Hsieh backs constitutional retaliation
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Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator Tseng Tsan-teng, right, wears a mask along side fellow legislators Ho Min-hao, left, and Lo Chih-ming, as the TSU caucus holds a press conference yesterday. The TSU condemned China's proposed ''anti-secession'' law and asked President Chen Shui-bian to take countermeasures.
PHOTO: LIAO CHENG-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Men go to camp to learn `women's skills'
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A high-school student learns how to take care of a baby at a ``Nursing and Housework Camp,'' which was attended by 60 high-school teachers and students in Taipei yesterday, International Women's Day. The camp included cooking classes and other duties traditionally seen as women's responsibilities.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen could lead protest opposing anti-secession bill
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Chiu Tai-san, vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, gives the official reaction to China's draft anti-secession law in Taipei yesterday.
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Hsieh names former aide to be new GIO director
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Yao Wen-chih was named yesterday to be the new Minister of the Government Information Office by Premier Frank Hsieh.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Syrian forces remain in positions
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Hezbollah activists set up pro-Syrian banners during preparations for a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday.
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At least 30 die as wave of violence sweeps Iraq
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Detained Iraqis sit on the ground blindfolded during Operation Casablanca in the Dora district of southern Baghdad on Monday. About 500 US soldiers in combat vehicles swooped before dawn on a 7km stretch of farmland in the district in search of suspects involved in deadly attacks on US troops, rounding up 52 people, including 39 women and children, for interrogation. The military later released 50 of the detainees.
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Dominican prison blaze kills over 130
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Medical personnel inspect some of the charred bodies of inmates on Monday at a jail 150km east of Santo Domingo. A fire raged through a prison in the Dominican Republic early Monday following a dawn riot, killing at least 134 people and injuring 26 more, authorities said.
PHOTO: AFP
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It's no the size of Beijing's military budget that matters
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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DisplaySearch lifts panel forecast
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Two models present BenQ's latest LCD monitor, which features the world's fastest refresh rate of 8ms and will be available on the market in the second quarter of this year.
PHOTO: WANG YI-HUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Heading back into the hills
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Trekking in Nepal offers the opportunity to see and learn about the country's many cultures and to take in breathetaking scenery.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bolton wins, scents UEFA Cup place
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Bolton Wanderers' El-Hadji Diouf, right, gets away from Manchester City's Wilo Flood, left, and Danny Mills on Monday to score the match-winning goal.
PHOTO: EPA
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Asim, Inzamam save Pakistan's skin
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Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan yesterday celebrates the dismissal of Pakistani batsman Yousuf Youhana, right. Pakistan and India will play a three-match Test series and a six-match one-day international series.
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Pakistani batsman Taufeeq Umar being clean bowled by Laxmipathi Balaji during the fist Test between India and Pakistan in Mohali, Punjab yesterday.
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