Taiwan needs advanced weapons, strategist says
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Lin Chong-pin, former vice minister of national defense and currently professor in the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, smiles during a promotional event for his new book, ``Win with Wisdom: Wrestling with a Giant.''
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Ministry plans cheaper arms budget
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UN calls for increase in tsunami aid
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Volunteers from the Islamic Defender Front, a hardline Islamic group, collect bodies from the debris in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, yesterday.
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Australian army Corporal John Humphries, right, plays with Acehnese children in Sumatra, Indonesia, yesterday.
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Wave of car bombings hits Baghdad
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US soldiers inspect the scene after an explosion yesterday. A car bomb exploded near the Australian Embassy in central Baghdad yesterday, killing two people and wounding four, police and witnesses said. A second car bomb exploded about a half hour later at a police station near Al Elweyah hospital in Baghdad.
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Bush thanks military and supporters
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Plates of deserts including chocolate presidential seals and cowboy boots are pictured at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel Tuesday in Washington, DC. The hotel, overlooking the Inaugural Parade route, will offer food with a Texas theme, including chocolate cowboy boots in honor of US President George W. Bush's adoptive state of Texas.
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Saudi Arabia's democratic baby steps
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Beijing halts 30 big construction projects
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A ship clears silt along the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, in this file photo of Oct. 20 last year. There are about 530 million tonnes of silt cleared every year in the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River. Chinese experts said the river suffers from serious pollution but it was not clear whether building was stopped at this sitet.
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IBM, Yahoo profits incite optimism
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Yahoo! Inc headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, are shown in this March last year file photo. Yahoo! Inc reported first-quarter results after the market closed and analysts expect the Internet portal to earn US$0.11 per share on sales of US$756.14 million.
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We're all shaping up
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PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Annie Yin, a personal trainer at Alexander Group; and Iven Huang, at California Fitness.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Annie Yin and Iven Huang work out.
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Auto sales grind to a halt
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Toyota's Camry.
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Survey gives a clear picture about new TVs and consumers
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A 102-inch plasma display panel flat television screen of South Korea's Samsung SDI is shown next to a 42-inch flat screen, in Seoul.
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A cluster of flat panel screens from Samsung Electronics in the lobby of its office in Seoul.
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CD Reviews
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Wang Lee-hom
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Indetendances
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Richie Ren
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Xiao Huang-chi
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Agassi, Safin blast through matches
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Russian tennis dynamo and US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova leaps into a backhand during her doubles game with Australia's top woman player Alicia Molik during the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. The duo defeated Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit from France 6-3, 6-2.
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Andre Agassi after the second round match against German Rainer Schuettler at the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday. Agassi won 6-3, 6-1, 6-0.
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