Camps split on agenda for legislative reform
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Supporters of President Chen Shui-bian stage a hunger strike outside the legislature yesterday to demand the number of seats be halved to make legislators more responsible.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Madrid explosions kill at least 173
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Two people wounded at the train station of Atocha, in central Madrid, sit on the pavement after a series of explosions yesterday.
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Buddhists blast pro-blue monk
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Buddhist Master Shih Chao-hui speaks at a press conference held at the Legislative Yuan yesterday to condemn Buddhist Master Wei Chueh for calling on Buddhists to support the pan-blue camp and abstain from voting in the referendum.
PHOTO: CHEN TSEH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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British businessman makes 100th visit
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Peter Kent, who has served for 18 years as chairman of the Taiwan Advisers Group and just completed his 100th trip to Taiwan, gestures during an interview.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Indonesia starts festive election campaign
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Indonesian supporters from 24 different political parties yesterday march during the launch of the parliamentary election campaign in Jakarta. Indonesia's election campaign is in many ways a battle between two dynasties which have dominated politics since the country's birth almost 60 years ago.
PHOTO: AFP
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Senate report finds Australia's number of poor is growing
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A man yesterday sits begging for money in the central business district of Sydney.
PHOTO: AFP
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Haitian PM stresses democracy
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Haitians show pictures of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the Bell-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Teen sniper gets life behind bars
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Sniper suspect John Lee Malvo, right, is led by Fairfax County deputy sheriffs to a waiting van after an appearance in the Fairfax County juvenile court, in this 2002 file photo. A Virginia judge on Wednesday formally sentenced Malvo to life in prison without parole for his role in the October 2002 Washington-area sniper killings.
PHOTO: AFP
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Britain frees Guantanamo returnees
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A television reporter files a story Wednesday in front of Paddington Green police station in London, where four men released from Guantanamo Bay were being questioned by British police a day after their release from US custody at Guantanamo Bay. A fifth warned through his lawyer that he would hold Washington to account for the two years he spent in detention.
PHOTO: AFP
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Vladimir Putin: Tsar or prisoner?
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Co-founder of Yahoo returns to Taiwan
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Jerry Yang, a co-founder and board member of Yahoo Inc, gestures during an interview in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cutting China's NPL ratio `arduous'
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Chinese construction workers walk past the main office of the People's Bank of China in Beijing yesterday. Regulators said they would watch the country's lending more closely after a boom in landing last year led to a brief spurt of inflation.
PHOTO: AP
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Lords and ladies of the dance
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Cloud Gate dancers rehearse Bamboo Dream at a press conference yesterday to promote a series of performances starting tonight, before moving to Taichung and Kaohsiung.
PHOTOS: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pop Stop
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Jackie Chan has far and away the highest personal worth among Chinese stars.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Little S, left, and Tsai Kang-yong shown here with local media hound Ke Si-hai in the background, hosted Lien Chan last week.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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The sound of a classic invasion
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Saxophonist Yan Ching-shyan will perform in a spring concert tonight by the Taipei Sirens Winds Concert Band.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI SIRENS WINDS CONCERT BAND
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Conductor Zhang Ying-zhong directs the Taipei Sirens Winds Concert Band in a performance of Karel Husa's Music for Prague 1968.
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Restaurant: Tien Xiang Huei Wei ¤Ñ»¦^¨ý
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Dishing out the Mongolian hot pot in style.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Wasabi
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A square meal at Taipei 101 Mall's Wasabi.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Aurelius says bring it on
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Who's got a big head? DJ Marcus Aurelius is bringing DJ Miss Bliss to town.
PHOTO:JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Not just another 'chick flick'
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Lee Sin-jie, left, and Rene Liu are Taipei women feeling their way through life in 20, 30, 40.
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA ASIA
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A girl survives as a boy in Kabul
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Osama begins with a quote from Nelson Mandela, ``I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' and deals with the excesses of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, primarily from the perspective of a girl called Osama.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CROWN FILMS
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Cricket diplomacy begins in Pakistan
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India's captain Saurav Ganguly, center, enters the cricket ground amid tight security prior to a warm-up match between India and Pakistan in Lahore, yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Austria rules the slopes this year
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Renate Goetschl of Austria after winning the downhill race at the Alpine World Cup finals in Sestriere, Italy, Wednesday. Goetschl was also crowned 2004 women's Alpine skiing World Cup downhill champion.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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McGrady goes on a scoring rampage
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Tracy McGrady, right, of the Magic shoots overBrendan Haywood of the Wizards in Orlando, Florida, Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Paul Pierce, front, of the Celtics, battles Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers in Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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