EU greets new members with a bang
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Fireworks illuminate the sky over a statue of an angel on one of Prague's bridges across the Vltava river to mark the EU enlargement yesterday at midnight.
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Gay groups prepare for their big day
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Director Zero Chou, front left, and leading actors of her new movie, Splendid Float, yesterday attend a press conference to promote gay rights. The event was held by 13 college clubs for gays in northern Taiwan at Taipei's National Taiwan University to celebrate the 9th annual Gay and Lesbian Awakening Day.
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Drug rehabilitation spot getting off to a bumpy start
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Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan, second left, tours the Pinglin Drug Abuser Treatment Center with a group of religious leaders, yesterday.
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Raising the Hakka profile
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Incoming Council of Hakka Affairs chairman Luo Wen-jia wants people to better understand the Hakka community.
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Thaksin warns foreigners not to criticize crackdown
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Thai Muslim people ride a motorcycle as Thai policemen sit on a truck patrolling Pattani Province, south of Bangkok, yesterday.
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Hong Kong democrats to court mainlanders
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Pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung, right, hands out a leaflet about China's 1989 bloody crackdown on the democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mainland visitors at Hong Kong's Victoria Peak, one of the city's main tourist attractions, yesterday.
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Pullout plan leaves some in Gaza highly confused
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Arad Revivo, 9, plays next to his house in the Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip last week.
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US won't wait forever for Fallajuh resolution
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Leader of the Fallujah Protective Army, Major General Jassim Mohammed Saleh, speaks to reporters after meeting the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, Colonel John Toolan, right, outside Fallujah, on Friday.
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Michael Jackson pleads innocent
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Michael Jackson, right, walks with a bodyguard before greeting children at the Sierra Madre Headstart daycare center in Santa Maria, California, on Friday, shortly after leaving court where he was arraigned on expanded child-molestation charges.
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Colombian warlord likely killed
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Carlos Castano, Colombia's far-right warlord, answers a question during an interview at Serrania de Abibe in Cordoba province on Sept. 5, 2002.
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How Chile's success divides it from its neighbors
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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China's steel binge brings wealth -- and worries
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Chinese construction workers secure steel rods in one of a myriad of new buildings mushrooming across the country, creating an almost insatiable demand for steel.
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Angkor's attraction spurs tourism boom in Siem Reap
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The Preah Khan temple at Angkor is one of the many highlights offered to visitors on a three-day tour of the complex.
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Painting by numbers
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SOURCE AND PHOTO: RAVENEL ART AUCTIONEERS
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Self-portrait
Pan Yuliang (1895 to 1977)
Born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China. Pan graduated from the Shanghai Art Institute in 1921and was then granted an official scholarship to study at the Lyon National Art School. She later studied at the L'Ecole National Superieure des Beaux Arts and then traveled to Italy to study oil painting and sculpture at the Rome National Fine Arts Institute in 1926. She returned to China in 1929 to teach at the Shanghai Art Institute and Nanjing's Central University, but returned to Paris in 1938 where she lived until her death. Her paintings now routinely auction for between NT$4 million and NT$8 million and continue to increase in value.
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Danshui
Chen Cheng-po (1895 to 1947)
After graduating from the teaching department of the Taipei Japanese School in 1917, Chen worked as a primary school teacher. In 1923, he went to Japan to study at the Tokyo Fine Arts Institute. While he was still a student, his works were selected by the Imperial College of Fine Arts and the Japanese government sponsored his continued studies in France. Chen was in China between 1929 and 1933 and taught at several schools. After returning to Taiwan, he co-founded the Taiyang Fine Arts Association. A favorite of Taiwanese collectors, the unit price of Chen's paintings continues to rise and is currently between NT$500,000 and NT$700,000 per hao.
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Fisherwomen
Lin Fengmian (1900 to 1991)
Born in Guangdong, China. Lin went to France to study painting at age 18. During his four-year stay, he studied in Dijon and Paris. He returned to China to become the president of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts at age 26. He also established the Hangzhou National Academy of Arts and became the godfather of modern Chinese art, having instructed Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-chun and several others who would themselves become contemporary masters. He retired from teaching in 1952 to devote his energies to painting. He moved to Hong Kong in 1977 where he lived until his death.
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Zao Wou-ki (b. 1921)
Born in Beijing, Zao studied at the Hangzhou National College of Art under the direction of Lin Fengmian. After graduating in 1941, he remained at the college to teach. He held his first solo exhibition in Chongqing in 1948 before moving to Paris that same year. Zao's work was exhibited as part of the French pavilion at the 1960 Venice Biennial and also at the Tokyo International Biennial. The Taipei Fine Arts Museum and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts both organized exhibitions of his work in 1993 and 1995, respectively. In the year in between, he was awarded Japan's Premium Imperial Award for Painting. He is considered the most sought-after Chinese artist by market value, with his works garnering more than US$17 million at auctions to date. He lives in Paris.
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Lumiere jaunne
Chu Teh-chun (born 1920)
Born in Jiangsu, China. In 1935, Chu passed the examination for Hangzhou National College of Fine Art. He came to Taiwan in 1949 and began teaching at Taiwan Normal University two years later. He held his first solo exhibition in 1954 at Taipei Chungshan Hall and went to France the following year to further his studies. In 1957, he won the Silver Award at the Paris Salon du Printemps. In 1969, he entered the 10th Sao Paolo Biennial International Exhibition in Brazil. The National Museum of History held a solo exhibition of his works in 1987, his first exhibition in Taiwan since leaving 32 years earlier. A student of Lin Fengmian and classmate of Zao Wou-ki, Chu's works are considered undervalued in the current market.
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Gordon Liu kicks butt again - thanks to Tarantino
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Gordon Liu show off his moves while visiting Taipei, this week. Liu starred in both volumes of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies.
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Communism dismissed as an opiate of the masses
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Comrades
By Robert Harvey
422 pages
John Murray
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Game Reviews
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Playing around with art
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In a refreshing break from convention, Chiu Chao-tsai encourages audiences to touch the art on exhibit.
PHOTOS: SUSAN KENDZULAK
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Grab the bull by the ring in its nose
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Ring on the Bull's Nose.
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Running Calf by Abugy.
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Martinez wants to leave the Red Sox
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Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez sits in the dugout between innings, his arms wrapped in ice, after allowing six runs on eight hits including a first inning grand slam and solo homer in the Red Sox 13-8 loss to the Blue Jays in Florida, Tuesday.
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Angel leads Fighters past BlueWave
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Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine, left, receives a ball from Marines pitcher Naoyuki Shimizu after their 3-0 victory against the Seibu Lions at the Chiba Lotte Marines Stadium in Chiba, Japan, Friday. Valentine marked Friday his 1,200th career win as a manager. Valentine won 581 games with the Texas Rangers, 536 with the New York Mets, 69 with the Marines in 1995 and 14 wins with the Marines this season.
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Kentucky Derby may be run on a muddy track
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Kentucky Derby fans watch workouts at a rain soaked Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, Friday. The 130th running of the Kentucky Derby will be run today, with rain forecasted for race-time.
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Schiavone defeats Mauresmo
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Amelie Mauresmo returns yo Francesca Schiavone during their quarterfinal match at the J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland, Friday.
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Aree Song shoots into lead
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Pak Se-ri of South Korea hits from the sand near the 17th green during the first roud of the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in Stockbridge, Georgia, Thursday.
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Mavs can't seem to get over the hump
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Heat center Brian Grant, left, drives to the basket against New Orleans Hornets center Jamaal Magloire during their Eastern Conference quarterfinals at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Friday. The Heat won 87-83 taking a 3-1 lead in the series.
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Mavericks head coach Don Nelson during Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals against the Kings at Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, Thursday.
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Romania dominates in world gymnastics meet
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Monica Bergamelli during the European Championships in Amsterdam, Friday.
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Sweden, Finland end in tie
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Joergen Joensson, center, and Andreas Salomonsson of Sweden celebrate an equalizing goal by teammate Christian Baeckman against Finland in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Friday.
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