Chen considering female premier
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Vice President Annette Lu, second left, listens as Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams speaks at a rally for women supporting the presidential ticket of Chen Shui-bian and Lu at Taipei Main Station yesterday, the eve of International Women's Day.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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A sustainable future is crucial
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The wetlands along Kinmen's shore have not been designated as preservation areas.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cement blocks placed on the shore to function as a breakwater are slowly eating away Kinmen's beautiful beaches.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Weeds grow tall in an old stone house which has fallen into disrepair.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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`Threats never bring reconciliation'
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Lord John Alderdice, deputy president of Liberal International and speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He has been actively involved in the Northern Ireland peace process and was one of the key negotiators of the Belfast Agreement signed on Good Friday in 1998.
PHOTO: YUN-PING CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chinese transsexuals gaining acceptance
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Chen Lili, a 24-year-old transsexual from Yilong county in Sichuan province, smiles during an interview on Feb. 28 at a hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Chen was barred from the 2004 Miss Universe beauty contest because she was born a man.
PHOTO: AFP
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Malaysian cleric foresees heaven for party's voters
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A member of Malaysia's opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party stands behind a poster showing the party's leaders -- from left, Nik Aziz Nik Mat and Hadi Awang -- on display in downtown Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hong Kong legislator gets trapped at airport
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A group of pro-China activists holds placards and surrounds democracy activist Martin Lee Chu-ming at Hong Kong's airport yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza raids
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Palestinians throw stones at Israeli tanks in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip yesterday. At least 10 Palestinians were killed as Israeli troops targeted the al-Bureij and Nusseirat refugee camps hours after an elaborate suicide mission was aborted.
PHOTO: AFP
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Four believed dead after Baltimore ferry capsizes
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A rescue boat searches for victims on Saturday in Baltimore's Inner Harbor after a water taxi capsized, killing at least one passenger. About 25 people were on the boat that turned over after rain and winds swept through the city.
PHOTO: AP
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Arnie turning on the star power
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and former Governor Gray Davis, left, talk with moviegoers before they see the premiere screening of Showtime's film Spinning Boris, on Wednesday at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Schwarzenegger has brought his famously indulgent lifestyle to bear on the state's politicians, turning them into star-struck foot soldiers.
PHOTO: AP
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New rules for the old pain game
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Tainan science park looks for Japanese cooperation
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Director-general of Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration Tai Chien wants the Tainan science park to compete on an equal footing with its Hsinchu rival.
PHOTO: LISA WANG
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Economists blame enthusiasm for jobs error
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American workers hold up signs and banners as they rally to protest the loss of jobs abroad on Capitol Hill on Friday. Labor Department statistics showed that the US economy produced only 21,000 jobs last month, and Democrats are blaming the Bush administration, which had predicted the economy would produce 2.6 million new jobs this year.
PHOTO: EPA
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Native Canadians addressing past abuse
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Clarence Dennis, center, is prepared for a healing ceremony at the former Indian residential school in Port Albini, British Columbia, last month. Denis was repeatedly raped by two administrators at the town's residential school that he attended. He later became homelesess and spent 18 years in jail for robbery and assault.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Josephine Johnson, right, and Maureen Knighton attend a women's healing circle in Ditidaht, British Columbia.
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Lunch without small talk at Cal Tech
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Eminent scientists talk shop at Cal Tech.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Ferrari starts off like a jackrabbit
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Michael Schumacher of Ferrari celebrates after winning the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at the Albert Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, yesterday. Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second and Renault driver Fernando Alonso was third.
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The Gunners take Portsmouth to task
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Arsenal's Thierry Henry, right, and Portsmouths Matthew Taylor, left, battle during their FA Cup sixth-round match at Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England, Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld gestures on the sideline as his team beats Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Saturday.
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Ireland shocks world champions
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Ireland's Simon Easterby, center, wins a lineout against England during a Six Nations match at Twickenham, England, Saturday. Ireland upset England 19-13.
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