Chinese towel imports disruptive, commission finds
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Workers stay busy at a towel factory in Yunlin County yesterday. The workers have complained that their monthly wages have been cut, forcing them to increase their work hours to make the same income.
PHOTO: LEE CHING-FANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rumors over historic colonial house touch off angry exchange in legislature
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Lee Kuo-ting's former residence located on Tainan Street, Taipei City
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Thaksin supporters march into Bangkok
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Protesters burn an effigy of Singapore's mythical Merlion featuring the head of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in front of Singapore's embassy in Bangkok yesterday. About 1,000 demonstrators demanded Singapore cancel the controversial sale of Shin Corp, the telecom empire that Thaksin founded, to the city-state's investment firm Temasek.
PHOTO: AFP
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French police detain 300 after protests
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A demonstrator is handcuffed by police in front of the Hotel Lutetia in Paris after students and police clashed after the march against the first job contract law on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Mexican police block water march
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Mexican ethnic groups walk toward the building where thousands of world water experts are gathering for the fourth World Water Summit on Thursday in Mexico City, Mexico, to protest against the meeting. The groups are demanding their right to water and want to stop several infrastructure projects that will affect their land.
PHOTO: EPA
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US and Iraq launch large-scale air assault
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US soldiers of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and Iraqi soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in support of Operation Swarmer in Samarra, Iraq, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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The crisis facing Thai democracy
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Icahn group wins seat on KT&G board
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Union members of KT&G Corp wear masks during an annual shareholders meeting at the KT&G head office in Daejeon, south of Seoul, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Spotlight on Cyprus 寰宇聚焦 - 塞浦路斯
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A girl in a gypsy carnival clothes dances through the street during a traditional parade in March. The parade was held to mark the end of the carnival period in southern port city of Limassol. Thousands of people gather every year to celebrate the Carnival in the streets.
三月傳統的遊行上，一名身著吉普塞嘉年華裝扮的女孩沿街漫舞，這場在南方港都利瑪索舉行的遊行是為慶祝嘉年華的落幕。每年都會有數千名民眾齊聚街頭歡慶嘉年華。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Convenience stores cash in on cuteness
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Collecting the queen of cuteness has become so popular, Web sites and market stalls are doing good business.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PRESIDENT CHAIN STORE CORP
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The sport of true warriors
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Basel, Schalke advance
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Schalke's Rafinha, front, fights for the ball against Palermo's Mario Santana during a UEFA Cup match between FC Schalke 04 and Palermo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Thursday. Schalke 04 defeated Palermo 3-0.
PHOTO: AP
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Ireland and England about to do battle
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Scotland's Sean Lamont, right, attemps a challenge on Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll during their Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, last Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan baseball starts with Bulls meeting Cobras
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Players from the Bulls and the Cobras meet reporters during a pregame press conference in Taipei yesterday. From left: Chang Tai-shan, Kuo Yong-chih and manager Liu Rong-hua of the Bulls, and Cobras manager Wu Fu-lien, along with players Lin En-yu and Hsieh Jia-shien.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CPBL
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Mexico knocks out the US
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Team Mexico players and coaches celebrate their 2-1 victory over Team USA after their World Baseball Classic game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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PHOTO: AP
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Top three F1 teams look good in practice round
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Fernando Alonso of Renault F1 Team in action during the second practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang yesterday. The race takes place tomorrow.
PHOTO: EPA
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Kostelic secures World Cup's overall title
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Janica Kostelic of Croatia clears a gate during the World Cup women's slalom finals in Are, Sweden. Kostelic clinched the women's World Cup overall title.
PHOTO: AFP
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