DPP candidate scoffs at allegation of NT$150 bribes
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, raises his hands on a visit to a traditional market in Sinjhuang yesterday in support of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei County commissioner candidate, Luo Wen-chia, center. Luo carries cabbages, zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) and garlic given to him by supporters at the market as symbols of good luck.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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General backs arms-procurement package
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General Hu Chen-pu, the director of the Political Warfare Bureau, gestures while giving a presentation in this undated file photo.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MND
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Pigeons suffering as race enthusiasts make a real killing
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The nation's first and only specialist racing-pigeon doctor, Li Jaw-yang, inspects a pigeon suffering from parasites in Taipei on Nov. 2. Taiwan leads the world in its love for pigeon racing, a sport with a unique subculture of gambling and violence.
PHOTO: WALLY SANTANA, AP
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Singapore grants `one last touch'
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Candles glow outside Parliament House at the start of the Amnesty vigil for Nguyen Tuong Van in Canberra on Wednesday. Three thousand candles in the shape of the Amnesty candle were lit. Nguyen faces death by hanging today in Singapore.
PHOTO: EPA
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Nationalist comics click in Japan
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Takushoku University professor Ko Bunyu, who penned ``Introduction to China,'' speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday. The comic book says many of Japan's war crimes are lies spread by the Chinese government.
PHOTO: AP
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UK church ordains first black archbishop
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John Sentamu, left, the new Archbishop of York, dances while playing bongos with an African band after his enthronement service at York Minster on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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SA opera singer murdered
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South African tenor Deon van der Walt, right, sings the part of Prince Paul and Marie-Ange Todorovitch the part of Grande Duchesse in the opera La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein by Jacques Offenbach, in this Feb. 18, 2004, file photograph.
PHOTO: AP
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Bush unflinchingly defends his Iraqi war strategy
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US President George W. Bush speaks on Wednesday at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
PHOTO: AFP
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The relative unimportance of trying to stop global warming
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Coffee filters contain carcinogens
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Different brands of coffee filters are displayed at a Consumers' Foundation press conference yesterday. Foundation officials announced that seven out of 11 sampled brands contained carcinogenic fluorescent pigments.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese opera is celebrated
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Popular Taiwanese opera singers Lee Ru-lin, left, Yang Li-hua, center, and Huang Xiang-lian.
PHOTOS: DEREK LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Opera costumes usually worn by royal princes.
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Of revenge and 'giving precedence'
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Main, Ming Hwa Yuan's leading actress Sun Cui-feng, and leading actor Chen Sheng-zai, right, play the roles of princes in the new opera. Above, Ming Hwa Yuan troupe members at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Taiwanese Opera Festival last month.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MING HWA YUAN
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Dancing its way into history
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The Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg performs Tchaikovsky.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTISTS
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Mum's the word
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MUMN
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Finding Taiwan's cultural roots
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An Aboriginal dance performance at the Taipei 101.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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So here it is merry Christmas, everybody's having fun
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIPEI PHILHARMONIC
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Restaurant: Truva
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Doner kebab done the old way.
PHOTO: STEVE PRICE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Longtang Mongolian Hotpot ÛÁ°ó
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Mongolian hotpot has a milk base but is covered in chili oil.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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Megan and Junior.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LUXY
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The rise and fall of a bounty hunter
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A message from the afterlife
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She may be dead, but Elizabeth Masterson still cares who inhabits her apartment.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX MOVIES
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Mark Waters' new movie turns science on its head.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX MOVIES
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Movie kids never learn their lesson
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Squabbling siblings have to band together to overcome the powers they unleash when they discover an old board game.
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Hong Kong flicks are alive and kicking
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Sha Po Lang blurs the line between good cops and bad cops.
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Hong Kong sweetheart Lin Jia-xin plays a monster in Home Sweet Home.
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Thousand-hand Bodhisattva
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PHOTO: EPA
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`Big Easy' says he's ready for Sun City
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World No. 5 Ernie Els of South Africa blasts the ball out of a bunker at the final round of the BMW Asian Golf Open in Shanghai, China, in this file photo taken on May 2 this year. Els returned to tournament play yesterday in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa, after the longest layoff of his career and unconcerned that playing tournament golf will aggravate his sore knee.
PHOTO: AP
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Kang Wook-soon of South Korea chips during the first round of the Hong Kong Open tournament at Hong Kong Golf Club yesterday. The first-round leader finished 6-under-par 64.
PHOTO: AP
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