Hong Kong chief Tung steps down
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa waves good bye at the end of his term at a press conference to announce his resignation at the Central Government Office in Hong Kong yesterday.
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Chang and 18 others sentenced
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Independent Legislator Chang Li-shan talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court yesterday after her older brother Chang Jung-wei was given a 12-month jail sentence for involvement in a bribery scandal during the 1994 Yunlin County Council speakership elections. The lawmaker said she was astonished by the verdict and would seek legal advice about an appeal.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Faux Taiwanese delegates at home in Beijing
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Journalists chase Chen Yinying, a member of a delegation appointed by China's government to represent Taiwan at China's National People's Congress as she leaves Beijing's Great Hall of the People after a session of the congress Tuesday. None of the 13-member delegation were elected by the democratic nation's voters and few have any contact with ordinary Taiwanese.
PHOTO: AP
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Commissioner debunks 319 rumors
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Criminal Investigation Bureau Commissioner Hou You-yi yesterday gestures in the legislature's judiciary committee in response to questions regarding the 319 shooting incident.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Mass poisoning kills 27 schoolchildren
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A family grieves during a mass burial in San Jose, a Mabini town in south central Bohol island, Philippines yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Lebanese legislators back pro-Syrian prime minister
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A road sign with the Lebanese and Syrian flags reading ``Avenue of Mr. President Hafez Assad'' is seen defaced with spray paint outside a military position, in the central mountains near the village Hamana, east of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Hafez, the late President of Syria, was the father of the present leader Bashar Assad.
PHOTO: AP
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The real route to `democracy' at the IMF
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Cracking the luxury car market
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Land Rover Taiwan's general manager, Martin Baker, stands beside the new luxury sport utility vehicle, Discovery 3, yesterday in Taipei. The vehicle rolled out yesterday and, priced at NT$3.25 million, hopes to tap into the difficult premium auto market.
PHOTO: AMBER CHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Residual fears of tsunami continue to dog Asian tourism
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Norwegian tourists Anne Vaga, right, and her son, Mads, stand on a boat on Wednesday as they look at a destroyed hotel on Ton Say bay in Phi Phi Island, Thailand, which was hit by the tsunami on Dec. 26. Tourists are returning to Phi Phi Island as tsunami victims urge Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to stop plans to expropriate their land and move them to higher ground.
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Moving to a bigger universe
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A Moving Sound Theater's Before the Light plays this weekend at Taipei's Red House Theater.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TCM
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Singing the blues in Taichung
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Dave Chen and the Muddy Basin Ramblers are one of the anticipated acts this weekend.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE CHEN
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Boogie Chillin' will play their experimental blues.
PHOTO COURTESY OF RANDY BENETT
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Peter 'Bonzo' Radvanyi will be one of the stars of the festival.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BLUES SOCIETY TAIWAN
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POP STOP
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My hands are clean, says A-mei, to claims that she owes taxes.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Swindlers tried, but failed, to fake a kidnapping of Chen Bo-lin.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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At 31, Takeshi Kaneshiro finds it hard to play a 20 year old.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Norah Jones to seduce Taipei with jazz
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Norah Jones plays Sinchuang Stadium on Monday night.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BLUE NOTE
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Dance students gather their focus
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Focus Dance Company will hold three performances this weekend.
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Restaurant: Weis
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For mouth-watering European cuisine, try Weis.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS ,TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Sung-chiang Hsien-ping Porridge §º¦¿À`»æµ°
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Classic Chinese delights come in a humble setting.
PHOTO DIANE BAKER, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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New Zealand's mad scientist of scientific dub, Freeform, will get loopy at Chocolate and Love tomorrow night.
PHOTO: MAX WOODWORTH, TAIPEI TIMES
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'The Pacifier' appeases parents and kids
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Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe, played by Vin Diesel, is assigned to protect the five out-of-control children of an assassinated scientist working on vital government secrets in The Pacifier.
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`Kekexili' is a gripping film in a bleak wilderness
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PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA ASIA
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Duo Bujie, at top and above, gives an outstanding performance playing a patrol chief in Kekexili: Mountain Patrol.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLUMBIA ASIA
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The Wayward Cloud is to be released next week.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOMEGREEN FILMS
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The fight for the right to die rages on film
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The Sea inside, by Spanish film maker Alejandro Amenabar, won an Oscar for the best foreign language film two weeks ago.
PHOTO: EPA
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Busy Tien Lei lands SBL honor
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Tien Lei in action for the Dacin Tigers.
PHOTO: SBL
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Champions League: the agonies and the ecstasy
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Juventus striker David Trezeguet of France, on the ground, scores with an overhead kick against Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas at the Delle Alpi stadium in Turin.
PHOTO: AP
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Kiwi batsmen dominate Australia on Test's first day
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Family members of Indian potter Vishnu, right, give the final touch to a 7m long cricket bat in Mohali in Punjab yesterday. Vishnu said he will present the bat to the the winner of the Mohali Test match between India and Pakistan.
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