Taroko Gorge
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Pottery arts in Puli, Nantou County
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In search of other-worldly truths
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Chief investigator for the Taiwan Ufology Society Ho Hsien-jung holds copies of his latest book, in which he has recorded UFO sightings in Taiwan and China for the first time.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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A difficult masterpiece? We don't think so
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Hiroshima Bugi
By Gerald Vizenor
208 pages
University of Nebraska Press
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CD reviews
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Tin Pan Alley(錫盤街)
Entering Another Tunnel(進入另一個隧道)
Tin Pan Alley
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Coldplay
Coldplay Live 2003
Parlophone
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Pubble of Mud
Life on Display
Flawless
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Air
Talkie Walkie
Virgin
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Small in size could mean it's significant in meaning
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Jacqueline Lee's Short Stories
Photo courtesy of the National Museum of History
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Bernice Akamine's Transmigration
Photo courtesy of the National Museum of History
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Photographers manage to blur boundaries of art
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A scene from Chen Ching-yao's Ass Hole series.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MOCA
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Friday the 13th is unlucky for Singh
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Vijay Singh stands on the 17th tee at Torrey Pines as he went from eight under par early in the day to even par at the end, during the second round at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Koch leads ACE with record round
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Jack Nicklaus watches his shot off the 10th tee during the ACE Group Classic in Naples, Florida, Friday. Nicklaus shot a 4-under-par 68 for the round.
PHOTO: AP
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Agassi survives Gambill's onslaught
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Andre Agassi returns to Jan-Michael Gambill during a quarterfinal match of the Siebel Open in San Jose, California, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Wild won't allow goals
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Canadians Todd Bertuzzi, left, and Brendan Morrison, right, of the Vancouver Canucks look for a rebound as Finish goalie Pasi Nurminen, center, of the Atlanta Thrashers makes a save during the third period of their NHL game at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, Canada, Friday. The Thrashers defeated the Canucks 4-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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This year's All-Star Game already a major letdown
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The Rookie team's LeBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, drives to the basket as the Sophomore team's Amare Stoudamire, of the Phoenix Suns, right, and Carlos Boozer, of the Cavaliers, watch during the NBA Rookie Challenge in Los Angeles, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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