Lien, Soong cover up own faults: Lee
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Former president Lee Teng-hui lambasts the pan-blue camp for destroying democracy and the rule of law in Taiwan during a seminar held at Taipei International Convention Center yesterday. The seminar, organized by Taiwan Advocates, discussed the implications of the presidential election on the development of a civil society in Taiwan.
PHOTO: CNA
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Relatives of SARS patients ask for fair compensation
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Relatives of SARS patients treated last year in Hoping Hospital protest in front of the hospital yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen calls on opposition to trust judiciary
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A member of the Ketagalan Institute takes a seat in front of President Chen Shui-bian, the founder of the institute, at the school's opening ceremony in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Planning for the future
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Ross Terrill, associate researcher at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, says that there is a new willingness in the US to accept the idea of an independent Taiwan.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bangkok sifts through fire site
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A child searches yesterday through charred rubble after a slum fire in Bangkok. The fire, which sent a pall of thick, black smoke into the sky, broke out in a densely populated area packed with wooden homes on Friday.
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Cypriots set to reject union plan
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A Greek Cypriot Orthodox priest votes during a referendum in the village of Deftera, near Nicosia, Cyprus, yesterday.
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Dalai Lama meets Canada's Martin
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Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, greets Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin during an interfaith meeting on Friday in Ottawa, Canada.
PHOTO: AFP
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Arabs attack Africans in Sudan: report
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This photograph, taken on April 16, shows the devastated village of Abu Sheik in Sudan's Darfur region after a raid.
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World Bank says poverty rate has halved
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A woman separates grain from dust after a food aid delivery at a camp for displaced people in Sudan. According to the World Bank, extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing.
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Does a fetus have more rights than its mother?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Halliburton in for the long haul in Iraq
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Street-performance group Mourning Mothers stands in front of Bechtel Corporate Headquarters during the ``Stop the Corporate Invasion of Iraq'' protest on Feb. 24 in San Francisco, California. The activists were seeking to bring attention to what they see as profiteering in Iraq by Bechtel and Halliburton, companies with close ties to the Bush administration.
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The village the crowds forgot
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PHOTOS: MAX WOODWORTH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tung flowers on the road are, poetically, said to look like ``summer snow.''
PHOTO: MAX WOODWORTH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Several of the houses in Shenghsing were built using bricks from the Lung Teng Broken Bridge located nearby.
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The locals in Shenghsing go about their business much as they have for decades, which is to say at a nice leisurely pace.
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Stars fall to earth in local films
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Karate Girls is a Taiwanese film for the Chinese market.
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Formula 17 was that rare thing: a profitable Taiwanese movei.
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An insight into why the British lion lost its roar
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Duel in the Snows
By Charles Allen
John Murray
350 pages
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DVD and CD reviews
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Searching for something lost
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Xiao bai! Xiao Bai! by Chen Shun-chu.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN KENDZULAK
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Sandimen
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National Savior
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Recreating a golden age of scientific and social development in Taichung
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One of the exhibits at the The National Museum of Science.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
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Red Sox pounce on Yankees' pitching
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Giants second baseman Ray Durham throws out Alex Cora of the Dodgers during the sixth inning in Los Angeles, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Kazuo Matsui of the Mets prepares to bunt against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, Friday. The Cubs defeated the Mets 3-1.
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Jenson Button gets attention of media
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Renault driver Fernando Alonso of Spain practices on the Imola racetrack ahead of the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy.
PHOTO: AFP
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Safin to face Coria in Monte Carlo
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Guillermo Coria returns to David Nalbandian during their quaterfinal match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Open tournament in Monaco, Friday. Coria won 6-4, 6-3.
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Steve Francis propels Rockets past LA
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Gary Payton, right, of the Lakers drives around Steve Francis of the Rockets during Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Friday.
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Pacers forward Al Harrington, top, hangs on the rim after driving past Celtics guard Chucky Atkins for a slam dunk during the second half of their playoff game in Boston, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Tillman makes ultimate sacrifice
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Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman, in Puyallup, Washington in this June 2003 photograph, was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, US officials said. Tillman, 27, was serving with the US Army Rangers.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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