Lin starts hunger strike over legislative reform
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Former DPP chairman Lin Yi-hsiung takes his seat in front of the Legislative Yuan yesterday as he and other activists began a hunger strike to protest the alleged failure of legislators to make good on a promise to halve the size of the legislature. PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Prison was a cinch, says defamation queen
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Former New Party legislator Hsieh Chi-ta, facing front, receives flowers from a supporter yesterday after completing her three-month jail sentence for defamation.
PHOTO: LIAO CHENG-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Israeli court suspends building of wall
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Palestinians wave Palestinian flags and hold signs during a protest against the barrier Israel is building to separate the West Bank from Israel, in Bidou, a village near the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Schroeder's SPD suffers shock loss
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Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust of the Christian Democrats votes at a polling station in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Venezuelan council is set to decide on Chavez vote
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An opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government throws a Molotov cocktail during a demonstration on Sunday in Caracas. Venezuela's election commission was set to give its preliminary judgement yesterday on whether the opposition had collected enough signatures to demand a referendum on Chavez's tenure.
PHOTO: AFP
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US protectionism rides again
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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One ring, 11 Oscars
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Peter Jackson hoists one of his many Oscars.
PHOTO: AFP
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Boro holds out to clinch League Cup
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Middlesbrough's Boudewijn Zenden celebrates with the Carling Cup after the win against Bolton Wanderers in the English League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Sunday Feb.
PHOTO: AP
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Middlesbrough's Joseph Desire-Job, left, in action against Bolton Wanderers' Emerson Thome.
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Wolves pay the price as 76ers get mad
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The Minnesota Timberwolves' Mark Madsen, left, leaps to try and block the shot of Philadelphia 76ers' Willie Green during the fourth period of their NBA basketball game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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