Son blames weather bureau for father's death
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Hsu Shao-ping, second right, gestures while saying that an allegedly inaccurate weather report released by the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) was responsible for the death of a fishing boat captain off Badouzih, Keelung. Hsu is joined at a press conference in the legislature by Daniel Wu from the CWB, right, and the deceased boat captain's son, Wei Teh-cheng, second left.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Life not getting easier for Pakistan quake survivors
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In this picture taken on Jan. 5, a Pakistani Kashmiri earthquake survivor family watch television in a makeshift tent in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Some 200,000 people are still living in tent camps after the 7.6-magnitude quake which struck Pakistan on Oct. 8 last year destroyed their homes.
PHOTO: AFP
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French protesters set Easter deadline
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French gendarmes push students off the road where they stopped a convoy transporting parts of the Airbus super jumbo A380, near Toulouse, south of France, yesterday in a protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract.
PHOTO: AFP
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Marx's reserve labor goes global
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Phew! It's hot on the dance floor tonight
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The team from Burn the Floor throw out the stereotypes of ballroom dance.
PHOTO: NEW ASPECT
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Events & Entertainment
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Lin Hwai-min and Kimbo Hu: Talk and Songs (林懷民 胡德夫一談一唱), will bring together two of Taiwan's best known artists in the prelude to Cloud Gate's (雲門舞集) White X3 and Hu's Formosa, Island the Beautiful at the National Theater at the end of the month. The two artists are scheduled to talk about their experience of the 1970s and their development as artists during that period and Hu will also perform a number of songs. The meeting will take place at the Taiwan Youth Activity Center (Y17青少年育樂中心) located at 17, Renai Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市仁愛路一段17號). Registration fee is NT$500 and can be done online at www.bookzone.com.tw/event/MS1702/index.htm or call (02) 2662 0012
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You Yuan (遊園), by the Hong Kong Theater Ensemble, the next installment in the International Theater Festival, opens April 20, and is the exciting successor to last month's Odin Teatret. Based on a Chinese classic The Peony Pavilion, which has been subject to a huge revival in recent years in a number of artistic forms, You Yuan presents a modern, experimental interpretation of the 400-year-old romance featuring award-winning scriptwriter, actor and director Olivia Yan (甄詠蓓). At the National Experimental Theater, Taipei (國家實驗劇場). Tickets are NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing outlets
● April 20 to 22
PHOTO COURTESY OF NTCH
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Kenting is ready to rumble
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The crowds are expected to swell at Spring Scream over the weekend.
PHOTO: GUO FANG-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ping-Fong's new 'Hamlet' is orgasmic
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A very Taiwanese looking Hamlet.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PING-FONG ACTING TROUPE
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Pop Stop
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Out of Wu Bai, MC Hot Dog and pole-dancing beauties it's difficult to tell who is the most taike.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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A showcase of traditional arts in Taipei
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Traditional acrobats show off their skills.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TCO
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No festival of traditional arts is complete without puppets.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TCO
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The Vinyl Word
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As AXD branches out, Victor Cheng is taking some time out.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: The Italian Job
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Hang on lads, I've got a great idea for a restaurant.
PHOTO: STEVE PRICE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Miracle Cafe
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Cooking up new chances for ex-cons.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MIRACLE CAFE
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The best in 50 years on show
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Performers engage in the worldly dance of Carmina Burana.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEO-CLASSICAL
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Expat community to walk up Taipei 101...for charity
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Players from the international division of the CIHL will also field a team.
PHOTO COURTESY OF OLWEN BEDFORD
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Who said you should never work with children or animals?
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Hollywood trainer Mike Alexander went to Tennessee on a casting call for the new Disney film which is about eight sled dogs abandoned in Antarctica when bad weather strikes. Troika, above, fit the bill and won the role of Shadow, one of the canine stars of Eight Below.
PHOTO: AP
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Sharon Stone is addicted to risk
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After the fall of Enron, the finger-pointing commences
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The higher up you are, the further you fall.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOINT ENTERTAINMENT
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Footloose, but not fancy free
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHI AND COMPANY
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Like many of the best dance movies, Chocolate Rap features rivals who settle their scores in dance-offs.
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Chinese opera 京劇
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Chinese actors perform a Chinese opera in Sydney, Australia.
中國演員在澳洲雪梨演出京劇。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO : AFP
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More than just clothes 衣服不只是衣服
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A woman demonstrates how to use her new bio-function clothing.
一名婦女示範如何使用新的生化功能服。 (照片：德通社)
PHOTO: DPA
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Bulls subdue 76ers to earn playoff ticket
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The Chicago Bulls' Ben Gordon, left, of England, steals the ball from the Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson in the first half of their NBA game on Wednesday in Philadelphia. Behind them is the Sixers' Kevin Ollie.
PHOTO: AP
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Underdogs fight back to beat Cobras, Bears
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Chang Tai-shan of the Sinon Bulls looks on after belting a two-run homer off President Lions starter Pan Wei-luen to become the league's all-time RBI leader with 684 -- and counting.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SINON BULLS
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Gunners pull off smooth Italian job
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Arsenal forward Thierry Henry of France celebrates at the end of their Champions League second-leg quarter-final match at Delle Alpi stadium in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday. Arsenal qualified for the Champions League semi-finals after a 0-0 draw with Juventus, giving the English side a 2-0 aggregate win.
PHOTO: AFP
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John Hartson celebrates after opening the scoring for Celtic during the Scottish Premier League match between Celtic Glasgow and Hearts at Celtic Park, Glasgow, on Wednesday. Celtic won the league title after defeating Hearts 1-0.
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