KMT backs second 319 committee
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Pan-blue camp supporters impersonate President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu in a mock portrayal of the assassination attempt on them on March 19 last year as the anti-government rally leaves the Sungshan Tobacco Factory in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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US, Japan team up against EU arms push
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets South Korean students as she arrives at Seoul Airport yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Creating a 'Healthy Taiwan'
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Hou Sheng-mou, minister of the Department of Health, smiles during an interview yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Police chief tours disputed islets
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South Korean police chief Hur Joon-young, right, shakes hands with police officers on the Dokdo (Takeshima) islets yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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`Idol' finds fame has complications
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Indian singer Abhijeet Sawant poses for photographers in Mumbai, India, on March 5 as he celebrates his win in the country's first ''Indian Idol'' contest.
PHOTO: AFP
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Car bomb rocks Beirut suburb
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A Lebanese police officer, foreground, looks at a damaged car as other officers, background, guard the aftermath of a car bomb in the New Jdeideh neighborhood in the northern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hundreds of Iraqis protest outside Jordanian embassy
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Yaseen al-Nidawi, right, grieves at the sight of his brother's body, murdered Iraqi Police officer Husain al-Nidawi in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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South Africa boasts the world's only college of magic
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A pupil from the world's only magic school juggles batons during training for juggling, Cape Town, South Africa, last week. Two pupils from the school recently came first and second at the World Teenage Convention for Magic in Las Vegas. Also card tricks and illusions are on the school's timetable.
PHOTO: EPA
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The benficial powers of darkness
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Criminals exploiting Wi-Fi networks to cover their tracks
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Florida Deptartment of Law Enforcement special agent supervisor Bob Breeden stands in front of an apartment in Tallahassee, Florida, where a resident was charged last December with using an unsecure wireless Internet connection to tap into a local college's bank account to pay for online pornography.
PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Lighting up in the dark
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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In search of news
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Alice Kao, a veteran foreign correspondent, calls for a more global outlook.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ETA
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Author records the several pasts that she might have lived
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My Nine Lives
By Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and John Muray
277 pages
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Beating poverty, surviving Vietnam and still every bit a marine
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By Duty Bound Ezell Ware Jr.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Dutton Adult
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The best of British is now showing at Taipei Fine Arts
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The star of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum show is Damien Hirst, above, with Salad. Below, Marc Quinn's Garden.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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The star of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum show is Damien Hirst, above, with Salad. Below, Marc Quinn's Garden.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TFAM
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Patrick Lee goes 'east and west'
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An untitled work from Simply Symbols, an exhibition of paintings by Taiwanese artist Patrick Lee.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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Kiwis and Fiji in Sevens quarterfinals
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Fans enjoy the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong, yesterday. The three-day event features 24 teams.
PHOTO: AFP
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Waratahs win fourth straight match
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South Africa's Danny Rossouw tackles New Zealand's Tana Umaga during their Super 12 match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Renault outpaces Ferrair in qualifying
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Renault's F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella of Italy during the first qualifying round of the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit on Saturday. Fisichella finished third in the first qualifying round.
PHOTO: AP
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Vermont upsets Syracuse
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Duke's Daniel Ewing, right, shoots over Delaware State's Aaron Williams during the second half of their game in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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`The Beast' breaks 1,000 point mark in SBL
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Lin ``The Beast'' Chih-jeh of Taiwan Beer became the Super Basketball League's first 1,000-point scorer when he hit the game-winning free throw the ETTV Antelopes on Friday night at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium.
PHOTO: SBL
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