Lee leaves PFP to rejoin KMT
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People First Party (PFP) Legislator Diane Lee announces that she will leave the PFP to rejoin the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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China's new millionaires snatching up luxury items
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Models stand beside products in a new Louis Vuitton store in Beijing last November. The French luxury goods maker recently openedits flagship store in Beijing, expressing confidence in its ability to attract China's new rich despite rampant piracy of its shoes, bags and other products.
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Bush, Merkel seem to be starting out on the right foot
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US President George W. Bush shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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New gadgets make mobile TV a reality
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Sydney Sheppard, 14, on vacation from Los Angeles, watches a show on her Creative Zen portable media player on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 23 last year.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Parents snap up domain names for babies
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Luke Seeley, 22 months, displays his personal Web site, ``A Boy Named Luke,'' with his father, Gordon, at their home in Vancouver, Washington, this month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Providing care for those who need it most
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These seemingly happy kids are now residing abroad after experiencing abuse at the hands of their biological parents.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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Outdoor activities are often held to encourage foster family children to win back their self-esteem.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WORLD VISION TAIPEI
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Social workers in Taipei put on a play to promote awareness of child abuse.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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CCF/Taiwan sponsors a bazaar every year for fostered children to have fun and to make friends.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WORLD VISION TAIPEI
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Queer as a cowboy
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Heath Ledger, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal Twist, play cowboys from different backgrounds who meet and fall in love while working together in Brokeback Mountain. The film led contenders on Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations, including honors for lead actor Heath Ledger.
PHOTO: AP
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Chris Packard's Queer Cowboys.
PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON
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He had a dream
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AT CANAAN'S EDGE:
AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1965 TO 1968
By Taylor Branch
1039 pages
Simon and Schuster
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Laughter as medicine
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Bob Manvoff, president of the Cartoon Bank at The New Yorker in his Manhattan office. How do people perceive that specific things are funny? What hapens when they laugh? How does humor evolve? These and many other not obviously risible mysteries are being addressed at the University of Michigan.
PHOTO: NY TIMES SERVICE
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Finding love online pays off
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Beatrice Gruss , left, and her two sons Emanuel Citron, center, and Jeremy Citron, in their ``Traditional Matchmakers'' office. The mother-and-sons team is bringing matchmaking expertise online. Gruss, who immigrated to the US as a child, dipped into her eastern European cultural roots to start Traditional Matchmakers in the early 1980s. But about 18 months ago, she realized that her dating business needed to be updated and asked her sons to help modernize it.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The golden age of Islam was drenched in blood
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The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad
By Barnaby Rogerson
415 pages
Little Brown
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Sports Briefs
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Hurricanes edge Predators in SO
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Kings goalie Mathieu Garon drops to the ice to make a save against the Bruins during the first period in Boston, Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Frantisek Kaberle, right, of the Hurricanes, shoots a game-winning penalty shot in overtime against Predators goaltender Tomas Vokoun in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday. Carolina defeated Nashville 5-4.
PHOTO: AP
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Serena addresses Australian Open draw
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Serena Williams speaks at a press conference ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. Williams has won the tournament twice.
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Paerson begins to peak
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Benjamin Raich of Austria in front of Mt. Eiger during a World Cup super-combi event in Wengen, Switzerland, on Friday.
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Anja Paerson of Sweden competes during the women's World Cup downhill event in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, on Friday. Paerson finished first in the event.
PHOTO: AFP
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Shiro Nishikawa of Japan competes during a World Cup freestyle event at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Coach Larry Brown reaches landmark
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Nate Robinson, center, of the Knicks, looks to pass the ball to Channing Frye, left, as Zaza Pachulia of the Hawks defends during the fourth quarter at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday. New York defeated Atlanta 105-94. The win gave veteran coach Larry Brown his 1,000th victory in the NBA.
PHOTO: AP
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