Ma Ying-jeou transfers his health chief
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Sacked director of the Taipei City Government's department of health, Chang Heng, right, and Jenai Hospital superintendent Wu Chen-long discuss the incident on Monday in which an infant girl was refused admission to Taipei hospitals.
PHOTO: FANG PING-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Foreign workers protest
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Foreign workers demonstrate outside the Council of Labor Affairs yesterday, urging the council to amend labor laws so that foreign laborers can extend their stay in Taiwan in cases where there is a labor dispute.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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FORMOSAT-2 is invaluable in aid drive, NSPO says
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In this photo provided by the National Space Program Office, taken by the satellite FORMOSAT-2, the island of Phuket, Thailand, is shown on Tuesday Dec. 28 after being hit by a massive tsunami. Shortly after the disaster, the government pledged to offer free photos taken from its satellites over Southeast Asia to help with the relief effort.
PHOTO: AP/NSPO
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Price-hike protests bring Bolivian cities to a halt
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Bolivians shout slogans during a protest in the city of El Alto during the second day of their strike on Tuesday. The strike was originally triggered by an increase in the price of gasoline ordered by the government, but organizers also demand cancellation of the contract with the French-controlled company which operates the city's water system.
PHOTO: AP
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Children should not use cellphones: expert
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A toddler pretends to talk to her grandmother on a mobile telephone in London on Tuesday. British parents were warned yesterday to try and ensure children limit their use of mobile phones because of potential health risks. A study by Sir William Stewart says there is still no clear proof mobile phones are unsafe, but precautionary steps should be taken.
PHOTO: AFP
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Rescuers search for slide victims
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An unidentified resident tries to salvage her belongings, as emergency workers continued to search through debris for possible survivors trapped inside collapsed houses after a mudslide on Tuesday in La Conchita, California.
PHOTO: AP
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Peace is just the beginning
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ILLUSTRATION YUSHA
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Apple seeks budget buyers looking for smaller bytes
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Apple Computer chief executive officer Steve Jobs introduces the iMac Mini computer, and the iPod Shuffle music player (around his neck) during his keynote speech at the 2005 Macworld Expo in San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sparkling exhibit illuminates 100 years of Georg Jensen
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The eyelashes are artificial but the happiness is real
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The eyes have it at at Borghese Beauty Spa in Taipei.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ASHLEY PENG
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Planet Pop
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Michael Jackson: See you in court.
PHOTO: AP
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Eric Clapton's a reformed man these days, doing his bit for tsunamic victims ... and the queen.
PHOTO: AP
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Model Dovima with elephants, by photographer Richard Avedon, who died last year and whose work is now highly valued.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan's Ferris wheel should not be missed
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Top of the world. You get a great view of Taipei from the world's second biggest Ferris wheel at Neihu's Miramar Shopping Complex
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Classical DVD and CD reviews
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INigel Kennedy: VIVALDI II
violin, Berlin, Philharmonic,
EMI Classics 5 57859 2
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WAGNER: TANHAUSSER
Seiffert, Trekel, Welser-MostZurich Opera OrchestraDVD EMI Classics 5 99733
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FRANCK, WIDOR, STRAUSS
Emmanuel Pahud, fluteEric le Sage,
pianoEMI Classics 5 57813
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SHOSTAKOVICH:
LADY MACBETH OF MTENSK
Secunde, Ventris, Vas, Kotcherga, Clark, AnissimovTeatre del Liceu, BarcelonaDVD EMI 5 99730
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Federer heats up as Agassi trims down
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Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Argentine Gaston Gaudio during their match in the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday. Federer won 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sports writers recognize Colts' Peyton Manning
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Quarterback Peyton Manning, center, of the Indianapolis Colts during a game against the Broncos in Indianapolis on Sunday. Manning was named the NFL's MVP.
PHOTO: AFP
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Richard Jefferson bitter about injury
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J.R. Smith, right, of the Hornets attempts a reverse dunk as Kurt Thomas of the Knicks watches in New York on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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