Lanterns extend the New Year spirit
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Actors dressed up as an Aboriginal boy named Kokai and his dog wave during a press conference yesterday introducing the theme of this year's Lantern Festival, entitled ``A Prosperous and Fortunate Taipei.''
PHOTO: CNA
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Focus on legislative election, Yu says
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Yu Shyi-kun speaks during a party meeting yesterday aimed at building consensus among the party's top officials. Seated to the left is the party's secretary-general, Lin Chia-lung.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hong Kong's Disneyland suffers crowd problems
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Two girls from China, wearing Minnie Mouse hats, visit Hong Kong Disneyland yesterday. Hong Kong Disneyland will tweak its ticketing scheme after angry ticket holders from China who were turned away tried to storm into the park this week, a park executive said yesterday.
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Why the world needs a Plan B for China
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Robot pet lovers lament demise of Sony's Aibo
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Japanese student Hiroharu Hashimoto, left, accompanied by his mother, Kazuko, holds his Aibo in front of Setagaya Ward Office in Tokyo on Thursday. Disappointed by Sony's decision to halt production, Hashimoto, a longtime Sony fan, said: ``Aibo is so symbolic of Sony quality I'm starting to lose faith in Sony's audiovisual products.''
PHOTO: AP
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Sony's Aibo robot model ERS7M3 stretches himself next to a laptop screen displaying a diary format that is going to be kept by the pet robot at a Sony showroom in Tokyo on Sept. 29.
PHOTO: AP
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A gentle touch
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PHOTO: EPA
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Horoscope
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A new trove in the Web's wild world
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PHOTOS: AGNECIES
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The 'samurai in a skirt' fights on
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Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Timoshenko has fought many battles. She remains defiant and is a constant critic of her erstwhile political ally President Viktor Yushchenko.
PHOTO: EPA
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'Decay is the beginning of all birth'
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The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
By Philip Ball
435 pages
Heinmann
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Geek chic goes from mainstream to 'mystream'
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Leah Buechley, a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has embedded circuitry into jewelry and clothing as wearable computing.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Palm's new Treo 700W cellphone-organizer runs on software from Microsoft rather than the Palm OS. Yes, that Microsoft, whose palmtop software was mocked by Palm employees for years as bloated and inefficient.
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The case for a 'Forbidden Nation'
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Jonathan Manthorpe
272 pages
Palgrave MacMillan
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Doctors learn to turn down painful memories
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Various therapies have been devised for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. ''Virtual Iraq,'' a virtual reality simulation, was developed as a therapy tool to help soldiers after they return from fighting.
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Following the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistan last year, cases of post-traumatic stress disorder increased dramatically across the region.
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Former marine Blake Miller, 21, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder holds the ''Marlboro Man'' picture of himself taken during the battle for Fallujah in 2004.
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Maria Jose Rienda wins giant slalom
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Maria Jose Riendas of Spain on her way to winning a World Cup giant slalom event in Ofterschwang, Germany, on Friday. Sweden's Anja Paerson came in second.
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NJ Devils give Stevens a perfect send off
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Tigers snatch victory in last second
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Chang Chih-fong, right, of the Dacin Tigers, celebrates his game-winning three-point shot with teammate Wang Chih-chuin at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Friday. The Tigers defeated Taiwan Beer 89-88.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SBL
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Fiji wins Wellington round
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Fiji's players celebrate their 27-22 win over South Africa in the final of the International Sevens rugby union tournament in Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday.
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Whisenhunt finds ways to succeed
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The Vince Lombardi trophy stands between the team helmets for the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, right, and Connie Payton, the widow of Bear legend Walter Payton, pose with the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year trophy after his press conference during Super Bowl week in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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