Indonesia says aid workers must have army escorts
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An Indonesian soldier unloads bodies of tsunami disaster victims at a mass grave in Banda Aceh yesterday.
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Ma's popularity hits record low
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, left, stands behind a podium with a poster criticizing his leadership for lacking direction, during a session of the Taipei City Council yesterday called to address two recent health scandals. To his right are Chang Heng, director of the city's Department of Health, Department of Transportation Commissioners Jason Lin, and Taipei Rapid Transit Corp general manager Tsai Hui-sheng. Ma has been criticized for the city's response to an MRT accident in which a woman suffered serious scalp injuries and the refusal this week of Taipei hospitals to admit a four-year-old girl in need of emergency treatment
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cooperation is in everyone's interests, Chang says
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Democratic Progressive Party Secretary-General Chang Chun-hsiung in high spirits during a press conference yesterday called to discuss possible cooperation with the People First Party.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hong Kong leader `sorry for inadequacies'
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Pedestrians stand under a large screen in downtown Hong Kong yesterday, as the territory's Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa is seen answering legislators questions about the policy address he delivered.
PHOTO: AP
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Loving America's deficits
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Apple records four-fold rise in profit
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Apple Computer Inc customer Jake Olsan, 11, listens to an Apple iPod Mini at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, California on Wednesday. Apple's first-quarter earnings more than quadrupled, dramatically exceeding Wall Street expectations.
PHOTO: AP
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Women stand up to male-dominated comedy
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Three actresses challenge taboos in spicy stand-up comedy shows.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP THEATRE
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Voice of a people sings for the nation
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Aboriginal singer and Golden Melody Award winner Samingad performs tonight at the Red Theater in Ximending.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MAGIC STONE RECORDS
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Tainan County sugarcoats fun and games
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Welcome to Candy World, where your sweet tooth is king.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUREAU OF TAINAN COUNTY
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Candy is made on site at Candy World.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUREAU OF TAINAN COUNTY
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Monkeying aroundwith a classic tale
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PHOTO: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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POP STOP
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Eric Tsang put on a great show to raise loads of cash.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Is Faye Wong ready to tie the knot?
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: La Quiche
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A quiche Lorraine is a nice slice of France.
PHOTO: MAX WOODWORTH, TAIPEI TIMES.
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Restaurant: G night
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The Aboriginal salty pork is a tasty Taitung dish.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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Victor Cheng is AXD's musical tower of power.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Diana Reeves will jazz up Taipei
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Dianne Reeves swings into Taipei for a one-night show Thursday at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF NEW ARTS
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'White Noise' best neither seen nor heard
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Michael Keaton tries his best to spruce up White Noise.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CMPC
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Mysterious forces calling out from the television? Sounds like a rip-off of recent Japanese and Korean horror movies.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CMPC
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Crash landing for 'Flight of the Phoenix'
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Dennis Quaid plays a rough-and-tumble desert pilot in the dull remake of Flight of the Phoenix.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX FILMS
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Will this plane fly before a vicious attack from violent desert nomads?
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX FILMS
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Colorful characters make good plots
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In Kill Me Tender, a loving couple schemes to squeeze the fortune out of an old widower.
PHOTO COURTESY OF IMOVIE
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In Your Hands challenges one's faith with a dense aura of superstition and an intense mind game.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SWALLOW WINGS FILMS
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Musica Cubana begins with Pio Leyva and a taxi driver.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIEN CHIH FILMS
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`Vanity Fair' filled with cinematic sins
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Reese Witherspoon is too dull to play Becky Sharp.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PANDASIA
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Reel News
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These people are Fockers.
PHOTO: AP
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New-found freedom is something to smile about for Brad and Jennifer.
PHOTO: AP
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Clint Eastwood is still the man after all these years
PHOTO: AP
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Darts' new razzle hits `big time'
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Andy ``The Viking'' Fordham, an English darts champion, relaxing last week at his wife's pub in Dartford, Kent. ``Drinking goes part and parcel with darts,'' he says, but the champions are trimming down to fit the traditional pub sports' new image of glitz and glamor.
PHOTO: NYTIMES
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Australian Open line-up hit by injuries
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Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in action yesterday against Sweden's Thomas Johansson during the Medibank International at the Sydney International Tennis Center.
PHOTO: EPA
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American Andre Agassi after he withdrew yesterday from the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia.
PHOTO: AP
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De Villiers' stage success marred by biker's death
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France's Stephane Peterhansel drives his Mitsubishi yesterday during the twelfth stage of the 27th Dakar Rally between Kifa and Bamako, Mali. South African Giniel De Villiers won the stage ahead of Peterhansel and Luc Alphand.
PHOTO: AFP
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Strauss hits third century of series
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England's Marcus Trescothick ducks a bouncer by South Africa's Shaun Pollock in Johannesburg yesterday during the first day of the fourth Test.
PHOTO: AFP
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