Medics decry funding cuts
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Tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and other medical workers from across the nation stage a large-scale protest in Taipei yesterday, demanding that the government save the National Health Insurance program.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT unveils details of Lien Chan's trip
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan, right, listens to the party's Secretary-General Lin Feng-cheng during the KMT's Central Standing Committe meeting yesterday in Taipei.
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China might let Taiwan into the WHA, says TSU
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Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Shu Chin-chiang, third left, and TSU legislators yesterday hold a press conference at the Legislative Yuan to urge President Chen Shui-bian to hold a cross-party summit before Monday to settle differences between the nation's political parties on cross-strait issues.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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China-Japan spat derails conference
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Performers re-enact an imperial ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, in northeastern Liaoning Province on Tuesday, as a tourist attraction for the upcoming ``Golden Week'' holidays in Japan, during which time huge numbers of Japanese tourists usually travel abroad. Rising anti-Japanese sentiment threatens to reverse the growing trend of Japanese visiting China, although the Chinese government is trying to find ways to reassure them that they will be safe.
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New Pope Benedict XVI to follow a conservative path
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German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger holds a glass of beer during his visit at the Bavarian cloister Andechs in this 1998 file photo. Ratzinger of Germany has been elected Pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church, a cardinal announced on Tuesday. He has chosen Pope Benedict XVI as his papal name, the cardinal said.
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Ecuadorian protesters want president out
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A student throws a stone at policemen during a protest on Tuesday against Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez, who is under intense pressure to step down.
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Singapore places its best on legalized gambling
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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GM's hopes for China remain high
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General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz introduces the all-new Chevrolet Aveo at Auto Shanghai 2005 on Tuesday. GM's profits in Asia plummeted in the first quarter, but the first hints of a rebound are starting to become visible in China, the automaker's most important Asian market, company executives and analysts said on Tuesday.
PHOTO: GM/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Planet Pop
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Sting is old-skool.
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Rachel Corrie uses a loudspeaker as she stands between an Israeli buldozer and a Palestinian physician's house.
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Guitarist Jonny Buckland, left, and singer Chris Martin of Coldplay. Will they make or break EMI?
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CD Reviews
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101's jewelry flagship stores offer all that glittters
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Mariners sail past Los Angeles Angels
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Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners gets a hit against the LA Angeles during the sixth inning in Anaheim, California on Tuesday.
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Roddick blasts past Boeker at US clay-court event
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Top seeded Andy Roddick returns a shot to Matias Boeker during the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas on Tuesday. Roddick defeated Boeker 6-2, 6-3.
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Schalke deges past Werder Bremen
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Schalke's Mladen Kristajic, left, of Serbia vies against Bremen's striker Nelson Valdez of Paraguay at the Arena AufSchalke stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany during their German Cup semifinal match on Tuesday.
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League, union fail to form agreement
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Vince Carter, center, of the Nets, is about to slam dunk over Etan Thomas, right, and Kwame Brown of the Wizards at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Tuesday. New Jersey's Jason Kidd had a season-high 35 points in the 109-101 victory.
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