Buddhist master Yin Shun dies at 100
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Dharma Master Yin Shun who died on Friday at age 100.
PHOTO: TSAI CHANG-SHENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Envoy seeks protection in Australia
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Islamic opposition party elects new leaders in Malaysia
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Members from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party cast thair vote during annual congress at the party's stronghold in Kelantan state, yesterday. Results will be known today.
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Murder of journalist condemned
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Supporters of Lebanon's Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun hold pictures of slain anti-Syrian journalist Samir Kassir in the Asharafieh district in Beirut, on Friday, during a protest against terrorism.
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US accuses 14 nations of slavery
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Chinese policemen comfort babies rescued from a group of human traffickers in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province earlier this month. Chinese police rescued some 9,000 kidnapped women and children last year as human-trafficking gangs become more violent and internationalized.
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Japanese women given new role
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Greenback rally stalls on disappointing payroll report
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Trader Andrew Schwieters, left, and clerk Joe Lalich work their deals in the euro-dollar futures trading pit on Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The euro rose against the US dollar on Friday even after Italy's labor minister suggested holding a referendum on whether to bring back the lira.
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Predictions of slowing iPod sales weaken Apple shares
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Michiko Nakatani, a Japanese employee of Apple Computer, displays the iPod mini and iPod photo in Tokyo in this Feb. 25 file photo. Investment firm Goldman Sachs said it expected shipments of iPods to be flat this quarter.
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US warns China of political backlash
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Chinese workers do their jobs at a textile factory in Fanchang in China's Anhui Province on Friday. The US and EU have taken steps to restrain imports, prompting Chinese protests that they are violating free trade principles. Beijing says it will take steps to defend its market access, but hasn't disclosed what those steps might be.
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Peet's David challanges Starbuck's Goliath
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Testing coffee at Peet's Coffee and Tea's headquarters in Emeryville, California, are, from the left, Doug Welsh, James Reynolds and Eric Hashimoto. In the Bay Area, Peet's has long been the Apple Computer of coffee, serving a small but intense group of aficionados who are convinced that the company's coffee is superior to that produced by the industry giant from Seattle: Starbucks.
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Tech-ed concentrating on robotics
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Students at Tennoji High school huddle over a Transformer-like robot as they try to find a proper command to make it move during a robotics class in Osaka. The students are key players in Japan's new initiative called ``super science,'' a nationwide effort in public education to nurture future leaders in technology.
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Guess what's coming to dinner
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Above, a researcher inspects genetically modified papaya at an agricultural development center in northern Thailand. Below, farmers harvest rice from paddies near Danian, in China's Guangxi province. China has ordered an investigation into claims that unapproved genetically modified rice has been sold in central China for two years.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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Master of arms
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Along with being a well respected wushu master and martial-arts teacher, Lin Chang-hsiang is also the owner of Taiwan's largest private collection of historical Chinese weaponry. Over the past 10 years, he has amassed a collection of over 1,000 pieces, ranging from hefty Ming Dynasty cavalry swords to menacing Ching Dynasty knuckle-dusters.
PHOTOS: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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How China changed the way it looked at itself
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Reinventing China
By Paul Clark
257 pages
Chinese University Press
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The poetry of tilled rows and garlic cloves
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This Common Ground: Seasons on an Organic Farm
By Scott Chaskey
Viking
240 pages
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Nicklaus plays Memorial one last time
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Jack Nicklaus, 66, waits to putt on the 18th green during the second round of the Memorial at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Friday. The winner of 18 majors missed the cut by six strokes.
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Tiger Woods hits from the rough on the par-4 17th hole during the second round of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio on Friday. Woods ended at 7-under-par for day.
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Steinbrenner talks with GM and Torre
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Red Sox starting pitcher David Wells throws against the Angels during the first inning at Fenway Park in Boston on Friday. Boston defeated Los Angeles 7-4.
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A display of an enlarged copy of the 1919 history-making contract selling Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees at a preview of a sports memorabilia sale at Sotheby's in New York on Friday. George Herman Ruth, known as ``The Babe,'' was a young pitcher who went on to become baseball's first great slugger. The estimate for the Ruth contract at the sale scheduled for next Friday is US$500,000.
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Former Mets infielder Andres Galarraga prior to the start of a spring training game against the Braves at Cracker Jack Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida on March 26. Galarraga, who retired after spring training said on Thursday that he plans to build a training camp for children in Venezuela with dreams of playing in Major League Baseball.
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Pistons need to prove themselves
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Pistons forward Richard Hamilton, right, argues with a referee during the second half of their Eastern Conference final at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida on Thursday. The Heat lead the series 3-2, with Game 5 scheduled for today.
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Nadal tells Federer 'sorry' after victory
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Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning a point against world No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland during their semifinal match in French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday. Nadal defeated Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final.
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Top-seeded Roger Federer after losing a point to Rafael Nadal during their semifinal match during the French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
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Mariano Puerta of Argentina during his semifinal against Nikolay Davydenko of Russia during the French Open in Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
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