Northern cities and counties declare a `typhoon day'
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Successive days of buffeting by waves left this fishing boat in Taitung split into three parts yesterday, after it ran aground in heavy seas because of Typhoon Matsa. The central portion has already been taken out to sea.
PHOTO: CHEN CHIEN-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rail project benefits few Tibetans
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A worker, dwarfed by surrounding mountains, paints the railing on the Lhasa River Bridge yesterday on the outskirts of Lhasa. The bridge is being built for the Qinghai-Tibet railway line, which is due to open next July. The 1,142km line from Golmud on the Qinghai plateau to Tibet's capital Lhasa will cover 1,142km, with 960km traversing the roof of the world at over 4,000m, crossing the Kunlun Mountains and reaching 4,767m above sea level at its highest point.
PHOTO: AFP
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Marines slain by `huge' bomb in Iraq
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Marines inspect the remains of a vehicle destroyed by a roadside bomb yesterday, killing 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter, in Barwana, near Haditha, Iraq, yesterday. It was one of the deadliest roadside bombings inflicted on US forces during the Iraq conflict.
PHOTO: AP
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End of CNOOC bid won't end Sino-US tensions
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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MOTC to auction off a 3% stake in Chunghwa
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Chunghwa Telecom shares opened low yesterday and fell by around 4 percent on the back of the government's announcement yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Apple launches iTunes in Japan
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Youngsters pass by a huge billboard of Apple Computer Inc's popular digital music player, iPod, in Tokyo on Wednesday. Apple yesterday launched its music download service, the iTunes Music Store, in Japan.
PHOTO: AP
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Google presents: Earth for Windows users
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A woman in Washington looks at a view of Rome on Google Earth yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Hardcore Hohak fans in musical heaven
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TCM
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Rain stops play at Ho-Hai-Yan
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Beach babes were heading home from Fulong after the rains started.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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POP STOP
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Gong Li is making her mark in Hollywood these days.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Li Ya-peng. A gold-digger or just a very lucky guy with women?
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Will Lee Lee-ren always reserve a space in his heart for the love of his life? And no, that's not his wife-to-be.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Banging our own drum
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Wang Hsi-kun taps out a rhythm on a 60-year-old drum.
PHOTO: LIN JIN-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wilde Theatre Company updates `Odd Couple'
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David Young, left, and Jacques Fouche, play The Odd Couple, Oscar and Felix, in Wilde Theatre Company's classic comedy, this weekend and next at Chocolate and Love.
PHOTO : DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rave, rave, against the dying of the light with modern dance
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You Shao-xing attempts to push the limit of a dancer's body in her latest work.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WHAT DANCE TEMPLEN
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Restaurant: Mykonos Cafe §Æþ¤pÀ]
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Mykonos IV is as good as its first three incarnations.
PHOTO: DIANE BAKER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Azi e (Grand Formosa Regent Taipei)
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For a taste of Hawaii check out the Grand Formosa.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Having a ball with a party for the disabled
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A night of festivities for the disabled is set for tomorrow night.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF KUANG CHING FOUNDATION
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Getting ready for the big night.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KUANG CHING FOUNDATION
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The Vinyl Word
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Chris Agnelli and Robbie Nelson.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TAIWAN FOOD FESTIVAL
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A Jew, a Muslim and a sentimentalist
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Omar Sharif stars in Monsieur Ibrahim.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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A delicious adventure
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Blue and yellow movies give way to pink
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No longer forbidden love is under the spotlight at Spot.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ASIAN LESBIAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
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Taking a different angle with martial arts
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Charlie Young is a sword master in Tsui Hark's Seven Swords.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CATALYST LOGIC COMPANYN
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Reel News
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The clans are fighting over bragging rights for James Doohan, the former chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise.
PHOTO AP
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There's no love lost between Lauren Bacall and Tom Cruise.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sinon Bulls defeat Macoto Cobras 8-3
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Sinon Bulls starter Tsai Chung-nan delivers a pitch in Tuesday's game against the previously unbeaten Macoto Cobras in Taichung. The Bulls beat the Cobras 8-3.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SINON BULLS
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Sri Lanka snatches victory from India
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Sri Lanka's bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan, right, and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara celebrate the dismissal of India's Suresh Raina, unseen, during the one-day-international triangular-series match between Sri Lanka and India at Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Unseeded Mirza clobbers Petrova
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Kim Clijsters of Belgium reaches out for a forehand shot during her second-round match against Marta Domachowski of Poland at the Acura Classic held at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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