Chen takes part in submarine exercise
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President Chen Shui-bian waves from the deck of the submarine Sea Tiger during military exercises yesterday.
CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES.
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Submarines Sea Dragon and Sea Tiger cruise together in the sea off Kaohsiung during military exercises yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Forums for Aboriginals planned
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Aboriginal representatives participate in a live performance during a press conference at the Taipei NGO Assembly Hall yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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EVA Air subjected to boycott call
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The EVA Airways official Web site is shown with added text reading ``Protest! Chinese? Sorry, the Taiwanese won't pay the bill'' and ``Refuse to travel with EVA Air!!'' The image was posted on the online forum of the newspaper South News yesterday after EVA changed its Chinese-language slogan from ``Wings of Taiwan'' to ``Pride of the Chinese people.''
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Thai troops sworn in as monks
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Veteran monks help newly ordained monks change into orange robes during a temple ceremony in mostly Muslim Narathiwat province, 1,200km south of Bangkok.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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UN calls for aid for flood-devastated Bangladeshis
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Flood victims wait for food in Dhaka on Thursday. Bangladesh's death toll from the monsoon reached 500, officials said the same day. Almost half of the nation's 130 million people have been displaced in the worst flooding in decades, with millions stranded on thousands of tiny islands that are the only land left uncovered by the deluge.
PHOTO: EPA
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Reject `hateful politics,' Edwards urges
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Delegate Elsie Burkhalter wears a large button showing presidential candidate John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Kerry earlier arrived in Boston to be formally anointed as the Democratic challenger to President Bush on a night when his running mate John Edwards took center stage for the biggest speech of his career.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israel opens talks on compensation for Jewish settlers
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Palestinians inspect their homes demolished by the Israeli army at the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Since August 2002, the army has dynamited hundreds of houses implicated in Israel attacks. A further 2,000 houses have been razed ``for security reasons'' mainly in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japan must not waver in Iraq
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TSMC's Q2 income hits record high
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Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, gestures as he answers questions from journalists after announcing second quarter results at an investors conference yesterday in Taipei.
PHOTO: AP
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China increases reliance on coal energy
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Smoke and steam are shown pouring out of a coal-powered power plant on the outskirts of the town of Kaili, Guizhou Province, in this photo from Feb. 6. China is relying on coal-fired power plants to meet severe electricity shortages, but such heavy polluters are damaging the enviroment and harming its people and neighbors.
PHOTO: AFP
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'Rock's not dead, roll's not down'
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRA
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When is dance music not electronica?
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Jimmy LaValle is in the mood for music.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SILENT AGREEMENT
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Pop Stop
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Alex To is prepared to go all the way to help promote his new CD.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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A dramatic spaghetti with Taiwanese flavor
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Performance Workshop brings their Mandarin adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's The Venetian Twins, tonight at CKS National Theater.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
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PHOTO COURTESY OF PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
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Restaurant: Chocolate and Love
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Scallops are a welcome surprise in a bowl of pasta.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Bayphone Town (»΄δΑΧ·Άν)
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Durian shrimp rolls and beef with passion fruit sauce are good summer fare.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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Babewatch babes, from left to right, Melissa LeClair and Sherry Chang.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fashion trips over its skirts in Taipei
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Lee Chun-chih's designs see old lines and radically cut new extremes.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FUSE
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Chao Shu-yun's first thoughts are often about fabric.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FUSE
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Digital man meets digital film
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX FILMS
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Cliff Floyd feels Williams' pain
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Cliff Floyd, right, of the Mets, is congratulated by teammate Kazuo Matsui after hitting a two-run home run during a game against the Phillies, in Philadelphia on July 5. Floyd, battling a host of injuries, hopes to continue to play for at least two more seasons.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Former Dolphins running back Ricky Williams in this March 11, 2002, file photo.
PHOTO: AP
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Alicia Molik shocks Amelie Mauresmo
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Spain's Conchita Martinez hits a return to Iveta Benesova of Slovakia during the Acura Classic in Carlsbad, California, Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Ortiz earns 100th major league win
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Relief pitcher Troy Percival of the Angels tips his hat to the crowd after recording his 300th career save against the Rangers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, Wednesday. The Angels won 2-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chang Tai-shan rallies Bulls past Bears
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Chang Tai-shan of the Bulls does what he does best during a recent game in this file photo. Chang is the Chinese Professional Baseball League leader in runs batted in.
PHOTO: CPBL
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